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| Hezbollah firing from hospitals |
| 2006-08-06 |
| Sonia Verma National Post Saturday, August 05, 2006 TYRE, Lebanon - When Dr. Fouad Fatah emerged bleary-eyed from the ruins of his hospital during a pause in Israeli air strikes last week, it felt like the first time in forever. He counted himself as the last living soul in the five-room clinic, the only hospital serving this devastated swath of Lebanon's south. His surviving patients had already been evacuated. The surgeon led a group of journalists over what remained: mangled debris, shredded walls and a roof punched through by an Israeli shell. "Look what they did to this place," Dr. Fatah said, shaking his head. "Why in the world would the Israelis target a hospital?" The probable answer was found a few hours later in a field nearby. Hidden in the tall grass were the burned remnants of a rocket-launcher. At last, the truth comes to light ! Confronted with the evidence, Dr. Fatah admitted his hospital could have been used as a site from which to fire rockets into Israel. More details in the continuation of this very good article... |
| Posted by:leroidavid |
| #9 Let's not forget that the Lebanese civil war was one of the opening rounds in the current Islamic world war against the rest of us. Up until relatively recently, Lebanon was a majority Christian country. However, because of the formidable reproductive capacity of their captive females, the Islamists are now the majority--that and the propensity for the Christian Lebanese to immigrate to the west. Unfortunately, I think Lebanon is probably the Islamic model for the future of the west. I'm sure that we will soon see the Muslim refugees from the south being sheltered in the Christian areas of Lebanon in "refugee camps". Once they are in place the whole area becomes Islamic property... |
| Posted by: Snick Thravise5199 2006-08-06 23:05 |
| #8 Hezb'Allah was put into the government in an election by the Lebanese people. They are not innocent, they are complicit. The adults deserve what they get. The only innocents in Lebanon are the children. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-08-06 20:50 |
| #7 Hank's got it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-06 20:12 |
| #6 The idea that terrorists can conduct murderous terror operations from safe havens within willing sovereign nations ended with 9/11. I heartily agree, Hank. All that remains is |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-06 19:51 |
| #5 It is not just Hezbollah - Lebanon and the people in southern Lebanon are guilty too. Every sovereign nation has the responsibility to abide by international law. Lebanon's claimed position as an innocent bystander is belied by the facts. It has allowed the Hezbollah terrorists to become entrenched in southern Lebanon where it is permitted to freely conduct its illegal terrorist operations. The idea that terrorists can conduct murderous terror operations from safe havens within willing sovereign nations ended with 9/11. Nations must make choices - they are either for or against the fundamentalist Islamist terrorists. A decision by a government to allow terrorists within its sovereign borders to accumulate rockets and arms and then discriminately fire those rockets into civilian populations of a neighboring state cannot be tolerated. When the terrorist forces within a country become so powerful they cannot be ontrolled by the government, then the government and the people within the country who by choice or acquiescence allowed this to happen have assumed the position of human shields protecting the terrorists. The consequences of such decisions assure that innocent people on both sides of the border will be become casualties, and those casualties are the responsibility of the terrorists and human shield government. |
| Posted by: Hank 2006-08-06 19:46 |
| #4 I don't care if Hezbollah launches from daycare centers. Only consistent counter-battery is going to persuade the locals just how |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-06 19:11 |
| #3 Oh, those rockets... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-06 13:09 |
| #2 ARCLIGHT |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-08-06 12:24 |
| #1 18:12 Aug 06, '06 / 12 Av 5766 (IsraelNN.com) Hizbullah terrorists have received weapons hidden beneath goods and supplies in trucks ostensibly destined for humanitarian aid, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told reporters Sunday afternoon. He instructed intelligence officers to explain to the press Hizbullah tactics. The IDF has begun sending to the media films from ground troops and from pilots on Hizbullah actions, including the use of residences as storage centers for rocket launchers. One film shows a truck with rocket launchers entering a building. |
| Posted by: Legolas 2006-08-06 12:23 |