Thursday May 24, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

The Arab League has just done something it has never done before.
The Arab League has just condemned Fatah al Islam.
Fatah al Islam is the terrorist thug organization now engaged in a mini war with the Lebanese army that has, so far, resulted in the deaths of about 75 people and injuries to well over 100.

The Arab League statement came after a long day of meetings on the topic.
Using unusually strong language the official Arab League statement said that they: "strongly condemned the criminal and terrorist acts carried out by the terrorist group known as Fatah al-Islam." They said: this group "has no relation to the Palestinian question or Islam."

"strongly condemned criminal and terrorist acts."
Those are strong words coming from an organization that rarely does anything to condemn terror.
Those are strong words from an organization that usually defines terrorists as liberators fighting the Zionists.

This is a significant step for the 22 member countries of the Arab League.
Now, if only those 22 member countries would be as critical of these acts within their own countries the world would have a better chance at fighting terror.