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  • Assez clairement, le Time se fait promener au Liban. Ça ne serait pas la première fois.

    Accused Hizballah Man Speaks - TIME
    http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2089422,00.html

    During a recent conversation with a Hizballah source, a TIME reporter found himself introduced to one of the four members of the organization accused of playing a role in the assassination of Rafik Hariri. The accused man arrived alone aboard a scooter at the home of his Hizballah comrade. While discussing the indictments, he revealed his true identity and confirmed it by showing an old ID card, but agreed to be interviewed only on condition that neither his name nor the location be revealed.

    On est donc supposés croire qu’« un » reporter du Time à Beyrouth a obtenu une interview exclusive avec « un » des accusés du TSL. L’homme serait arrivé « seul sur un scooter ».

    Pour rappel, le reporter habituel du Time qui passe son temps à rencontrer des militants du Hezbollah super-bavards, c’est Nicholas Blanford. Et ici, on fait comme si ça n’était pas lui :
    http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2089420,00.html

    NICHOLAS BLANFORD AND A TIME REPORTER / BEIRUT

    Nous avons donc Nicholas Blanford et un autre reporter du Time demeuré anonyme. Comment ça, « un reporter du Time » anonyme ? Vous avez déjà vu ça ? Ils ont embauché Abed, le chauffeur de Robert Frisk ?

    Le mois dernier, Angry Arab s’était déjà moqué des prétentions de Blanford à rencontrer de bien bavards militants du Hezbollah :
    http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/07/nicholas-blanford-on-hizbullah.html

    In the article itself Blanford and his friends cites a “Hizbullah fighter” bragging about the weapons in the possession of Hizbullah. First, how does Blanford know he is a Hizbullah fighter when those fighter are secret and don’t parade around. Secondly, if he is a real fighter of Hizbullah, he would not be quoted in the Western press bragging about Hizbullah weapons. Enough said.

    Sinon, je remarque que la pseudo-interview de ce pseudo-accusé ne contient absolument aucune position originale, et encore moins d’information factuelle.

    Je crois que Nicholas Blanford vient tout juste d’interviewer « A Gay Girl in Damascus » déguisé en militant du Hezbollah.

    • Démenti officiel du Hezbollah:
      http://www.almanar.com.lb/adetails.php?eid=94766&cid=106&fromval=1&frid=106&seccatid=386&s1=1

      نفى حزب الله ما ورد في مجلة «التايم» الأمريكية ، بشأن ادعاء مراسلها بأنّه «اجتمع مع مصدر مسؤول من حزب الله، ثمّ وجد نفسه وجها لوجه مع أحد المتهمين الأربعة في قضية الحريري، فأجرى مقابلة معه»!.

    • News Fabrication in Time magazine: how Hizbullah fighters have a habit of confession to Nicholas Blanford – Angry Arab
      http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/08/news-fabrication-in-time-magazine-how.html

      In an act of journalistic self-destruction, he bizarrely claims that he interviewed one of the four members of Hizbullah who were accused of the Hariri murder.

      [...]

      But forget about all this: any of my students who ever wrote a research paper on Hizbullah would dismiss this story in Time magazine as a fabrication. I mean, say what you want about Hizbullah, call its all the bad names in the book, but it is a most secretive and highly disciplined party. There has never ever been cases of people in the intelligence-military apparatus of the party talking or leaking to the press. That is just not their style and they would be dismissed for such infraction. This is why this story can be dismissed by any expert on Hizbullah. And if they want to talk and confess, why do they choose to do that to Blanford, of all people.