hmmm does militiaman = guy with a gun? On 8/1/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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'? > > > > > >
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