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2005-12-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Hezbollah strengthening ties to al-Qaeda

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-12-07 01:04|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So whadda they do when they're "strengthening ties" amongst the baddies? A little quality time playing pool and sharing a pitcher? Sharing ammo for gun sex? Swapping spit? Reach-arounds?

There's only one top dog in each pile - everybody else is baring his belly in some degree. Mebbe that's what they do - have stare-downs and figure out whose gonna be top dog over their combined piles. I get weird mixed flashbacks from the Monty Python Colosseum scene and Goodfellas when I read this stuff. So many chiefs, so few (living) injuns. Let's hope they off a few of each other's mooks in their negotiations.

Posted by .com 2005-12-07 03:18|| 2005-12-07 03:18|| Front Page Top

#2 A better question ,.com is what is the US going to do?From what I see,not much.These mooks are killing our people and we do nothing.

Posted by raptor 2005-12-07 06:15|| 2005-12-07 06:15|| Front Page Top

#3 the fact that Hezbollah (which was considered a "social" as well as militant organization as little as a year ago) is allying themselves with AQ means they're on teh downhill slide and geting desperate. Their only reason to exist now is to dick with the Israelis whenever their Syrians or Iranian masters need a diversion

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-07 08:45|| 2005-12-07 08:45|| Front Page Top

#4 " ...the still-spreading insurgency in Iraq."
Umm... I would say the insurgency has been on a downward spiral for the last year and a half. They are losing badly.

Posted by bgrebel9 2005-12-07 11:53|| 2005-12-07 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 "The Party of God" is gradually losing its reason to exist as witnessed by anyone reading the "Daily Star". Searching around for a new purpose and etc...this group will not go down with a whimper, the iranian overlords would not readily permit the woeful collapse of such an asset...

Posted by borgboy 2005-12-07 12:59|| 2005-12-07 12:59|| Front Page Top

#6 I get the whole cooperate with the devil to defeat the bigger devil but something doesn't add up here. Are AQ bigshots desparate enough to allow the "new generation" to start calling the shots? Are Mugs and the boyz willing to take the PR hit? Seems like a departure from their stylings to go mainstream.

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-12-07 18:48|| 2005-12-07 18:48|| Front Page Top

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