Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Beirut's 'IC' cuts pages from book critical of Hezbollah


AP, here
"...... Hezbollah, which has fought Israel for more than two decades, is considered a resistance movement in Lebanon and rejects being labeled a terrorist group. 
The Lebanon-based organization is active in the country's politics and holds one seat in the cabinet and 11 in the 128-member parliament. Hezbollah also provides social services and runs schools and clinics. 
The textbook has been used for seven years by Beirut's International College, a secondary school, said its president, John Johnson, according to the state-run National News Agency. 
The book, Modern World History, is printed in the United States and is taught to 8th grade students, the daily As-Safir reported.....
جون جونسون يعرض المقطع الذي يقومون بتغطيته من الكتاب (مروان طحطح)
The education minister met with the school's president Tuesday to discuss the book, the state news agency reported. It quoted Johnson as saying the pages concerned were removed from the book..."

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