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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 6,27-38. But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit (is) that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as (also) your Father is merciful. Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you."

Latest News Reports From miscellaneous sources For 19/02/07
Ahmadinejad: Iran, Lebanon are 'Limbs' of the Same Body-Naharnet
Fneish Vows Hizbullah Will Not Surrender Weapons-Naharnet
Nasrallah Promises Victory 'Sooner or Later'-Naharnet
Israel, U.S. may shun Palestinian gov't-AP
'Hizbullah has right to transfer arms'-Jerusalem Post -
Lebanese cleric hopeful about Iran-Saudi Arabia efforts in Lebanon-Islamic Republic News Agency
Syria Iran Vow to Confront US, Israeli Plots in Lebanon, Iraq-Naharnet
3 Parties Jostle Before Meeting in Jerusalem-New York Times
Syria's Assad holds talks in Iran over Iraq-Reuters
Iran and Syria vow alliance against US, Israel-Khaleej Times
US Sponsors Israel-Palestinian Peace Talks from Position of Weakness-DEBKA file
Syria-Iran vow to oppose US-Gulf Daily News
Assad weathers crises, but regime still suffers from uncertainty-International Herald Tribune

Syria, Iran Vow to Confront U.S., Israeli 'Plots' in Lebanon, Iraq
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his counterpart Mahmoud Admadinejad have warned against the danger of disunity between Sunnis and Shiites in Lebanon and Iraq and pledged to work together to confront U.S. and Israeli "plots" in the Middle East.
Assad's visit to Tehran comes at a time when both Syria and Iran have been allegedly accused by the U.S. of "meddling" in the region. His two-day visit is aimed at further bolstering already robust ties between the two countries.
"We should cooperate and work to make the public aware of the sinister aims of the United States and the Zionists," Assad said in his meeting with Ahmadinejad on Saturday, according to the state-run Iranian News Agency, IRNA.
"Iran and Syria support the peoples of the region and the enemies will only reach their goals by creating pessimism and disunity amongst Muslims," Assad added. Ahmadinejad agreed that "we should be careful about the enemies' efforts to create division and conflict amongst Muslims and make sure they do not reach their sinister goals." "Under the current conditions it is necessary that Islamic countries preserve their vigilance, unity and wisdom to prevent the establishment of new conspiracies," he added. Accompanied by Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and Vice President Faruq al-Shara, Assad also met former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He is scheduled also to meet supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "Creating conflict between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq and Lebanon is the final card that America and its allies have... they try to cover their failure with false propaganda," Assad told Rafsanjani.
Assad was the first world leader to visit Ahmadinejad following his election victory -- just five days after he took office -- and relations have remained strong ever since. The Iranian president visited Damascus in January 2006, where he held talks with Assad and the Syria-based political leaders of Palestinian militant groups.
Washington, which is planning to send more troops to bolster the U.S.-led force of around 140,000 soldiers in Iraq, accuses Syria and Iran of helping stir up insecurity there by supporting insurgents and allowing militants to cross their borders. Damascus has also been accused of fomenting the violence which has dogged Lebanon since the assassination of former Prime Minister RafiK Hariri in 2005, while Tehran stands accused of arming Hizbullah.
Syria is a staunch supporter of Iran's controversial nuclear program, which the U.S. alleges is a cover for making nuclear weapons. Washington's major ally Israel is believed to be the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East although it has never officially confirmed this status. Iran insists its atomic drive is solely aimed at generating energy, to which it has every right.(Naharnet-AFP) Beirut, 18 Feb 07, 07:59

Fneish Vows Hizbullah Will Not Surrender Weapons
Hizbullah cabinet member Mohammed Fneish, who resigned last November along with four other Shiite ministers just two days before the government was due to discuss a draft U.N. document on an international tribunal to try Hariri's suspected killers, has vowed that Hizbullah will not surrender its weapons. "We hold on to our weapons since their employment is not over yet," Fneish said in remarks published by the daily Al Mustaqbal on Sunday.
"The resistance will continue to confront Israeli aggressions. It (resistance) is still a necessary force to protect Lebanon," stressed Fneish.
He assured that neither Hizbullah nor its weapons are for bargaining, saying: "no one can argue its legitimacy." Hizbullah was the only armed group which was not asked to surrender its weapons after Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war because it was considered a "resistance group" then fighting Israel's occupation of Lebanese territory. U.N. Security Council resolutions have called for the disarming of all militias in Lebanon. Hizbullah was expected to disarm under U.N. Res. 1701 which brought an end to the 34-day Israel-Hizbullah war this summer.
All five Shiite ministers and one Opposition Christian in the 24-member cabinet of Prime Minister Fouad Saniora resigned in advance of a vote that approved the creation of an international tribunal to probe the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Beirut, 18 Feb 07, 11:44

Nasrallah Promises Victory 'Sooner or Later'
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday pledged that his followers will remain entrenched along the border with Israel, in Beirut and "everywhere in Lebanon" to achieve victory. Nasrallah, talking to supporters in south Beirut, said: "We will stay along the border, in Beirut and all over Lebanon. We are Lebanese citizens and this is our country."Hizbullah, Nasrallah stressed, "is capable of establishing presence in all the squares at the same time, and is ready to practice its jihad (holy war) in any sphere.""Don't despair," Nasrallah said, as his supporters waved clinched fists and chanted slogans supporting Hizbullah and its armed resistance.The March 14 parliamentary majority that backs Premier Fouad Saniora's government managed to "stay put since Dec. 1 because of external support," Nasrallah said in reference to the sit-in staged by the Hizbullah-led opposition to topple the administration. "External backing can keep a group in power for a certain period of time, but not for good," Nasrallah said in an address marking the 15th anniversary of the assassination by Israel helicopter gunships of his predecessor, Sayyed Abbas Moussawi.
He said Hizbullah and its allies are facing "the same war" fought in July and August against Israel after Hizbullah operatives kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.
However, Nasrallah explained that "we are facing it with different methods."He urged his followers to be "disciplined" stressing that "this opposition will be victorious, sooner or later."Commenting on the truckload of Hizbullah weapons confiscated by the authorities east of Beirut earlier this month, Nasrallah said: "We want the weapons that had been confiscated from us, even if such weapons have been sent to the south."
"My brethren and I are ready to give the army multiple folds of weapons, but we do not forgive anyone for usurping a bullet," Nasrallah said.
Defense Minister Elias Murr had rejected a call by Hizbullah to return the truckload of weapons and said it had already been sent to the Lebanese army deployed along the southern frontier with Israel. Hizbullah's resistance, according to Nasrallah, is ready to support the army.
"Our men and fighters will be alongside the Lebanese army in defending the country," he said. He denied predictions that Hizbullah was setting the stage for a confrontation with the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon which is deployed along the southern borders with the Jewish state.
"UNIFIL did not come to Lebanon against our will. States donating troops contacted us as well as the Lebanese state and obtained guarantees" from Hizbullah, Nasrallah said. UNIFIL troops, according to Nasrallah, "are deployed in our villages, in our lands and we will not harm them. We keep our word, we gave them guarantees.""Trouble with UNIFIL is not in the interest of Lebanon, the south or the resistance," he stressed.
Nasrallah said the Hizbullah-led opposition "does not want to lead the country to civil war. This is a red line."He launched a vehement attack on Druze Leader Walid Jumblat, without mentioning him by name, saying the latter has "a personal problem which he doesn't know how to settle and wants to burden the whole of Lebanon with the repercussions."He was commenting on the insulting attack waged by Jumblat Wednesday against Syrian President Bashar Assad, Nasrallah's declared ally.
Jumblat, in an address on the second anniversary of Ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination, also called on Nasrallah to hand over Hizbullah's weapons to the Lebanese army and the hay, which concealed the load of the confiscated truck, "to your allies."Nasrallah said speeches delivered during a mass rally commemorating the second anniversary of the Hariri assassination "instigate fear and concern.""Are those the leaders who would reach a compromise? Is this the language that would put Lebanon at the gateway to a solution?" he asked.However, Nasrallah said, a "ray of light was expressed by Parliamentary Deputy Saad Hariri's speech."He was referring to the speech of the slain leader's son, Saad, in which he proposed trading the opposition's acceptance of an international tribunal to try suspects in his father's crime for a new government grouping representatives of the various parliamentary blocks.
Nasrallah said "there are factions (within the majority) that have an interest in a solution and that are seeking a solution. And there are internal forces that do not have an interest in a solution.""There are external forces that do not want a solution in Lebanon … Israel doesn't want a solution, the Americans do not want a solution," he added. Stressing that the various calls for a national dialogue are "premature," Nasrallah said: "We welcome any bilateral meeting between a leader of the other party and a leader of the opposition. Bilateral meetings could be an effort leading to opening gaps" in the wall separating both camps. Hizbullah at this stage, Nasrallah explained, was not prepared to talk directly to leaders of the March 14 alliance "because they want this meeting to proof their claim that Hizbullah is the opposition … We trust our allies … Any leader of an opposition faction can represent us without hesitation." Beirut, 16 Feb 07, 18:01

Ahmadinejad: Iran, Lebanon are 'Limbs' of the Same Body
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described his country and Lebanon as "limbs" of the same body on the eve of a visit by Syrian President Bashar Assad to discuss the situation in Lebanon, Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
"Iran and Lebanon are limbs of the same body, but unfortunately the Lebanese part of it is wounded," Ahmadinejad was quoted as telling outgoing Lebanese ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mansour on Friday. According to IRNA, the Iranian president praised the "brave" Lebanese people and said "broader relations between Tehran and Beirut would foil plots knitted by the enemies of the two nations." Ahmadinejad vowed that the "Iranian government and nation, like in the past will continue to support" Lebanon.
He also praised Hizbullah, saying "the spectacular resistance of your nation against military aggression of the 'Zionist' regime a while ago was unique and totally unmatched." He said with Hizbullah's "resistance" in the south during the July-August Israeli offensive on the country, Lebanon "became the flag of resistance, piety, and pride for all nations."The Syrian president will arrive in Tehran Saturday afternoon on a two-day trip for talks with his Iranian ally over regional issues, including Lebanon. Beirut, 17 Feb 07, 08:26