mm. In Belfast someone spoke out against the IRA about 18 months ago. He was killed outside a pub which was open and full. Nobody saw a thing.
On 8/1/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:212229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
