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Lebanese Christians " A Plague On Both Your Houses "
Lebanon ^ | 8 -- 18 -- 06

Posted on 08/18/2006 12:38:53 PM PDT by okiedog

South Lebanon Christians bitter over Israeli attack

QLAIAH, Lebanon: Ever since a truce between Israel and Hizbollah took hold this week, Boulos Abu Hamad and his family have been cleaning up the damage they say was left by Israeli troops who occupied their home for a night.

Their properties have only been moderately affected compared to the devastation of nearby Shi’ite Muslim towns, but residents of some Christian areas in southern Lebanon are just as angry with the Israelis.

“We are Maronite Christians. We are neither with Israel nor with Hizbollah nor with any other party so why did they do this to us?” said Abu Hamad’s wife, breaking into tears.

“Their troops came and ruined the bedroom furniture. We threw out the clothes I bought for my sister’s wedding because they ruined them and sacked the drawers and cupboards. They left nothing intact. Even their dogs left mess in the house.”

Many Lebanese Christians, Sunni Muslims and Druze have criticised Hizbollah for touching off the war by capturing two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid on July 12.

But they are also furious with Israel’s devastating response, which killed at least 1,100 people in Lebanon. One hundred and fifty-seven Israelis were killed in the conflict.

When Israeli troops invaded Lebanon last week and occupied the Christian villages of Marjayoun and Qlaiah — once home to the defunct pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army militia — they went from house to house, locals say, hammering down doors, breaking glass and trashing the contents for no reason they could fathom.

Soldiers took up positions in the neighbouring villages, entering and leaving residential areas after imposing a curfew.

Barely a shot was fired from Qlaiah, which was occupied by Israel until 2000, at Israeli infantry that advanced from the border to Christian towns around Aug. 10. Villagers say Hizbollah did not fight from among them.

No one thought the area would come under attack, and in comparison to nearby Hizbollah strongholds where houses and shops have been completely flattened, it has not.

A few buildings in the picturesque cobbled square of Marjayoun had been hit, apparently after some shots were fired at advancing Israeli troops.

Israeli soldiers also entered Marjayoun barracks and the town hall, their tanks crumpling or flattening the cars parked outside it and leaving imprints on the tarmac.

A peek through the padlocked gate into a clinic in Qlaiah reveals white doctors’ coats hanging up and a table of medical tools nearby, surrounded by broken glass and metal.

Glass litters a nearby optician’s and dental clinic, where neighbours say medical equipment has been damaged.

“May God not bring them fortune,” said one resident surveying the damage. “It is disgusting,” agreed another.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; caughtinthemiddle; lebanesechristians; lebanon
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To: Centurion2000
"Send a bill to the IDF ... being that they are Christians they MIGHT just pay it."

Say What?

41 posted on 08/18/2006 1:26:48 PM PDT by norton
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To: kinghorse
"Marionette? "

" So they are puppets on a string? Sounds about right."

Sound like french puppets, no less.

42 posted on 08/18/2006 1:26:50 PM PDT by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: okiedog

We tend to make up our own minds around here, and don't just accept anyone's "theology". I can tell you I'll never accept any islamonazi "theology", though.


43 posted on 08/18/2006 1:28:41 PM PDT by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: norton
Oh, OK:
"Send a bill to the IDF ... being that they (lebanese Marionites) are Christians they MIGHT just pay it.
That it?
44 posted on 08/18/2006 1:29:32 PM PDT by norton
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To: winner3000

"I'd to see you, as a civilian, try to take on a well armed militia that has just kicked the IDF in the teeth. It's really easy to criticize."

Especially from 8,000 miles away.


45 posted on 08/18/2006 1:29:39 PM PDT by BW2221
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To: okiedog
The Lebanese Christian has much to fear. The same Hezbollah that fights the Israelis, will soon turn their psychotic blood lust towards the Christians. Then, because they made up their mind to hate the Israelis, they will be in the corner the Arab world wants them to be. They will not face the reality that Iran wants Lebanon pure and simple. Then it will be too late. They may cry about dog poop in their homes now but soon the Christians will be so many heads bouncing through the streets.
46 posted on 08/18/2006 1:41:45 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: Popocatapetl
My thoughts exactly. Lebanon would not likely have gone through the civil war and terrorist semi-takeover if we had not lost Iran. Jimmy didn't try to help the Shah. I suppose he was worried about his human rights record, which looks good compared to the current thugs in charge.
47 posted on 08/18/2006 1:42:31 PM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: Lekker 1


THEY ARE CHRISTIANS!


48 posted on 08/18/2006 1:42:35 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell (Try reading the article before you post)
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To: winner3000

If my nation wouldn't defend me and I couldn't defend myself, I'd have gotten the hell out of there. What was he doing for all these years while Hezbollah was turning his town into a military base?


49 posted on 08/18/2006 1:43:20 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Islam delenda est)
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To: bnelson44; Blogger
Gibran's biographers, Bushrui and Jenkins, sas that "although Gibran was a Maronite Christian, his writings through the years reflect his desire to merge the Sufi Muslim tradition with the Christian mystical heritage of his background.''

Whatever that means...

50 posted on 08/18/2006 1:45:25 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on...)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

From what I read that he wrote. I wouldn't call him a Christian.


51 posted on 08/18/2006 1:46:16 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: okiedog
A big part of the problem is Michel Aoun's 'memorandum of understanding' with Hezbollah. This was a bad agreement for a Christian leader to be involved in.
52 posted on 08/18/2006 1:48:32 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)
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To: BW2221

My criticism is perfectly legitimate. The non-Hezbollah Lebanese who watched and did nothing for years and years and years while Hezbollah built up their arms and forces and entrenched themselves are not innocent in this matter.


53 posted on 08/18/2006 1:50:34 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Islam delenda est)
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To: NYer

ping


54 posted on 08/18/2006 1:52:23 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on...)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

They are Christians that have allowed the Hezbollah to operate from their midst. I didn't say it was their fault, but the fact remains that they are with Hezbollah in proximity, and that, unfortunately, is what led to the trouble.


55 posted on 08/18/2006 1:52:40 PM PDT by Lekker 1 (("Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau" - I. Fisher, Yale Econ Prof, 1929))
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To: MrEdd

Thank you for your service.


56 posted on 08/18/2006 2:03:40 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Mrs. Don-o
"his writings through the years reflect his desire to merge the Sufi Muslim tradition with the Christian mystical heritage of his background "

"Whatever that means..."

It means that his writings are occultic, with Christian and Islamic overtones. The Sufi are to Islam what Kaballah is to Judaism.

57 posted on 08/18/2006 2:10:24 PM PDT by MrEdd (More cheep than a flock of baby chickens.)
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To: HAL9000
A big part of the problem is Michel Aoun's 'memorandum of understanding' with Hezbollah.

Reads like a Neo-Con presentation to congress on what should be done in Iraq. Could have been written by Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, or read by George Bush in his earliest statements about why democracy could spread in the Middle -- East. Long live the Lebanese Christians.
58 posted on 08/18/2006 2:12:06 PM PDT by okiedog
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To: okiedog
I sure did not see any dogs with Israeli troops and consider that part suspect.

I have been wondering to what extent Hez might be outsiders or what w call illegal aliens.

59 posted on 08/18/2006 2:20:09 PM PDT by ClaireSolt (.)
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To: okiedog

Oh, please. This whole article is one of a number of anti Israeli hit pieces. The "christians" that whine in these articles are tools of the hezzbos.


60 posted on 08/18/2006 2:21:42 PM PDT by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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