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Nassrallah Seen Near U.S. Border

August 13, 2007 · Mustapha Hamoui

Well, at least a billboard of him was..

What Almanar forgot to mention is that the billboard was removed by Canadian authorities on the grounds that Hezbollah is officially a terrorist organization in Canada. (background story here)

Conservative blogs have highlighted a comment made by Emile Nabbout, president of the Windsor branch of Kataeb (they have a branch in Windsor??) in which he said: “Arabic writing which appears on the right side of the billboard does not match the English translation.” Mr. Nabbout could use some Arabic Lessons.

The Arabic side of the billboard reads (Arabic readers, check it out in the picture above):

“??????? ????????? ???????? ?? ????? ?????? ???? ????? ???????? ?????? ????? ?????? ??????”

Which is NOT about fighting as Mr. Nabbout says and is consistent with the English translation:

Lebanese and Arab communities in Windsor city congratulate the Lebanese people for their steadfastness and endeavor to establish peace in Lebanon.