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| Syria-Lebanon | |
| Lebanese troops clash with Hizbullah | |
| 2003-09-22 | |
| JPost - Reg Req’d Lebanese troops fired at militant Hizbullah forces in southern Lebanon Sunday in the first such clash in more than a decade, killing one guerrilla and wounding two. Lebanese security officials confirmed the clash in the southern village of Jbaa, some 20 kilometers southeast of the port city of Sidon, but refused to give further details. "I can say no more" The incident began when members of rival Shiite Muslim groups Hizbullah and Amal clashed over hanging political posters in the village mosque. The rivals beat each other with sticks, prompting Lebanese army troops in the area to open fire and kill Hizbullah member Ahmed Ghamloush and wound two of his comrades. they were probably laughing so hard, accidently fired a couple rounds...I can just picture these idiots whacking each other with sticks over whose posters get put up in the mosque. Idiots Lebanese forces quickly cordoned off the area where the clashes occurred. It was unclear if Hizbullah forces fired any bullets. The clash was the first between Hizbullah and Lebanese army forces in southern Lebanon since 1991, when Lebanese troops entered the region for the first time since the end of the 1975-90 civil war. The pro-Iranian Hizbullah and pro-Syrian Amal have previously fought pitched gunbattles in Beirut’s predominantly Shiite southern suburbs and southern Lebanon for control over Lebanon’s 1.2 million-strong Shiite Muslim community. keep that up boys A power struggle from 1987 to 1990 killed more than 1,000 people.
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| Posted by:Frank G |
| #5 "You've got your chocolate in my peanut butter!" "YOU GOT YOUR PEANUT BUTTER ON MY CHOCOLATE!" |
| Posted by: Flaming Sword 2003-9-22 5:12:42 PM |
| #4 It was heartening to see that Lebanon and Hizbellah have blue on blue engagements also. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-22 4:25:13 PM |
| #3 Less Filling!" TASTES GREAT!!"... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-9-22 2:40:58 PM |
| #2 Half the group wanted the Bert posters, half wanted the Ernie posters... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2003-9-22 1:42:34 PM |
| #1 The incident began when members of rival Shiite Muslim groups Hizbullah and Amal clashed over hanging political posters in the village mosque... You might consider ducking, because I'm sure that the U.S. proponents of Church-State separation will come roaring in to voice their horror at placing political posters in a religious location. Or maybe their ethic only applies to Christianity. |
| Posted by: Highlander 2003-9-22 11:06:18 AM |