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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/08/012805print.html

August 21, 2006

Hizballah pushes past guards in show of force

I have been pointing out that the Lebanese government has never been able to stand up to Hizballah, and so Lebanese troops patrolling the border with Israel are likely to be simply Hizballah troops. Or maybe Hizballah will simply face down the UN openly, and do whatever it wants. "Hizbollah pushes past guards in show of force," from the Telegraph, with thanks to LGF:

Hizbollah mourners on a funeral parade shoved aside anti-tank barriers at a United Nations base in Lebanon yesterday in a demonstration of their new political strength.
The party had been told it would be allowed to bury three "martyrs" at the Naqoura town cemetery inside the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) compound, but only if there was no flag-waving or political sloganising.

When the chanting procession, several hundred strong, reached the gates, it found the way barred by cruci-form steel tank traps. Mourners argued with the French guards, but failed to gain entry.
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A mob of young men then dragged the barriers away and the UN opened the gates. "They will eat us alive," said a middle-aged official as the throng surged in.

A column of black-shirted men carried the three coffins to the graveyard. They waved yellow Hizbollah banners and portraits of the movement's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and yelled anti-Israeli and anti-American doggerel.

Posted at August 21, 2006 10:48 PM