No, it means members of militia. Of course, they usually do have guns but would they use them or even threaten to use them on Lebanese during a photo op session?
> 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'? >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:212226 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
