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U.S. President Bush signed Executive Order 13224 on September 23, 2001. Executive Order 13224 gives the U.S. Government a legal tool to impede terrorist funding and is part of the U.S. commitment to lead the international effort to bring a halt to terrorist activity. The Order provides a means by which to disrupt the financial support network for terrorists and terrorist organizations by authorizing the U.S. government to designate and block the assets of foreign individuals and entities that commit, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism.
U.S. President Bush issued Executive Order 13224 pursuant to the authorities of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c)(UNPA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code. geraldshields11
I kind of liked "content" coming before "history". Could we move it back the way it was? Elizmr 16:58, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
How weak is the former so-called "Free Western World" to close Manar tv? First: The westerners shut down freedom; Then they(The British Military Government) undertook an assassination attempt to the Iranian President at Ahwas. UK & US Press biased? Answer:24th January 2006 it was the proof. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.72.47.238 20:12, 24 January 2006 (UTC).
Apparently these are Arabic clips: Al-Manar#Al-Manar TV (Lebanon) broadcasts. Is it usual to put their links in the English wikipedia. Please check them and delete them if they're in Arabic.-- Sa.vakilian( t- c) 15:54, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
This is former structure of this article:
* 1 History o 1.1 Satellite broadcasting + 1.1.1 Banning of broadcasts o 1.2 Designation as a 'terrorist entity' o 1.3 Anti-Semitic Programming o 1.4 Satellite transmission o 1.5 Israeli Air Force strike + 1.5.1 Criticism of bombing * 2 Content o 2.1 Programs o 2.2 Religion and politics * 3 Journalistic standards and neutrality
I found it illogic to put "Banning of broadcasts", "Designation as a 'terrorist entity'" and "Anti-Semitic Programming" under history and separated it. Also I gathered "Israeli Air Force strike" and "Criticism of bombing" in one section. I merged "Satellite broadcasting" and "Satellite transmission". This is my suggestion:
1 History * 1.1 Satellite broadcasting * 1.2 Al-Manar during 2006 Lebanon War o 1.2.1 Israeli Air Force strike o 1.2.2 Criticism of bombing 2 Content * 2.1 Programs * 2.2 Religion and politics 3 Journalistic standards and neutrality 4 Accusations and Restrictions * 4.1 Designation as a 'terrorist entity' * 4.2 Designation as an Anti-Semitic Programming * 4.3 Banning of broadcasts
What's your idea?-- Sa.vakilian( t- c) 04:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
1 History * 1.1 Satellite broadcasting * 1.2 Al-Manar during 2006 Lebanon War o 1.2.1 Israeli Air Force strike o 1.2.2 Criticism of bombing 2 Content * 2.1 Programs * 2.2 Religion and politics 3 Journalistic standards and neutrality * 3.1 Accusations and Restrictions o 3.1.1 Designation as a 'terrorist entity' o 3.1.2 Allegations of antisemitic programming o 3.1.3 Banning of broadcasts
How about this:
3 Journalistic standards and neutrality * 3.1 Designation as a 'terrorist entity' * 3.2 Allegations of antisemitic programming * 3.3 Banning of broadcasts
-- GHcool 17:42, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys, GHcool, George, and Sav. Some things that I would suggest... Propaganda, I've been watching this channel since I was born, from Baalbek to Beirut to Canada. Let's talk about their Hezbollah's Psychological warfare. I've been browsing Wikipedia, and I've seen that people post music, and video downloads. Why don't we do that... I can pick some clips from Wa3ad, wa3ad english doesn't have has like 4 clips, so I can go on the Arabic one and find a view Anasheeds (hezbollah music) and some al-Manar infomercials (ie Propaganda clips) they've got lots of stuff , and they're good stuff that can prove our point on al-Manar not being neutral and infact balancing things up in the media, like Hassan Fadlallah said. Also, can we please change the line in the religion and politics section "radical islamic form" to maybe somethiing less insulting?? How about "they follow the same brand of revolutionary islam introduced by Ayatollah Khomeini, and adopted by Hezbollah" something along those lines, Sav/George can u guys work on something ??? Anyways Most important of all is the videos/??? how about it? Ahmad Husseini 22:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I think this page should be nominated for Good article status, what do other editors think? Hypnosadist 03:44, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Partial Review:
I think its getting very close. The biggest problem I had was with the lead. Its missing punctuation and could be better in terms of spacing. The "Content" section is top notch. Fix the lead for punctuation and readability and I think you guys are on your way. -- GHcool 18:37, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
My reason to fail this article:
-- Sa.vakilian( t- c) 01:56, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Tell me the author of this paragraph isn't biased "like Hezbollah(?)," "however Hezbollah and al-Manar consider the Sheeba Farms to be Lebanese territory occupied by Israel" you know what this sounds like to me... It sounds like Hezbollah and al-Manar were having lunch, or a coffee, and outta the blue al-Manar said: "Hey, Hezbollah, how about we just say the shebba farms are lebanese territories? that would work!" Dude u gotta be kiddin, hezbollah asked the Lebanese gov't and it confirmed that Shebba was lebanese and then they continued from there, they continued the march, they didn't stop freeing lebanon at the blue line and one day they dicided to start again, these borders were set before 2000. Ahmad Husseini 02:56, 16 April 2007 (UTC)Like Hezbollah, al-Manar promotes a radical Islamist ideology. Its primary message is the promotion of "resistance" and "jihad". It regularly legitimizes violence against the United States, Israel, and other enemies, not only by Hezbollah, whom it generally glorifies, but also by Palestinian militants. It always glorifies martyrdom in the fight against its enemies. The station regularly broadcasts speeches by Hassan Nasrallah and conveys statements from the Hezbollah. Islamic tradition is often invoked to justify suicide bombings, which Nasrallah called "a modest weapon and does not warrant that a world war be waged against it." Fatwas justifying this type of violence are often broadcasted and Muslim clerics such as Sheikh Babil al-Halbawi, imam of the al-Sayida Rikiyya Mosque in Damascus, explain their morality with quotes from the Quran. Suicide missions themselves are often aired on al-Manar as well as the video tapes made by the bombers hours before the attack. The station often asserts that it is not impossible to destroy Israel.[32] Until the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon, al-Manar's programming political focus was mainly against the Israeli presence in Lebanon. The withdrawal in May 2000 left a void in the station's programming, however Hezbollah and al-Manar consider the Sheeba Farms to be Lebanese territory occupied by Israel, and this became a focal point for political programming. In September of that year, the al-Aqsa Intifada broke out, and al-Manar began to cover the issue of the Israeli Palestinian conflict more extensively, overtly propagandizing to support the Palestinian militants.[33]
The Slogan I added was found in this PDF file: Bombs and broadcasts: Al Manar’s Battle to Stay on Air in the file search for the word "slogan", and you'll find it, it's about half way through. Ahmad Husseini 01:54, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Some of the sources are questionable:
Any publication by Avi Jorisch. He is a 'senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defence of Democracies' (see end of article as of 4/20/07 http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/jorisch200412220812.asp). 'The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is dedicated to winning the war of ideas through communicating, influencing, empowering and educating.' (from http://www.defenddemocracy.org/about_FDD/about_FDD_show.htm?doc_id=321476&attrib_id=7615) In a list of the Foundations 'successes' ( http://www.defenddemocracy.org/usr_doc/FDD_at_a_Glance.pdf) is this:
'FDD is the only organization that created a global campaign—comprising Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and secular organizations—to shut down Hezbollah’s al-Manar terrorist television station. Through numerous media appearances and briefings to more than 650 government officials and private sector executives in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, our Coalition Against Terrorist Media has been instrumental in removing al-Manar from eight satellite providers around the world. As a result, al-Manar can no longer spread hatred, recruit suicide bombers, and support terrorism in North America, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, and most of Africa. We are working to remove al-Manar from the two remaining satellite providers (Egyptian and Saudi) that broadcast the station into Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa'
It is amazingly obvious that this organization, or any of its 'fellows', are not only non-objective, but actively hostile to the topic of this Wikipedia entry. Any part of this entry using sources quoted from any affiliate of the FDD should be deleted. This includes Avi Jorisch's book 'Beacon of Hatred', and any of his writings. Sources include 3, 15-18, and 26-34. Another strike against this book as non-objective reference is the fact that it is published by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, which itself was founded by a former research director for AIPAC.
Source number 32 includes a reference to a report by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies. This center
...is part of the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC) , an NGO dedicated to the memory of the fallen of the Israeli Intelligence Community...
( http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/site/content/T1.asp?Sid=18&pid=121) Any source taken from the Center should obviously be deleted.
Also, source number 4 is extemely dubious. Al-Manar maintains a current web site, which shows no signs of the inflamatory language quoted in #4. If this was a statement actually from Al-Manar, it should be properly attributed from a reputable source.
Jeffrey Goldberg, author of #5, is in fact Jewish, and served in the IDF. While it would be wrong to assume that no Jew could be objective, or a person who served in the IDF, he has a poor history of accurate reporting, particularly in regards to the Middle East.
I must say that this is really something. If the authors of this article must write propaganda, there are appropriate places to do so. Providing a biased, one-sided hack job as fact is churlish and of questionable taste. It shows a complete, naked lack of respect for the reader. I will wait to make changes, if anyone wants to respond.
ThurstonZ 21:14, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Did you read what the FDD said was a success? 'to shut down Hezbollah’s al-Manar terrorist television station'? Using any connection to the FDD as a source is obviously biased. If you would keep 'Beacon of Hatred' et.al. as sources of information about Al-Manar, why not use Mein Kampf as a source of factual information about Judaism? The first paragraph of the entry is fact mixed with anti-Al-Manar propaganda from spurious sources. And it gets worse from there.
Your assertion that al-Manar aims to be biased in its reporting is unsubstantiated. That link on archive.com, even under cursory scrutiny, is weak in comparison to Al-Manar's real webpage. Your opinions about Al-Manar have no relevance here. Perhaps you can voice your opinions on a personal web page, blog, forum, etc. Wikipedia was not invented so you could spread your personal views.
Carabinieri, fascism and a television station are two very different things. Again, Avi Jorisch is a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defence of Democracies. The FDD blatently states in the .pdf linked to above, that they are actively attempting to shut down all access to Al-Manar. They state :
FDD is the only organization that created a global campaign...to shut down Hezbollah’s al-Manar terrorist television station.
It is clear that any literature released by anyone associated with the FDD will be biased(at the least) or not factual.
ThurstonZ 22:35, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
How much time do you need? Simple googling revealed the bias I pointed out. I can clean up this entry. I don't really care about al-Manar, the obvious propaganda just sickens me. God forbid there should be a source of information that Israel resents.
ThurstonZ 04:49, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I just want to make sure that we all agree this. the claim was started by the Jerusalem Post, and Al-Manar ran that claim later on, from which they concluded that 9/11 was an Israeli plot. So it really wouldn't be accurate to say that Al-Manar started the claim... in the article 9/11 Conspiracy, the Jerusalem Post is stated as the source who first claimed that 4,000 Jews did not go to their posts in the World Trade Center... Let's get this fact clarified please... Thanks guys... Ahmad Husseini
Arabs are semitic, calling almanar antisemitic is wrong in the first place; it's like saying anti-my-self radiant guy ( talk) 03:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Could someone provide some supporting or opposing arguements for this tag. (Hypnosadist) 18:15, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
I just made an from the lead that referred to sources with no mention of what is asserted here. i suspect there is a whole lot more that is POV and miscited, suggest this page be reread. Lihaas ( talk) 17:15, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
The following sentence is grammatically incorrect and needs correction.
It has an offering a "rich menu" of high production news, commentary, and entertainment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.68.252 ( talk) 22:42, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
corrected — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yteitz ( talk • contribs) 15:25, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
I have created redirects from Javaid Iqbal (cable television installer) and Javed Iqbal (satellite television installer). They may or may not be the same person. I started the discussion at Talk:Ashcroft v. Iqbal#2009 convection for selling access to Hezbollah's satellite television channel?. -- Petri Krohn ( talk) 09:11, 25 Septembe a
Javed Iqbal that you had described in this page is untrue and is a lie. Here is the correct story which I will confirm anytime any where in he world, his name is Javed Iqbal a.k.a John. I know him since he was 14 years old in the US. When he was a young teenager. He has a very humble background and he had alot of talent, building cars and racing cars, and motorcycles, he is not very religious, because his father died very young when he was 3 years old. He also works for automobile, high proformace technology during the young day's. And he come the motor vehicle inspector for cars and m motor vehicle under 18000 pound. And after that he started to work at communication industries he did not install any communication devices or equipment or satellite dish this is a lie from the federal government, FBI and police and he informer/ CIA. Javed Iqbal is an illigit business man, he has a manufacture license, he is the one to introduced the world digital and analog combined satellite receiver displaying las Vegas SBCA satellite trade show 1995 to 1999. He is a proud manufacture that time. And he also, he did provide satellite technology to companies such as globe cast. Panamsat and Skyangel, he provided them encryption system hardware and software, manufactured by him and his company, he is the owner.He is a very straight forward man and believes on his religion very well, he never drinks or smoke any other drug or substance. And he had travel around he world to do business. And he has got a rodcdting license and his own earth station called HDTV broadcasting. He is the first one to provide in the early 2000 high definition satellite TV signal and transmission. Afounturnaly he had one customer from Libenan his is Al Manar, and their t TV station name is called Al-Manar TV. It is a Libanease TV station. And it has a contract with Mr.Iqbal business to broadcast this station with 2 different satellite for 5 years, which is illegal to business because he is a licence broadcaster is first amendment issue. So at that rime, the Al-Manar TV never listed to ban for broadcast or for to do business. It had happened at 2006. He did not convict NY crime all his life, he respected he US rule and law. And all this alligarioj and conviction was because he had a contract with Al-Manar TV to broadcast them which wasn't ancrimw. The problem had stared when was the day Israel had lost war to their party of God. Now he can't shut the station doen, he is doing a live footage of the world, Israel and Israelian around the world, and especially in the US, to find out if continued of how they bombed their TV station. And a couple of people who spyed for US government happen to be Jews. They work for freedom and democracy. Mr. Duvabich CEO and founder of this Jew group, is associated with a Jewish lobby with a good politition because he is good lier. And monopolized the government officials. He know how to do very professionally. He is the one who called the FBI and US attorney in NY and explained that they had found with their experience who broadcast Al-Manar TV in the us. You think that it is amazing of what they had found, Javed Iqbal and his company broadcast this television 1 year ago.And of is free to wear satellite tv, it doesn't require any special equipment, it is FTA, free to air any body can watch this, it is frree. Close to 35 million people watching it, in the Us, Canada, and South and Central America, and include Mexico.And would it be do secret when they had found something so amazing, it had started January 2005. Israel had lost war in 2006. And the TV station name came a tourist and that is how Israel won it, and the US followed it because the political pressure. And Javed Iqbal had broadcast 10 other Tv station, include arabic, Christian religous, and adult entertainment. But the Jewish called the US government and US attorney that they want this man in prison, supporting the tourist. Mr Javed Iqbal layer, Josh Draytal advices Mr. Iqbal that he can not help me because the government wants him, but Javed didn't convicted any crime in his lifetime. Javed Iqbal wanted to go to trial. And to let the world know that I am a legal broadcaster and how are you charging me, while I am doing business as everyone else, and I am giving everybidy rights to broadcast. This is the first members rights. And the lawyer is d ared of him and doenst know any law, he told him that he is guilty for providing satellite TV, material support under USC 2339B under this you are guilty. He told Javed Iqbal to go to prison for 110 years and shown on the indinent papers which one Mr.Iqbal didn't understand anythin, he had no clue of what he was looking for, and his lawyer told him that the government offered you 5 to 7 years in time if you sign guilty plea agreement. Javed Iqbal still doesn't have a clue of what it means. At the end of the day, December 2008 Judge Bermin accept Mr. Iqbal guilty plea agreement and sended him to federal prison for 6 years. He charged him for supporting and resources to Al Manar tv, supporting tourist. Mr Iqbal has 6 children and a lot of families, he grew up and raised in the city. I knew him ever since he canrti this country, and I am a Jewish and I am the one who pay and signed a quarter million dollars at that time of 2006. This is the warning to every civilized world, please don't destroy people correcter and reputation.the us government and the Israleian people took 10 years of his life and destroyed his ability to function. He is Javed Iqbal and he is back, I saw him two weeks ago and we welcomed hima nd a lot of people had approached him and the New York Times and Al jazzera englidh, they wanted to get an interview, because he didn't want to make any problems for him and his family, very sad. People destroy other people and their family and children just to put the in prison for no reason. This is my believe I think, if you are a Muslim, and if you definitely go to jail for a crime with tourist charges because the law was designed for you after 9/11. Israel and Israelian lo e this world called patriact. More memo will be written very soon, this man isn't a satellite installer, or gives TV access, he is a satellite broadcaster and is well none man, he is the only Muslim man in the US who does satellite broadcasting, even to today.Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.56.191.82 ( talk) 07:53, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
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