"Occupied", "Settlements" Did You Say? "Pigs" Did He Say?

IMRA noticed the terminology manipulation:-

Lebanese National resistance attacks Haifa
Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 11:10 AM
BEIRUT, (SANA- Official Syrian News Agency)

The Lebanese national resistance targeted Haifa and Akka cities north occupied Palestine by missiles...."


"Lebanese national resistance shells Haifa, Akka and Nahariya
Monday, July 17, 2006 - 11:00 AM
BEIRUT, (SANA)-

The Lebanese national resistance rocketed the Israeli settlements in
al-Jalilee including Akka, Nahariya and Haifa..."

Lebanese resistance shells Israeli settlements
Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 12:25 PM
BEIRUT, (SANA - Syrian News Agency)-

The Lebanese national resistance announced Thursday that it fired rockets at Ma'lout, Kfar Vradim and al-Shoumara settlements, northern Israel in response to Israeli escalated aggression on Lebanon.

And, as long as we are on the topic of language and semantics, IMRA notes this MEMRI report on a series of interviews:-

Syrian Deputy Minister of Religious Endowment Muhammad 'Abd Al-Sattar Calls for Jihad and States Jews "are the Descendants of Apes and Pigs"

The following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian Deputy Minister of Religious Endowment Dr. Muhammad 'Abd Al-Sattar, which aired on Syrian TV on July 21, 2006. It is followed by an appearance on Syrian TV from November in which he again calls Jews "the descendents of apes and pigs," as well as another interview from last August during which he calls for the stoning of AIDS patients.

Syrian TV, July 21, 2006

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Muhammad 'Abd Al-Sattar: "Jihad is now incumbent upon each and every Muslim, Arab, and Christian. The time has come for the duty of Jihad."

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"Who occupied the Al-Aqsa Mosque? Who attacked the prophets? Who killed the prophets? Even the Koran depicts the people of Israel in a very sinister and dark way. Allah did not curse any people, not even the polytheists, not even the idol worshippers. The Koran did not curse any of these. The only ones who were cursed are those murderous criminals."

[...]

"The Koran used terms that are closer to animals than to humans only with regard to those people. Look at the bestiality they demonstrate in the destruction of the Arab, Lebanese, and Palestinian people. This is why the people who were given the Torah were likened to a donkey carrying books. They were also likened to apes and pigs, and they are, indeed, the descendants of apes and pigs, as the Koran teaches us."


Syrian TV, November 8, 2005

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Muhammad 'Abd Al-Sattar: "Syria now represents the opposition to the Greater Middle East plan..."We must know that opposing the Zionist plots, which aim to put on the throne of the Middle East the descendants of... those whom the Koran called the descendents of apes and pigs...

Syrian TV, August 30, 2005

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Muhammad Abd Al-Sattar: "All the diseases that have to do with sexual organs, mainly AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, and so on... When these diseases appeared, they killed millions. More people were killed by these diseases than by wars. The only reason for this is the straying from the divine way regarding fornication, and when I say fornication - 'Do not even approach abomination' - this means fornication, homosexuality, and all the sexual deviation it entails."

Host: "Everything that has to do with abominations."

'Abd Al-Sattar: "'Do not even approach abomination, surely it is a foul thing and an evil way.'...If only we had stoned everyone who had committed this abomination - wouldn't it have been better than letting these diseases infect others, spreading to millions around the world?"

Host: "Most certainly."