Thursday, July 27. 2006
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Diana West (Washington Times)
In the U.S., a good stretch of Main Street in Dearborn, Mich., which writer Debbie Schlussel has described as the heart of Shia Islamic America, follows the Israeli war on Hezbollah via Al Jazeera.
Hezbollah itself is popular in Dearborn, where Osama Siblani, the publisher of the Arab American News, considers members of Hezbollah - along with Hamas and other jihadist groups - as freedom fighters.
And, as Siblani tells the Detroit News, he's not alone: "If morally supporting Hezbollah...is a crime, 'there is not going to be enough buses to haul the people out and take them to jail.'"
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