What in the world makes you think these are average joes? I'd bet money and life that they were mostly if not all Hizballah supporters. Staged events of this sort are VERY common in the middle east and in any despotic regime. Make no mistake here, Hizballah is the despot of Lebanon and they play the media game WELL! And the media is more than happy to play along.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2292917,00.html "The militiamen watched impassively as youths ripped down the UN flag and replaced it with Hezbollah's yellow colours and stood by as half a dozen demonstrators beat up a security guard. They used their walkie-talkies to monitor the invaders' progress. Only when a gang began torching rooms on the first floor and threatened to seize the 80 UN staff working upstairs on a ceasefire plan and the humanitarian relief operation did Hezbollah step in and the mob melted away without argument. " So the 'mod' melted away without argument just because some guys from Hizballah asked them to. I wonder.... >> Dino wrote: >> There is a LOT of resentment on >> the part of the average Lebanese against Hizballah. > > So why did 1000+ Lebanese average Joe's attack the UN headquarters > holding pictures of Nasrallah and shouting "death to Israel'? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212222 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
