Posted on 08/02/2006 10:40:40 AM PDT by SmithL
BAALBEK, Lebanon -- People in a village outside this Hezbollah stronghold used a front-end loader's scoop to carry away some of the dead Wednesday after a night of Israeli airstrikes and a commando raid inside Baalbek that residents said killed at least 15 civilians.
It was the deepest thrust into Lebanon by Israeli troops since fighting broke out between Israel and Hezbollah on July 12. Israel said its soldiers killed at least 10 Hezbollah guerrillas and captured five.
A crowd of about 50 people from the village of Al Jamaliyeh carried pictures of Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, during a funeral procession through the hamlet, which was hit by bombs overnight as Israeli commandos stormed a Hezbollah hospital in Baalbek a half-mile away.
The village's dead were shrouded in white cloth and carried to the cemetery in the bucket of a yellow front-end loader. The mayor, Hussein Jamaleddin, lost his son, brother and five other relatives. He broke down crying and pulled at the limbs of the dead hanging out of the scoop.
"This is the leg of my son. He was a sportsman, he did tae kwan do," Jamaleddin wailed.
People around Baalbek said the Dar Al-Hikma hospital was partially destroyed in overnight fighting, but an Associated Press photographer said the building appeared intact. Guards prevented journalists from entering.
The building's entrance was riddled with bullet holes and the door appeared to have been broken down. Two burned cars sat outside the three-story building and a minivan with shattered windows stood nearby, riddled with shrapnel and bullet holes.
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Don't bring martial arts to a gunfight.
Nasser Nasser. Obviously a Catholic seminarian.
Nasser Nasser.
What did his mom have a nervous tick as she named him?
Schizophrenic whose both personalities were in love with the Egyptian dictator.
Just kidding, but don't you get tired of this sh**? Doesn't the MSM know that the majority of people aren't taken in by it anymore?
With all the flowery praise the Lebanese seem to be showering on Hezbollah since the IDF's campaign began, should we not wonder if the dead were not Hezzy supporters, perhaps even fighters, themselves? I'm rapidly forming the opinion that there are no true Lebanese anymore, only Hezbollese. If Hezbillah is really as entrenched in Lebanese society as many suggest, then they'd better get ready to bury a lot more.
I hope I'm wrong, but only time will tell.
IDF says 10+ enemy combatants killed.
Hez says 15 civilians.
You decide.
Hiccups.
And the caption to the pic says 7 killed. The same pic used in the AP article that says 15 were killed...
"Did they get to use the Rachel Corrie Memorial Bulldozer?"
No, but they did eat at IHOP.
Well that a good start Israel. Hit them again.
LOL
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Jeez, don't these retards even realize how freaking lame their fake photos are?
Very good point
They are all civilians. With rocket launchers.
All the photo ops are of the one same guy.
How do the limbs fall out when they are wrapped in a shroud? I thought that meant they were wrapped like a mummy when wrapped in a shroud. Am I missing something?
Israel has been extremely lenient in dropping leaflets and announcing where they are going to attack. Civilians could evacuate. What would be more dangerous: traveling on roads which could be attacked, or staying in a settlement (city, village, town, etc.) that has been slated for attack?
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