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A Lebanese Shia explains how Hezbollah uses Human Shields
Der Tagesspiegel ^ | 7/30/06 | Dr. Mounir Herzallah

Posted on 07/31/2006 1:49:58 PM PDT by abu afak

In a letter to the editor of the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel a Lebanese Shia explains how after Israel’s withdrawal from South Lebanon, Hezbollah stored rockets in bunkers in his town and built a school and residence over it.

""I lived until 2002 in a small southern village near Mardshajun that is inhabited by a majority of Shias like me. After Israel left Lebanon, it did not take long for Hezbollah to have the say in our town and all other towns. Received as successful resistance fighters, they appeared armed to the teeth and dug rocket depots in bunkers in our town as well. The social work of the Party of God consisted in building a school and a residence over these bunkers!

A local sheikh explained to me Laughing that the Jews would lose in any event because the rockets would either be fired at them or if they attacked the rocket depots, they would be condemned by world opinion on account of the dead civilians. These people do not care about the Lebanese population, they use them as shields, and, once dead, as propaganda. As long as they continue existing there, there will be no tranquility and peace.""

Dr. Mounir Herzallah Berlin-Wedding

(translated from the German by David Ouellette)


TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hezbollah; hizballah; hizbullah; humanshield; iran; iraq; islam; israel; lebanon; mardshajun; muslim; terrorism; wot
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1 posted on 07/31/2006 1:49:58 PM PDT by abu afak
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To: abu afak

Sums it up very nicely. Thanks for posting this


2 posted on 07/31/2006 1:52:40 PM PDT by pissant
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To: abu afak

Is there a link to the paper?


3 posted on 07/31/2006 1:54:05 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info)
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To: abu afak

never mind..just woke up from a nap and shakin out the cobwebs..


4 posted on 07/31/2006 1:55:40 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32; Cindy; West Coast Conservative

Yes at my link you can link to the Original German:

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/archiv/30.07.2006/2660279.asp


5 posted on 07/31/2006 1:55:41 PM PDT by abu afak (Mellita, domi adsum)
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To: abu afak

bump


6 posted on 07/31/2006 1:55:53 PM PDT by VOA
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To: abu afak

Sounds a lot like Communist wars of "National Liberation."

Wars of national liberation

Because open warfare against target governments would simply lead to defeat, the Communists always disguise their revolutions as civil wars. They camouflage their intentions by pretending to fight for the liberation of one class of people from another, using a divide-and-conquer technique against a nation's social structure. This method is referred to as a "war of national liberation," and it adapts its tactics to the unique circumstances of each country. Such a war can pit industrial workers against capitalists, as in Russia, Catholics against Protestants, as in Northern Ireland, blacks against whites, as in South Africa--or Arabs against Jews, as in Israel. The Communists do not openly identify themselves, acting instead as representatives of the supposedly "oppressed" class of people.

By painting their revolution as a spontaneous uprising of "oppressed masses," the Communists hope to convince the target population that it faces an unwinnable war rooted in fundamental social tensions. If the government is also paralyzed and cannot stop the terrorism, public morale quickly drops and the weakening government loses popular support. Believing that the revolution must eventually win, the population abandons active opposition to the terrorists and instead sues for peace at any cost. The perception ultimately becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as the government collapses altogether.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666922/posts


7 posted on 07/31/2006 1:57:13 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: abu afak

b*t*t*t


8 posted on 07/31/2006 1:57:53 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: abu afak

Whether you are a Christian, Jew, Atheist, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim or something else, your biggest enemy is Islam.


9 posted on 07/31/2006 1:57:55 PM PDT by magslinger (Without Freedom, Utopia isn't paradise after all. It's just hell in a fancy prom dress. Steven James)
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To: abu afak
Yes, saw this on the front page of the New York Times. Oh wait! No, that must have been in some other parallel universe I'm thinking about.
10 posted on 07/31/2006 2:00:32 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: pissant

So why does the world keep falling for this BS?


11 posted on 07/31/2006 2:02:50 PM PDT by kinghorse
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To: kinghorse

Because leftists hate Israel and the US more than they hate islamo-fascists. It's that simple. Just like they were cheerleading for the USSR (Yes, you John Kerry, you fetid POS).


12 posted on 07/31/2006 2:05:21 PM PDT by pissant
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To: abu afak

If only the media would report on this--Fox does a little bit, but often, they seem more on the side of Hezbollah.


13 posted on 07/31/2006 2:06:07 PM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: abu afak
Wow, can't wait to see this on the evening news....

...sound of crickets chirping...

14 posted on 07/31/2006 2:07:40 PM PDT by Clink ("Government is not the solution, government is the problem".--Ronald Reagan)
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Well, the next time you see the "peace marchers" milling around with their banners and signs, realize that no matter what the signs and banners say, what they are really saying is:

*I want to live under Sharia law as a slave of Islam

*I want to see more Americans massacred and tortured

*I want to have to live the rest of my life in a burqa and subservient to all men

*I hate liberty, and want to get rid of it

Those are the true messages.


15 posted on 07/31/2006 2:08:15 PM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: abu afak

The armies of Satan...


16 posted on 07/31/2006 2:09:20 PM PDT by REDWOOD99
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To: abu afak

Tis is something you will NEVER hear about on MSNBC, ABC, CBS, or CNN.


17 posted on 07/31/2006 2:09:46 PM PDT by Palladin (The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?)
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To: MizSterious

Some dumb jerk reporter on FOX was comparing the attack on Bint Jabail with Dresden, for goodness sake!!! he showed his abysmal ignorance of the history of WWII.


18 posted on 07/31/2006 2:11:37 PM PDT by Palladin (The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?)
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To: abu afak

bump for later


19 posted on 07/31/2006 2:18:46 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: abu afak

And the US and world media and useful idiots for terrorists among the world liberal movement fell for it. And these naive asshats have the nerve to give "neo-cons" their stupid little "tsks-tsks."


20 posted on 07/31/2006 2:19:21 PM PDT by MikeA (Not voting out of anger in November is a vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House)
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