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2007-05-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Breaking: Terrorists 'using civilians as human shields' in north Lebanon

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Posted by Zenster 2007-05-22 14:13|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Did anybody expect any less from the Brave Lions of Islam?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-05-22 14:36|| 2007-05-22 14:36|| Front Page Top

#2 No.
The "Brave Lions of Islam" always hide behind their women's burkas.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-05-22 14:52|| 2007-05-22 14:52|| Front Page Top

#3 The "Brave Lions of Islam" always hide behind their women's burkas.

Or in them.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-22 14:57|| 2007-05-22 14:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Is there truly anyone in the camps over the age of five who doesn't own a firearm? If only they'd organize themselves, they could easily overwhelm the formerly 100-150, now 150-200 Fatah al Islam idiots.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-22 15:29|| 2007-05-22 15:29|| Front Page Top

#5 "Terrorists 'using civilians as human shields' in north Lebanon"

Well, I for one am just shocked!

Hooda thunk it?

Other than anybody with 2 functioning brain cells....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-05-22 15:49|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-05-22 15:49|| Front Page Top

#6 There may be more to this than meets the eye. When Israel last left Lebanon, the Paleos used large numbers of women and children to charge the Israeli positions, which turned an orderly retreat into a rout. The Arabs figured it was a win-win situation with the alternative being the Israelis slaughtering the women and children.

Either way, the bragged about it ever since as a great "Arab victory".

And so the Arabs in the area have since calculated how they can use women and children in their military operations. (N.B.: and might also explain the US development of the Sheriff Humvee mounted microwave crowd disperser.)

I was surprised that Hezbollah didn't try a similar stunt in their recent defeat by the Israelis. They only did it late in the game, trying to stop evacuations of Shiites in their northern territory.

But in this case, the Fatah al-Islam thugs, are more than willing to expend as many Palestinian lives as possible to keep them as human shields.

Especially if they are Syrian backed and armed.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-22 15:52|| 2007-05-22 15:52|| Front Page Top

#7 They shoot at every civilian who tries to evacuate the camp

Didn't Hamas do the same thing in southern Lebanon?

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-05-22 16:35|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-05-22 16:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Palestinians will be Palestinians.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-05-22 18:04|| 2007-05-22 18:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Per other reports, the Fatah al-Islam group may be pretty unpopular in Nahr el Bared (basically because Sharia is much nastier in practice than most moslems imagine in principle) and thus, the former don't mind at all using people who they consider potential enemies.

Posted by mhw 2007-05-22 19:06|| 2007-05-22 19:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Let's Do the Time Warp Again!

Posted by doc 2007-05-22 19:27|| 2007-05-22 19:27|| Front Page Top

#11 (basically because Sharia is much nastier in practice than most moslems imagine in principle)

As astonishing as it may sound, this seems to be the case with a large portion of this world's Muslim population. While you would think that might exonerate them of guilt in helping to advance the cause of Islam, it really serves to condemn them further. They have chosen to blindly follow a creed no matter how bloodthirsty and cruel its own doctrine is. Ignorance of shari'a law is no excuse. They are pushing for it to be globally enforced and it is their fault.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-22 20:00|| 2007-05-22 20:00|| Front Page Top

#12 Muslim on muslim violence. Ima thinkin the Lebanese Army isn't going to worry as much as we do about human shields. Lebanese Army will probably shoot first and let Allan sort out the human shields from the Fatah.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-22 20:47|| 2007-05-22 20:47|| Front Page Top

#13 wanna get my attention? THIS headline would:
"Terrorists NOT using civilians as human shields"

Now THAT would news!!

Posted by Justrand 2007-05-22 22:03|| 2007-05-22 22:03|| Front Page Top

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