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2008-05-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Lebanese Villagers Take Aim at Hezbollah Amid Talks

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 Are Israeli Druze still subject to the IDF draft? Were they ever?

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-20 09:01|| 2008-05-20 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Grumpy G(r)om could answers that, or EoZ, but I think it's a yes to both, from my half-remembered recollations.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-20 09:03|| 2008-05-20 09:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Zubian said the Hezbollah column, numbering about 250 men, arrived May 12 on a road built by Israel before it abandoned its occupation of south Lebanon in 2000. The column split into three parts. After night fell, the Druze, armed with Kalashnikov and M-16 rifles, attacked each column from three different villages. ``We know this like our own bedrooms, kitchens and baths,'' said Niha resident Nadia Assaf, 22.

Surrender, Retreat
Surrounded, the Hezbollah fighters surrendered, Zubian said. After phone calls among Jumblatt, 58, and Hezbollah officials, the fighters were permitted to retreat, he added. Hezbollah officials reached in Beirut didn't respond to requests for their account of the Niha battle.

Ah, the crisis was elevated because the Dhimmini Druze FOUGHT BACK AND WON! HORRORS! UNACCEPTABLE! INTOLERABLE! UNISLAMIC! INCONVENIENT! HUMILIATING!
/Sarc (as if I needed this tag)

Posted by ptah">ptah 2008-05-20 09:27|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-05-20 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like Hezbollah took tactical advice from General Custer's biography.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-20 11:44|| 2008-05-20 11:44|| Front Page Top

#5 If Human Rights Watch had been less pro Hezbollah, then Hez would be less aggressive.

I'd love to see some US Senator make that point on TV.

Posted by mhw 2008-05-20 14:57|| 2008-05-20 14:57|| Front Page Top

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