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 A pro-Hezbollah cleric spray paints his family name on a banner in Sidon supporting caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Militants fanned out across Beirut and reportedly staged coup drills as political unrest continued to percolate in the country, Lebanese and Israeli media outlets reported. Operatives from Hezbollah and Amal, both Shiite groups, gathered in groups of up to 30 at a dozen strategic points in the Lebanese capital Tuesday, The Jerusalem Post said. Included were sea ports, the airport and entries to the city, the newspaper reported. Though Ghaleb Abu Zeinab, a member of Hezbollah’s political bureau, told The Post he wasn’t aware of any such drills, parents pulled their children from school after seeing people dressed in black and carrying hand-held radios. A mother of three picking up her children in the Hamra area of the capital said the school contacted her “because the security situation is not good,” The Daily Star in Beirut reported. One gathering was about 400 yards from the Grand Serall, downtown Beirut’s government seat, forcing security officials to close the roads to the building, The Post said. The men were unarmed and no trouble was reported, according to various media. Sources told The Daily Star that the men appeared well-organized and were seen in west Beirut, downtown and in the southern suburb of Hadath. The drill came as Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan sat down for talks with Lebanese politicians, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, aimed at heading off sectarian strife in the country, The Daily Star reported. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is also involved in the talks, and he met with Lebanese Army Gen. Jean Kahwaji to discuss a potential role for the Syrian army in achieving security and stability in Lebanon, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said. An earlier joint mediation effort by Syria and Saudi Arabia fell apart this week, and Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal told al-Arabiya that his nation abandoned its efforts because the situation was dangerous. “If the situation reaches full separation and (regional) partition, this means the end of Lebanon as a state that has this model of peaceful cohabitation between religions and ethnicities,” al-Faisal told the station. A coalition led by caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri viewed the drills as a rehearsal for what might happen if Hezbollah is accused of involvement in the bombing that killed Hariri’s father and 22 others in 2005, according to The Daily Star. “The orchestrated gatherings carried out by members of Hezbollah and its allies for more than two hours … were aimed at sending a clear message to the Lebanese about preparations to stage riots and also a similar message to the Qatari and Turkish foreign ministers who are visiting Lebanon today,” Hariri’s Movement of the Future said in a statement. The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon handed down a draft indictment that Israel’s Haaretz newspaper said indicts several Hezbollah members in the assassination. The International Court of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands, has not released specifics of the indictment for fear of provoking violence in Beirut. The tribunal has no police force and relies on national authorities to arrest suspects, something Hezbollah has said it would never do, according to Haaretz. Hezbollah has repeatedly denied involvement in the bombing and says the tribunal is an “American-Israeli tool” for stoking sectarian violence in Lebanon, The Daily Star reported. A source close to Hezbollah further told the newspaper that Tuesday’s drills were “a small message to say that the time for talk is over.” Other sources close to Hezbollah told The Jerusalem Post that the drills were “a real exercise to test the readiness of any such plan to take over Beirut and its periphery, including entries, the port, waters and the airport.” The Post cited another source who said that Hezbollah wants to avoid a civil war like the one that killed tens of thousands in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990. Rather, the group would prefer to “deal directly with the U.N. and the International Court.” The U.N. building in central Beirut could be one of Hezbollah’s future targets, a source told the newspaper. Eleven members of Hariri’s 30-member Cabinet resigned last week as the prime minister was meeting U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. The move brought down Lebanon’s unity government and prompted several mediation efforts. Hezbollah, which is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, had been pressuring the government to reject the tribunal’s investigation into the bombing that killed Hariri’s father, who resigned as prime minister the year before his death. Hezbollah blames the bombing on Israel, while many Lebanese people have blamed Syria, which had immense influence in Lebanon at the time. |
 
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Lebanon.. will be far better off with a majority Hezbollah government.... in practical terms.. Hezbollah has been the main form of government for most of the Lebanese ppl for a long time now.. also being that the majority of ppl in Lebanon are Shia.. it also seems like the democratic thing as well.. not to mention that the "official" government has been unstable simply because it is much more corrupt and fails at serving the ppls interests..
Unfortunately western countries/ Saudi would not prefer that as it interferes with their interests. For democracy to work in Lebanon they have to actually get rid of all sectarian barriers within the Lebanese government. Everything has time, things always work out. I just hope the Lebanese people don't fail to realize their enemy is it's southern neighbor and they should always be prepared for any Israeli aggression.
@ concerned citizen
Hezbollah is a terrorist organization is your eyes ....In others it is liberator of oppression
Just because they do not follow your thought ideaology it does not mean they are wrong
Jay, I'm waiting for the day when they liberate the Lebanese people from military infrastructure within civilian areas. They're not liberators, they are subjugators... evidenced by this latest move and previous threats of a coup.
Hezbo is cool; just a matter of time now until we can start throwing rocks at chick's heads popping out of the Lebanese sand, too.
There are still more Christians in Lebanon than there are Shiites. In fact, the nation used to be majority Christian until we began to turn our backs on them in the 60's.
Yes, there might be Shia majority, but armed militias rehearsing on the streets for a coup is not "Democratic."
EternalBliss, you wrote, " Hezbollah has been the main form of government for most of the Lebanese ppl for a long time now.. also being that the majority of ppl in Lebanon are Shia." Hezbollah is NOT a form of Government. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization funded by Iran and Syria. The majority of ppl in Lebanon are NOT Shia. Lebanon is 1/3 Christian, 1/3 Sunni, and 1/3 Shia. I would not want Hezbollah legislating laws if I were a Christian or Sunni.
I AGREE COMPLETELY. I LOVE LEBANON AND HEZBOLLAH IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON!
Unless one is an Islamist, putting an extremist group in to lead a government is hardly practical, and calling oneself "EternalBliss" is an obscenity.
The government has been corrupt because of Hezbollah. That's the reason they walked out of the government...because they have been implemented in the UN's investigation of the murder of Rafik
Arab Voice: This article is not about Israe., but maggots like you use every opportunity to spit zoological hatred at the only humane and moral society amidst stone age fanatical mob. Your mullah shoulod be proud of you.
Only 30% of Lebanon is Shia, Another 30% is Sunni and another 30% is Maronite... do your research.
There is no majority in Lebanon. You folks need to learn to get along with your fellow countrymen. Religion is a topic for discussion at the family dinner table or at your house of worship. Do not take God out into the streets. You will find the Devil there instead. Anytime you feel hatred rise up, that is the Devil at work. Matters not your religion what matters is what is in your heart.
Like the" A pro-Hezbollah cleric spray paints his family name on a banner in Sidon supporting caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri." in the picture? His family name seems to be very messy! Hezbollah is a terrorist org. It is one of the fingers of Iran – It will have to be eliminated before any peace comes to Lebanon.
That has got to be one of the fattest and oldest TAGGERS I have ever seen with my own eyes!
It's uneducated garbage like you that support these thugs that are destroying our country. Anywhere you find a high number of Shia you will find low levels of education, poverty, and disgustingly dirty neighborhood.
We don't want you, your Hizbollah, or your Iran. Get out.
You love them so much, pack your bags, and take off to Iran or Syria – All of you.
Lebanon is for all the Lebanese. I am Lebanese, I don't the people here putting comments. I lived through the civil war, there is no way the turmoil to end unless all parties come together and solve the problems and live in peace. Any party takes over the war will go on and on...such a sad sad day for me. I live in the US now, but couldn't stop crying all day. Only the people who lived through the horrors of the Lebanese war know what it means. Very sad. Hope the leaders there realize that war will not solve any problems. Taking over and defeating the other party will not make things betters.
According to Hezbollah's published ideology in the "Hizballah Program", the organization cannot tolerate governmental rule shared with those who do not adhere to sharia (islamic) law. The tempering of its views on women and democracy are due to its attempts to gain ground in Lebanon, with its written code still maintaining extremely oppressive rhetoric. Its ties to Iran will do not thing to bring about autonomy for the Lebanese people, and will bring it into further conflict with its neighbors.
I don’t know if CNN will publish this, but my name is Muhammad, I am a Shia engineer who lives in Beirut, & the facts are that Hezbollah is totally guilty of Hariri’s murder, and of wanting to totally take Lebanon. They have no interest in peace, they are funded by Iran & Syria and wish to make all the middle east a Shia run fundamentalist way of life. My father is a backer of Hezbollah & would just as soon kill me publicly if he knew of my comments here today- the way of life is nothing but disaster. Hariri was killed because he was tired of their crap, lies, evilness & garbage. Let’s see Mr. Obama’s leadership now… If Hezbollah makes a war with the ‘Lebanese & Israel’ and Israel bombs Iran to protect itself, you’ll quickly see Russia & China get involved on the side of the Iranians… Where is this going? And for those who will insult my comments- do your homework… The Shia are crazy people, they’d rather die in the name of Islam then have peace any day of the week- please God help our small country of Lebanon…
Hezbollah is a terrorist organization funded by Iran to control Lebanon. They use the money from Iran to for social projects as well as for terrorist activity. Hezbollah is not interested in what is best for Lebanon, but instead what is best for Iran. Furhtermore, they are a fundamentalist organization that wants to limit individual freedom and replace it with Islamic law.
Yes, by all means, hand the country over to the thugs and terrorists.
Yeah right, Lebanon should be controlled by a bunch of Islamo Nazi Goose Stepping a%#holes who want to eradicate Israel and who also blame all theor problems on Israel just because it gets them mileage in the corrupt Islamic arab world. All the leftist maggots who always whine about how terrible Israel is, are satisfied to sit on their hands and do nothing as hezbollah slowly destroys Lebanon. Not one word of protest from the United Nations about the impending hezbollah coup. that's why Israel should ignore the europeans and never give the arabs any territory
Hezballah is good for the Lebanese people as much as the taliban was good for the Afghani people. hezballah needs to coward back to Iran and wreak havoc on the iranian governement. They should let the Lebanese people have a break from war that they have experienced over the past 4 decades.
One thing I still don't understand though . . . why is it that every country ruled by islamic law must turn back the clocks of time 40 or 50 years with respect to human rights, religious freedom and freedom of expression? If hezballah takes control of Lebanon, the Paris of the middle east will become a second Tehran. How wonderful that would be . . .
Ooops! You lost me at "democratic". As we all know, there is no such thing as 'democracy' in the Muslim Middle East.
Arab Voice. You don't know what the fuk your talking about!! Israel did not lose The 34 Day War, the cowardly terrorist sponsoring baby killer Arab populations in countries like Egypt, Lebanon and Syria begged them to stop. Then Obama came in and he is the closest to a terrorist sympathizer we have ever had for a president.
I wanted a total annihilation of Gaza. Had I gotten my way, everyone would have been killed in Gaza. Just to show the world this is what happens you refuse to quit firing rockets at a much more powerful country. You all die. Everyone is a fair target.
You haven't a clue about anything. Your thinking is that of false prophet believing fool. Yes, Muhammed is fraud. How do I know? Because God (if you'd ever spoken with him) would never ever give permission for Muhammed to sleep with his nephew's wife Zaynab. Which is what Muhammad told his nephew God said.
Muslims are brainwashed retards.
jim
HEZBOLLAH IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON!
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Only if you hate freedom
to CNN.. the pic with the guy is nothing like a Hezbollah guy! better check your sources...
all lebanese "unity" governments end up being a group of corrupt people anyhow so it might be better not to have an agreement on forming such a gvt for once in this poor country! might be better for it's people!!
Just in case correction: It may not be called The 34 Day War . That may have been the war in Lebanon. It could be called the Gaza War. Can't remember for sure and too tired to find the definitive answer.
jim
It is not clear what proportion of Lebanon is made up of any particular religious group as there has been a bloody civil war and massive emigration since the last census. The Shiites are probably the biggest group now, and very possibly the majority, but it is not at all clear, and the numbers change dramatically when one counts the Lebanese living abroad from fear of renewed civil war or a Hezbollah takeover.
I wonder what is the involvement of Syria in this matter. In 1982 Assad ( the father of the current Assad – head of Syria) killed 20,000 Muslems in Alhamra, Syria. I wonder what his son plans now in Lebanon.
I wonder what is the involvement of Syria in this matter. In 1982 Assad ( the father of the current Assad – head of Syria) killed 20,000 Muslems in Alhama, Syria. I wonder what his son plans now in Lebanon. For more info ceck "Hama massacre" in Wikipedia
Hebullcrap can do anything they wish, One day is coming soon, wait moron, ........ Hezbollah hmmmm
Scare tactics, and thats all you could come up with, your weapons are toys, wait and see. You really wish to see killing.
When your civilian run for Syria next time, 1 million will DIE ON THE ROAD DIRTBAG, THEY WILL GET SLAUGHTERED and MASSACRED ......... HEY MORON don't PEE OFF! What goes around WILL COME AROUND, so shut your pir hole
To the Jays of the world: You all sound like the old Black September murderers redefining the words terrorist and liberator which is just plain silly. By any objective standard, Hezbollah is a terrorist organization and should be wiped out just like every Al Qaeda pinhead still extant. I really think you folks are underestimating the capabilities of the U.S. and Israel. Cheerio!
Hisbulah is hated by most Lebanoies because of the autrocities it brought on Lebanon during the last war against Israel. His leaders plan another war against israel which may hurt Israel but will destroy Lebanon infrastructure in totality. Most Lebanonies would like to make money, enjoy life and have peace. Hisbulah, on the other and serves the interests of Iran – not Lebanon. In addition Hisbulah was declared a terror organization by the US.
Hezbollah doesn't care about the people of Lebanon, they care about themselves. They are terrorists. Anyone who thinks otherwise is not educated in the subject matter. Google or Wikipedia Hezbollah, look at their actions in the past, try to justify those please.
There are 10 million Lebanese outside Lebanon, the majority of which is not Shiite.
@ Jay – "Just because they do not follow your thought ideaology it does not mean they are wrong." The Nazi's also did follow my thought ideaology. Does that mean they also weren't wrong. Misunderstood perhaps? While we're at it maybe Stalin was just anti-social.
Oops! Make that the Nazi's did NOT follow my thought ideaology.
@EternalBliss: Just because the people prefer Hezbollah does not mean they're the way to go. They are a terrorist organization according to the US State Department, and have attacked Israel with the sole intent of killing Jewish people. They believe Islam should dominate the world, and will not step their violence. Israel is going to wind up invading after they launch a 9/11 style attack on Israeli soil.
The majority of Afghans were pro-Taliban. The majority of Germans were pro-Nazi. Sometimes the people are just dumb. Democracy only works when the people are stable, and can make smart choices.
are you insane? show me a quote that says Hezbollah wants to take over the world and make everyone muslim. Show me a quote I dare you.
You are incorrect – the Nazis never enjoyed more than 20% support in Germany, they just never had more than about 15% opposition. The Taliban was never overly popular in Afghanistan it was just that they were more stable than the Communists. History shows that it only takes about 20% active popular support to convince sufficient numbers of others to go along for the ride.
"http://www.standwithus.com/pdfs/flyers/hezbollah_program.pdf"
The Taliban did not replace the communist in Afghanistan, they did not even exist then. They were formed to take control when the people who did drive the Russians out and overthrew the communists fell apart fighting. The Taliban never had majority support for anything than stopping the violence. Hezbollah might get the same thing, but they are the ones committing the violence.
That being said, they need to allow the Shia's in the government through elections. That is assuming they are Lebanese and not refugees from elsewhere. In other words, if they want to vote, they have to become Lebanese permanently and be willing to put Lebanese concerns first, or in other words stop attacking your powerful, and very well armed neighbor.
Hezbollah, 1988: http://www.standwithus.com/pdfs/flyers/hezbollah_program.pdf
"This is what happens when you let Islam, especially Islamic terrorists, into your country." You like to stereotype with your bs comment don't you? As long as Israeli aggression exists Hezbollah is needed as the Lebanese army is not fit for the job to defend Lebanon at this time. This so called "U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon" is simply a farce fabricated by the Zionists to shift focus on what's happening to the Palestinians and to create division within Lebanon to destroy it. We know what they plan and don't worry Islam will prevail. Stop interfering in our countries and mind your damn business we will progress without you. Lebanon will soon be Hezbollahistan
Ghassan and Mo, or should I say Mohamed,??
I like to drink the same cool-aid you are drinking.
Which world are you living in? Hezbollah are one of the most terroristic group that exsit and back by the @#$#@ Iranian leaders.
Lebanon is gone,,,,
The UN setting up a puppet tribunal controlled by Israel? Wow, I though the UN hated Israel?
I suppose the US and Israel care about this world, and democracy in the region? Hezbolla is a terrorist organisation by US and Israeli standards, not by the standards of the 300 million Arabs who live around it! And their sole purpose is to liberate Lebanon and Palestine and establish an Islamic state. What do you guys know about Islam? Have you engaged yourselves in understanding it or simply are repeating what you hear and see in the media? For your information the US declared Hezbolla a terrorist organisation when they were fighting the Israeli army in southern Lebanon trying to liberate it. They hadn't done a single attack on the Israelis outside Lebanon! THEY WERE FIGHTING ISRAELIS IN LEBANON when they declared it a terrorist organisation. Look at the Israeli track record of human rights, violations, torture, OCCUPATION, and look at how many times the US has vetoed every single attempt to passing a resolution (even a condemnation only) against the Israelis. You'll see why people are upset with the west. This double standard sickens most of us here.
Hezbollah needs to defend Lebanon from what? Are you saying that Israel would attack Lebanon if the Hezbollah were not present? Right... Israel wants to divide the Lebanese but I am sure Hezbollah wants to be go arm-in-arm with the Christians and share with everyone else. Please be honest.
Israelis want a weak and corrupt Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Egypt etc. And yes, they would do anything to maintain this dominance and have done so successfully may i add. But the people of the region are fed up with this. Hezbolla is comprised of those people who are fed up of Israeli occupation and US policies.
Arab Voice – Then tell me why did Hezbollah cross into Israel in 2006 and kidnap and then kill 3 Israeli soldiers? Hezbollah is the aggressor, trying to make a name for itself at the expense of peace. It's an extremist religious and militant organization with no inteest in peace or democracy. Israel's only interest in Lebanon is to have a quiet northern border – that's all. Israel has no territorial ambitions in Lebanon and never has. The only reason Israel ever entered into Lebanon was to stop PLO and Hezbollah terrorists from attacking Israel. Israel has no interest in destabilization – to the contrary, they want stability and peace to continue to grow their economy and live in a free democracy – something maybe its Arab neighbors should try.
americans have no business sticking our nose in everything that goes on around the world! This world that we live in is cruel and ruthless, it always has been and always will be so why do we (USA) always try and get involved with other countries issues!? Let those people be, if they wanna blow themselves up on a daily basis then FINE so be it.....americans and jews fear muslims because of the lack of care that they have for their own lives and rightfully so....these people wanna be left alone on their "homeland" then let them be because they will never grow or prosper, they just wanna be left alone and continue to live in caves and mud huts SO LET THEM BE!!! We need to leave iraq and afghanistan ASAP because we have no business being over there! Americans wouldn't like it too much if hezbollah, taliban, or any other whacked out terrorist group came to our country so why should we be in theirs!?!
its funny how ur ppl think the west is the bad guys and ur the good guys, then we think ur the bad guys and we're good . i have a good idea no one is good but were all evil and dumb living and god, allah is waiting to punish everyone that has hatred in them or fallows revenge for the past needlistly u cannot live a divin life with fighting and blood
This is the exact reason why I don't blame Israel one bit for holding onto the settlements and also building houses for Jews in Eastern Jerusalem. I really used to be all for the peace process, and at one time was in favor of the "land for peace" formula, but jew haters like you who support Hezbollah and blame everything on "the zionist occupiers" which is a lie, since they are descendants of the original hebrews and arre the rightfull owners of the land. It's obvious that the islamic people of the middle east want to kill off Israel, so as far as I'm concerned, Israel has the right to take whatever it needs ofr security
@ArabVoice – Hizbullah has never attacked Israel outside of Lebanon you say? How about Argentina, is it a Beirut neighborhood as well?
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/argentina.html
@Small Business Dog Days: Educate yourself. Hezbollah does not think Islam should dominate the world nor do they attack Israel to kill jews. And just because the US State department says something, that doesn't make it so.
MOron
I hope they all kill each other off and save the rest of the planet from their constant "drama"... no civilized person CARES about these idiots that fail to intellectually evolve along with the rest of the human race. These simpletons are perfectly at home living in the Middle Ages, except for C4, mobile phones and TV's, of course..
civilised people should not interfere in other countries' . If you're civil you'd leave us alone. but for almost 100 years you've been carving our countries up, supporting dictators, and occupying our countries. So please don't give a damn if we kill each other. So leave us alone. you see where the problem is? its in your so called democratic governments who won't leave others (5000 kilometers away) alone.
Between France, Germany and the UK as well as the USA, Western nations have been mucking around in the Mideast for over 200 years. Before that you have the whole Eastern Roman Empire thing going on as well. The simple fact is that empire building is human nature. I find it odd that a non-democracy such as Syria is one of the most tolerant in the world. Lebanon used to be the same. I don't know why it fell apart but I wish Lebanon the best in the future. As for blaming Israel for wanting to exist, I have found a number of incidents where the Israelis tried to partner with the Palestinians for a 2 party state and the Palestinians turned them down. There is enough blame on both sides.
When organizations that presume to represent Palestinians start hunting other Palestinians as if they were dogs, such as we have seen with Hamas, it removes any legitimacy from claims of Palestinian sovereignty.
Hezbollah wasn't defending Lebanon against Israel when they attacked Israel a few years ago. But they certainly brought hell down upon Lebanon by kidnapping those Israeli soldiers, refusing to release them, and firing rockets into Israel.
Anyone who thinks that this demonstration by Hezbollah is laudable, is insane. This is a show of power and an outright demonstration of a guilty conscience.
Laffin...please tell the correct story or ask someone who knows about it before you make your judgment. Look at where it started. Israelis occupy areas of southern lebanon, occupy Palestine, hold 11,000 prisoners (plenty of torture). If it was your country wouldn't you want it liberated? Do you know how many children are living in Israeli prisons? Would you accept it if your country was occupied, your people (some relatives even) tortured and imprisoned, your land confiscated, forced to live in tents for 50 years?
@Arab Voice: Where was the violent retaliation during Syria's occupation? Also, you are simply choosing to look one step farther back. Do you know WHY Israeli ever occupied foreign lands in the first place? Because they were violent. Does the Arab attack on Israel in 1948 ring a bell? PLO violence from Lebanon that brought Israel in to occupy the south? Also, do YOU know how many "children" are held in Israeli prisons? Or is this just a line you repeat over and over because it sounds sensational? You really have no idea. There could be 1000. There could be 0. And what would you call "children"? Your so-called "heroes" like Samir Kuntar, a 15 year old kid who took a boat to Israel and killed a policeman, a civilian man, and his 4 year old daughter? It's no wonder places like Lebanon have such violent radicals. Look at the people you idolize.
Arab Voice – No, if the nations surrounding me declared that my nation mush be wiped from the face of the Earth I would not sit idle. I would invade Lebanon exactly as Israel did when Lebanon supported Syrian and Palestinian forces trying to massacre the Israelis. You made a good point – the Arabs are to blame for trying to exterminate the Jews. The original Israel was pretty tiny but each time the Muslim world attacked them they expanded to build a much bigger buffer zone. It makes sense militarily. Too bad the Israelis didn't go in for the whole extra taxes and persecution thing that Islam promotes. Since Palestinians are active in Israeli politics and sit in the Israeli government, I'm wondering where the matching example of tolerance is from the Hezbollah side. Can you find one?
The correct story is that in 1982, the PLO was attacking Israel from Lebanon and had been for YEARS. Israel entered Lebanon to stop the PLO. Hezbollah formed that SAME YEAR. So, it's not as though they formed to fight some longstanding occupation.
@Arab Voice. Your comments show that you don;t care at all about Lebanon, but only want to impose fundamentalist Islamic laws on Lebanon, and turn it into an arm of Iran. Why should Lebanon care about the Palestinians? Why should Lebanon care about Hezbollah prisoners held by Israel? They shouldn't. They are a democracy, and Hezbollah is fed up that they don't have enough influence to turn the democracy to their own agenda, by using money from Iran to bribe the citizens into electing them into positions of power. So now they're trying to take over by force. I know you don't care about Lebanon, Arab Voice. You only care about spreading Islamic propaganda to try to create and maintain Islamic states in that region of the world. If you really cared about the Palestinians, you would be blaming Egypt, Syria, Iran, etc. for abandoning those people, and using them as pawns in their war against Israel.
@Arab_voice: Even the UN thinks that the Shebaa Farms are part of Israel. According to the internationally agreed blue-line, Israel is no longer occupying any of Lebanon, and hasn't been for many years.
Geez, the Arab countries and Iran are a mess and have always been so. Just a bunch of screwed up people ruled by screwed up dictators. My money's on the IDF if the bad guys try anything, which they probably will. Best to position a U.S. carrier group off Lebanon's coast and wait for the order.
Arab voice, you are a real Arab voice not differing from other Arab voices – obnoxiously lying voice.
if you have a religion that you will neglect science and reason and compassion of fellow human beings for...then it sounds like the progress of mankind has failed. islam judaism christianity...all are farces to give hopelessly unimaginative ppl the belief that they kno the answers of life and the universe. fun fact, no one does
The best sollution for Lebanon is that each community live by its own and the common state dissappear. I think their system for chunking the political power by religious lines is absolutely childish, not to say idiotic. It is an international experiment that miserably failed by killing so many peoples. Unfortunately it seems to be implemented also in Iraq today and it follows the same path. Wake up. Sometimes if you live with a partner that hates you you should better separate.
Ghassan- Really? Hizboullah is a Zionist creation? have you lived in Lebanon in the last 30 years? have you seen the bullet hioes in our buildings? the dead men, women , children? have you seen Rafik Hariri blow up to pieces? What does any of this have to do with the Israelis? what they do in Palestine is their problem, don't shift focus let's focus on Lebanon!!! you really want people pulling their kids from school, men in black walking everywhere, downtown Beirut loosing all its peace, people being scared again, bomb exploding??? really!!!!! How about Hizboullah is being funded by Iran because they can't stand the unity of different religions, educated people and our border to the meditterenian in Lebanon!!! Israel is not innocent but I can guarantee they are not funding these Islamist morons!!!!
Lebanon's enemy is not Israel. It is instead the destabilizing forces of Syria, Iran and other Arab countries as well as the strident militarism of Islamists represented by Hezbollah. In some ways Lebanon has brought it on themselves by failing to treat Palestinians within her borders with dignity. The same mistreatment is true in Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt and other countries. You reap what you sow.
Amen. Speaking as a Lebanese who loves Lebanon, you are right.
Thank you Jack. That means a lot to me.
True. If you want to see mistreatment and neglect of Palestinians, Palestine's Arab neighbours earn a lot of the blame that they throw on Israel. Though with Lebanon, keep in mind that the PLO didn't exactly make the Palestinians a welcome group in Lebanon. They were the ones who brought an Israeli invasion in the first place with their extremist violence. They forced their violent plight onto the people of Lebanon (granted Lebanon had been involved in previous wars with Israel, but only to a minor extent).
All for religion, for someone or something we only hear and read about, from a book or a preachers mouth, all words and phrases that came from someone else and someone else and someone else and so on. Over the days, over the weeks and years, over the centuries. All for religion and belief. All with different interpretations.
(just thought I'd get it off my chest after reading all the terrorists issues)
If Hezbollah ever dares to try to take over the Lebanese government they will face a people's revolt against them just like what happened in Tunisia! The truth is Hezbollah has lost respect of the Lebanese people during the last war with Israel. They will fall and fall hard.
Hate to say it but wishful thinking. If they are powerful enough to challenge the world's 4th most powerful military (Israel), who in Lebanon will be able to stand up to them? Don't forget, the Lebanese army is majority Shiite and will automatically move over to be a part of Hizballah. Lebanon is doomed. Old saying: "A house divided will never stand".
good point Jack Sheet on the strength of hezbolla. I'd like to add that Lebanon is 30% shiite with full support to Hezbolla. At least half of the other 70% is in support of Hezbolla so that makes it 65% of the population supporting them. As for Lebanon doomed, well, when you got 65% of the population supporting it i would say Lebanon is saved and stronger. Islam for your information is a great religion. Talk to some Islamic scholars to understand it and get your hands on some reliable sources instead of hearing about it from the western media.
Arab Voice – my comment about the strength of Hizballa was not meant as a compliment so please do not feel flattered. They are powerful because Iran has spent a substantial part of its petro dollars on making them its proxy army in the heart of the Sunni Arab world. As to their fight with Israel, everyone knows (even the Iranians) that they will never win. But Iran is satisfied because they now have a thorn in the heart of Sunni Islam. If Islam is such a great religion, why can Moslems not be friendly even with each other?
It's Jason Seigel!
You should read about islam befor making commets and listining to most medias that wants to mislead you about islam , so dont be ignorent and keep saying islam and terrorists islam means peace , how come you dont say about a guy that shoots a state offical a terrorist or some one that starts shooting in a school fulll of kids terrorist. dont be ignorent and start using your brain instead of just using your imotions .
Kids who shoot up schools or insane people who shoot government officials, don't do it in the name of a "Peaceful" religion, they do not have a cause..this is the difference.
great religion? by teaching people to suicide bomb? and kill those who oppose them? yah right...
khalid, something in what you say does not go together with reality. Arab countries fought with one another fiercely through the whole history of Islam, sunni kill shia, shia kill sunni, the hatred between them is terrible. Islamists commit murders and terrorist acts all around the world, the muslim husbands kill their wifes and daughters per Islam instructions. Muslim children are taught in schools to hate other people and commit terrorist acts...What peacefulness you are talking about?
I laugh my ass off when people think Hezbolla or Hamas or Al-queda ...etc wants their own country. You guys do know they are all no better or worse than each other right?
The world needs to be rid of these 3 evil, murdering groups of hate.
khalid, It does not help your case when you mis-spell the words to ignorant
Mark...is that all you've got to say? lets hear you speak Arabic, English and French? I suppose the world should speak english and spell it right...you're sick and naive.
Points: Arab Voice 1, Mark 0
Well its an English language forum, so you should spell correctly, however that does not mean you are wrong on your basic point.
all muslim extremists must die.
Why stop at Muslim extremists? How about Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Atheistic and just plain confused extremists?
The confused extremists should only get 20 years in jail
Hezbollah. Arabic for Iranian Guard.
WOW..you made me laugh...i suppose you're a linguist now!! who's the idiot who told you it means Iranian Guard? why don't you look it up or ask an Arab what it means EXACTLY...?
Arab voice: yeah, that was sarcasm. Not literally. I wouldn't waste my time looking up Arabic words. Hezbollah =terrorist.
So, you're a big defender of Hezbollah eh? A terrorist organization with proven, strong links to Iran. They'll get what coming to them, as will you if you're a member.
Just for clarification: Hezbollah means "the party of god." Their function is to be the Arab auxiliary of the Iranian revolutionary Guards.
Hezbollah is known and admitted by most of the countries as a terrorist organization. In Arabic it means a party of God probably meaning that they respect Islam and follow it. Here comes the peacefulness of Islam... How can anybody open their mouths and speak about peacefulness of the Islam?
But, after all, many religious books contain some violent recommendations. After all, they were written in ancient times. What counts is how the Islamists interpret Islam and justify their actions which they say are in full accordance with Islam. Allkhu akbar!
I'm in agreement with "Anon" about Al-Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah all being terrorist groups and that they all should be considered very dangerous to the freedom of not only the US but of all other freedom-loving countries. They need to be dealt with in the appropriate manner and be made to be held accountable for their actions.
did you ask yourself why such organisations exist? I'll tell you why...they are the result of occupation, corruption, dictatorships supported by the US and its allies. You are simply turning on Fox news and CNN and simply repeating what's being said. get your information right...for 100 years this region has been either under occupation or ruled by corrupt dictators supported and blessed by the US and its allies. Surely you'd feel the same way if you were part of this area.
Many of us in the West are fully cognizant of the blame that western nations bear in the situation in the Mideast. That doesn't change the fact that before us it was Mideastern powers that were corrupt exploitative dictators that oppressed the Mideast. Life is. Get over it and let go of the past. Make your own mistakes and stop making your grandfather's mistakes.
Arab Voice continues to spill here Islamist propaganda which is as usual for this type of propaganda very stupid and counted only on stupid people as Islamists themselves.
Islamists lie and believe their own lies.
It's all about power and money, that is the way for thousands of years. But I do have to say "I love their little sound bites"........if you do something to us we will cut off the hand that feeds you, I always wondered if that was the same hand that they wipe their a$$es with as well as pick their noses???? Yikes, go Islam
To "sticksnstones": ARE YOU F@%&ING SERIOUS?!?!
Islam ,, peace !!!! Where in ur @%*% book the peace word was mention, killing every where, thats all wt u did all over for everyone who dares to be any other religon than u or if he had other idea. U under ur islaaaam killed christian in Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria. And for God sake tell me when or where in ur dam Quraan Peace word was mention. We r waiting tell us 1 story about peace u ever made. I think we gana wait 4 ever
yes and they do not even realize they are sons of Jews and Christians who were just converted to Islam because of the policy "Death or Islam" that's why the fanatics spread fast. their ancestors chose to live because they trusted them to wake up themselves in the future. they do not even realize they are dishonoring their ancestors by not waking up what a shame...
I hear Lebanon is a beautiful country. It would be a shame if militant Islam took over there. You'd see the monuments destroyed and the quality of life immediately diminish. I hope the Lebanese people are smarter than to allow that.
I was there in the early 1970s and Lebanon WAS a beatiful country. Hezbollah and similar groups have torn it apart and it will take generations to rebuild.
Hezbollah just sort of took over where the PLO left off in the 70's/80's. Both militant Islamist organizations that have ruined the country during their reigns of terror.
Hezbollah is a terrorist group LOL. They have been behind dozens of suicide bombings that target CIVILIANS, not soldiers. The people like Hezbollah, because their fundamentalistic ideologies are brainwashed into them in the mosques. Moreover, the democratic governments are corrupt, and Hezbollah offers hospitals, day care centers, everything the actual government is supposed to do. However, by also strapping bombs onto their citizen's waists, they are helping to keep the people alive in order to kill them for their cause.
Last time I checked, strapping a bomb around one's waist and walking into a civilian area just to terrorize a neighboring country is TERRORISM.
Is al-Quada not a terrorist group either?
Calling Muslim suicide bombers freedom fighters is the biggest sham either. What about the Islamic faith is free? Stoning people for speaking bad about the religion? Stomping on teenage girl's heads for dating a boy from a different faith? Hanging gays in village square?
Dying to instill oppressive sharia law does not make one a freedom fighter. It makes them a satanic oppressor.
sad but so true...
Israel was never a threat to Lebanon, and were only forced to invade in 1980 to uproot the Palestinian militia that was using Lebanon for attacks against Israel. Hezballa claims to defend Lebanon against Israel, but their existance inside Lebanon invites Israeli aggression against Lebanon. Hezballa is an answer to a self created problem. That said, it is too late. Lebanon is doomed. Hezballa is probably the 2nd most powerful army in the region (after Israel) and they have set their eyes on ruling Lebanon. Sorry, fellow Lebanese people, our carelessness was our downfall.
JAY: The bottom line is the Hezbollah’s is a terrorist organization and its members are criminals. Just because they try to show (and with some success) they are helping Lebanon, they’re not. They are the worst of criminals, they cry wolf when Israel is bombing them back to the stone age and no they didn’t win ANY conflict as they would like for you to believe, in fact was the opposite…they were chased back to the capital…then the cowardly crying came….Look at Big bad Israel, there killing civilians, when we try to hide behind them. I’m wondering is Gimto has room for some more Arab Wack-jobs.
Hezbollah, the "Party of God" are made up of people who follow Islam the purported "religion of peace". When they take control of Lebanon, the country will be transformed into the "place of eternal bliss". Perhaps they could invite the Taliban to join in the joyous celebration. Can't wait to see the results of this "divine" intervention.
Hezbollah and the Taliban would not get along well in the same country. One is Shiite and one Sunni. Salafis (the form of Sunni extremists who make up the Taliban) think Shiites are worse than non-Muslims.
yes there will be peace because they will kill and destroy themselves but they should not do that in Lebanon they should leave them alone the country has potential for success
I really hope Isreal will blow Hezbollah to bits and pieces, because it's bye bye Lebanon if they take over, especially for the Christians there.
And frankly Lebanon's best hope of regional peace is with Christians or Sunnis in charge. Hezbollah, if you care about your people: LEAVE. Go crawl back to your fundamentalist Iranian masters.
Based on historical patterns, the Sunnis are the most likely to treat everyone fairly. For a modern example look at Syria. Sorry all you Shiites and Christians but history shows that you don't hold up well. Look at Iran for an example. Look at the hate mongering in the right wing radical Christians in the USA for an example.
If Hezbollah are not terrorists, I don't know who is. Clearly, this group is attempting to terrorize the people of Beirut and they are suceeding. They are a scurge on Lebanon and the world.
So is Israel...
The best sollution for Lebanon is that each community live by its own and the common state dissappear. I think their system for chunking the political power by religious lines is absolutely childish, not to say idiotic. It is an international experiment that miserably failed by killing so many peoples. Unfortunately it seems to be implemented also in Iraq today and it follows the same path. Wake up. Sometimes if you live with a partner that hates you you should better separate
The worst is when people speak as if THEY are the ones who know the real truth, and everyone else is mistaken.
The number of people that are unable to separate their simplistic opinion/outlook from the complex reality of this situation is staggering. When someone attempts to broaden your view by offering a state of affairs observation, that is very much true by the way, that differs from yours....try not going with the initial knee-jerk reaction. It makes you look shallow and unable to comprehend human dynamic beyond a 2nd grade interaction.
JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE HEZBOLLAH DOES NOT MAKE IT AN EDICT THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION NEEDS TO ALIGN WITH. RIGHT OR WRONG, IT IS AN OPINION AND NEITHER OF OURS HOLDS ANY MORE TRUTH THAN THE OTHER. GET IT NOW?
and where is this news coming from? Jerusalem Post, no kidding,and we are to believe what zionists say.get a life cnn.
lol. "blah blah blah zionists blah blah". What, like al-Manar is any better? I've followed Hezbollah's mouthpiece for a while. The spin and bias in their stories makes them a complete joke. At any rate, are you denying that any of this happened, just because CNN took parts of the report from jpost? Come back when you have something useful to say.
Hey tony, just wanted to point out that J-Post is but one source in the story. We also have Haaretz, The Daily Star, the U.N., the State Department, al-Arabiya and the Syrian Arab News Agency, so it's not coming solely from one place. Thanks for reading!
Hezbollah and Israel should go head to head and self-destruct.
LEBANON, then, can be left alone - as it SHOULD BE!
LONG LIVE A FREE LEBANON!
The Beirut barracks bombing (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) occurred during the Lebanese Civil War, when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombing, but that organization is thought to have been a nom de guerre for Hezbollah—or a group that would later become part of Hezbollah[1]—receiving help from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Need I say more?
This is what happens when you let people have too much freedom!
The next war with Israel is looming.....Iran will have complete control in Lebanon and will turn Hezbollah,it's mad dogs, loose to wreck havoc in the Middle East. Hopefully, this time Israel, without the interference of the hopeless and corrupt UN, will totally destroy the terrorist organization and free Lebanon of this monstrous animal. The unfortunate part is that many civilians will die and of course Israel will be blamed.
Hezbollah is most likely guilty of murdering Rafik Harriri and now they are threatening the people of Lebanon if anyone tries to bring some of these terrorists to justice. There will be no peace or freedom in Lebanon until the Hezbollah/Iran terrorist army is gone.
My girlfriend is Lebanese and I can't stand what these idiotic fanatics are doing to her family's country. It is truly said. Get the hell out of Lebanon you parasitic dogs. Going to throw temper tantrums and make threats of violence whenever things (ex. UN tribunal) don't go your way? Go crawl back to your puppetmasters in iran and leave Lebanon to the civilized adults.
typo: "truly *sad*"
This is terrible news. As a Lebanese-American, it is known that Lebanon is about 60 percent catholic. Lebanon just wants to be left alone. It always seems that all the factions not related to Lebanon wants to use it as a "battlefield." They just want to be left alone.
Your population percentages don't match those of any reliable information source Danny.
Lebanon is not 60% Catholic, you ignoramous. Lebanon is 40% Shiite, 15% Sunni, 15% Druze, and 30% Christian of all denominations. By all means, the Christians are not under any persecution. They do the persecuting themselves
More intimidation. Doesn't anyone see the trend?
Even Israel has found immigrants with the sole intent to infiltrate and overwhelm Israel in population and representation.
Tactics of intimidation and displacement are affective because the perpetrators gain victim status when challenged.
Great point. And the Palestinian "cause" thrives off of victimization, and they know it. It's great for international PR. Israel should stop doing such a good job defending itself and let themselves get overrun with Islamist militants slaughtering israeli civilians. Then maybe the rent-a-march protestors might be forced to acknowledge the Israeli situation. Actually no...they could never do that. It goes against their ingrained biases
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In regards to the comments made about the israeli/Hezbollah war of 2006. Anyone who knows anything about war knows that Hezbollah is not an actual threat to Israel. On what criteria do you claim that Hezbollah won the war. Not losing the war completely is not a victory. What damage dis they do to Israel?What Israeli territory dis they seize? They are the same as all the other cowardly militias. They fire some of their weapons and then go and hide in hospitals, schools, and mosques, because they are nothing but cowardly thugs. Ask the Lebanese people if they won that war.... Last time I checked 'freedom fighters' wasn't synonymous with cowardly, but maybe it has a different meaning in the middle east. I hope Israel 'loses' again this time, just like it did in 1967, and every other conflict with Muslim countries.
Well said. Coward is definetly the best word for them. I think all news agencies should stop using the word "Terrorist", I think it gives them way to much credit and replace it with "Coward", "the coward blew him self up in the market today and 30 people died", "The US considers Hezbollah a Cowards organization".
wow all you lebanon and muslim bashers are just a bunch of criminal jews. Isreal is the terrorist. They went only after civilian targets after they couldnt engage hezbollah on the ground. They are just mad that a group actually developed the strength to oppose them, they no longer have the power to do unlimited evil and that drives them insane. they cannot kill goyim as their talmud instructs. I hope a revolt happens in egypt and a similiar minded group takes over. Go back to Germany you khazars, while they still want you.
What you actually mean is that they couldn't engage Hezbollah on the ground because Hezbollah was hiding behind civilians, because they were too cowardly to stand against Israel. I guess hiding until the fighting is over os the new doctrine of the middle east militias.....cowards
You're not only ignorant, but a liar. It's hezbollah that uses hospitals, mosques and schools as weapons depots, using civilians as human shields and then crying to the world press when "civilian" targets that they turned into they military targets are attacked. Hezbollah started the aggression against Israel by crossing the border into Israel and kidnapping 3 soldiers (all of whom they killed). Then hezbollah launches thousands of missiles into Israeli towns and villages.
So you tell me, who's the terrorist?
Your another left wing looney islamo apologist that doesnt seem to know much at all
Go back to Germany? Um.. the Jews have been in the middle east continuously for 3500 years. It was Mohamed and his hordes that invaded the area in the 7th century. I want the Arabs to go back to where they came from. Why is Egypt killing the Copts? Is that Israel's fault too? Why are the Muslims killing other Muslims in Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and virtually every other Islamic country? Why? Please answer those questions. I won't hang by my thumbs waiting though.
it's funny that fanatics are always saying Israel is the Terrorist while their pawns are blowing themselves in buses and civilian areas where is the logic in that? fanatics are saying Israel is the terrorist because they are being "terrorized" because they are afraid and hiding among civilians. so funny wake up fanatics Israel is a world super power and they want to be left alone there if you want to erase them to the map think twice you fanatics are lucky they are only on defense stance if they attack you offensively good luck... don't attack anyone and all of you there will be friends stop hating your neighbors
Islam groups such as this are political movements that seizes control of the minds of the gullible or the frightened in the name of religion. Even Communism, Atheism, and Progressivism have loyalty that can be likened to a religious fervor. Islam puts the religious fervor component at the forefront.
Whatever the people of Lebanon support is their right. If they feel that they are being subjected to injustice by other meddling powers, they have every right and duty in fact to satisfy their best interests. I'm an African American and our community is treated like those in the east, used for its resources but never respected as people. I say Lebanon, do your thing.
Oh please do shut up!
T Ditty, your response and all other's responses, like correcting grammar, bringing up Germany, and other counter-productive open speech is why there is no peace in the Middle East. Evolve your mind and the wisdom will put yesterday to shame.
Concerned Citizen – Your "community" isn't routinely bombed, fired on by tanks or denied the right to buy or grow food. Comparing the level of suffering of a group of Americans where there are more middle class than poor to the suffering of Lebanese who are subject to bombings and open warfare every few years is asinine at best.
Many Lebanese think their best interests lie in getting rid of Hezbollah. Since 60% of the population oppose Hezbollah, I don't see where your apparent support of them makes any sense.
Kraznodar- Make yourself aware that oppression comes in many forms. Psychological or physical. Blacks in amerikkka have already been through the physical subjugation if you are aware of history. Example: Tulsa, Oklahoma (1920's), Wealthy Blacks were bombed, shot dead and houses looted by white americans. 400 years of proof. The west has a history of taking from others.
You should also make a clear distinction, it matters not if one million people believe in the wrong principle, it only matters if one person understands Truth & Justice. Your mention of 60% of Lebanese wanting to do away with Hezbollah is not validated because you have not illustrated fully, the reason behind the 40%'s support. It should be clear by now that America is the greatest terrorist on this planet, not just other countries, but even Nature knows this to be a Truth.
Kraznador, you act like the Shiite are doing the bombing lol the Shiite are the only ones getting bombed and bombarded by artillery. We are the only ones who sufferred during Israel's invasion and the 2006 War, and the majority of Shiite support the party.
If you want to be a little more in depth about corruption in the world, then you may look into the research that the French learned that Black Africans already had a complete system that knew the not too popular "Entanglement Conjecture." It is fact that the least spiritual people on the planet are europeans. It is Biologically proven through various branches of Life Ecology. Albinos don't survive very long. -Nature
When the World supports the position of the African Americans, the world will exit in Balance. Disease is in every country, but Blacks love Love.
And the Obama administration continues to send weapons to Lebanon that will eventually be used by Hezbollah to kill any opposition and attack Israel, a scenario that after the ineffective UN intervention at the end of the latest Israeli/Lebanon war equates to the total destruction of Lebanon and any Hezbollah allies.
are better, the US made weapons are so so. This is what the war of 2006 showed. Ask the Markava designers.
Down with Hezbollah! Enough said.
Sarah Palin's fault.
Unfortunately Iran once again will dictate on their will and the only way to stop these criminals by destroying them. We removed the only defender to these hodlums "SADDAM" now it is our job
Hizbollah will not be stopped until Nasrallah is killed or captured, he is "OSAMA" and represent the IRAN in Lebanon
GET RID OF HIM and his party
Israeli generals have predicted that the next full-scale attack will likely come from Lebanon.
Question. If all of the middle east was destroyed by nuclear bombs, Would the world be a better place? As sad as it is to say, the answer is probably yes. The inhabitants of the middle east are the remenants of a great civilization. The problem is that their beliefs, values, and customs have not changed for hundreds of years. I wish they would embrace education, tolerance, and love for other cultures and beliefs that are not their own. Instead if trying to better themselves they constantly blame others, aka the US for their problems. Perhaps if they cares more for their children and families than they did about revenge and religious conquest their society could advance beyond the dark ages.
So what planet have you been living on for the last 3 decades? The USA is full of people blaming others for their problems and advocating destroying them. Kind of like you just did in your post.
I've been following your posts. You are just another apologist for Hezbollah and they kind. You act like they are children. It's not their fault they committ terrorist acts killing innocent women and children, the US made them do it. I feel sorry for you, but I don't blame you, you are too stupid to know better
As well, you actually proved my point. I made a comment about middle east society, and your response was about the US. I'm glad you guys have the US and the west to scapegoat, otherwise you would actually have to take responsibility for your failure as a people. I would love nothing more than for the middle east to join the 21st century. Choose education prosperity tolerance over theocracy brutality and murder of innocents. I mean, what kind of society has riots where people are killed over some cartoons drawn in Denmark.
hopefully they decimiate tel aviv in the next war, isreali fear of this is the only reason there has been calm and peace for the last 4 years. When ten of thousands of missiles from hezbollah rain on tel aviv and other major cities there will be alot of isrealis will move to france and germany and just visit their relatives in isreal. See isreal is supposed to be a haven for jews, this is being underminned everyday. All the while Iran is on the side lines about to go nuclear and laughing how a small proxy is such a threat. Its evident that iranians are outwitted isreal and all of its allies
Hezbollah does not have tens of thousands of anything other than idiot followers.
You saber-rattling halfwits are the first ones to take off your shoes and run away across the desert stands when you see Israeli soldiers approaching. Kind of like what Hezbollah did in 2006.
Significant damage to Tel Aviv will result in nuclear retaliation. What a silly thing to wish for. Why do you hate your children so much that you want them to die in a nuclear holocaust?
I don't think Israel will risk another war with the people of South Lebanon. That would be both useless and devastating to their millitary image.
I'd rather have Israel as a peacefull neighbor rather then Hezbollah running the government and turning Lebanon
into Iran 2.
@LebaneseChristian... Do most Christians in Lebanon support Israel or at least don't consider them an enemy?
Of course you would, Lebanese like you are the ones who modeled themselves off Nazis, and then proceeded to massacre innocent Palestinian civllians (from the Bus massacre to Sabra and Shatila to Karantina), and used your Christianity as a tool for Western support. You can move to Israel, the IDF might need some more heartless bombers
Have you ever known when and why Hezbollah was created?
That was because Isreal invaded Lebanon in 1982. Hizbullah emerged as a resistance group since then. If Israel did not invade Lebanon, Hizbullah never exists.
All of thse bad things happening in Lebanon are orchestrated by US, Isarel and Western countries. They want to undermine stability of Lebanon and isolate Hizbullah with whatever ways. They are very concerned about Hizbullah's popularity in the region and Islamic world. It is a symbol of resistance. US, Isarel and corrup Arab leaders want to stop Hizbullah from gaining its popularity in the region. While US puts Hizbullah as a terrorist organization, I have never seen Hizbullah killed inncocent people around the world and make any trouble in the region except to liberate their southern territory occupied by Zionists who have been killing thousands of innocent people and children in the region. Why does not US also enlist this state as terrorist organisation?
It is clear that Hezbollah has nothing to do with Hariri's killing. They have no interest in killing Hariri. It makes more sense if this is done by Israel or some factions in Syria
Hizbullah has claimed responsibility for a large number of attacks on civilian targets that killed children. If you have never seen them you must have your eyes closed.
In 1982 Israel was fed up of years of terrorists sneaking into Israel and killing its people. It invaded at that point. It didn't just wake up one day and decide for no reason to invade. But you really knew that but can't admit it.
E VIVA MEXICO HEHEHE
Who created Hizbullah?
If Isarel never INVADED Hezbollah in 1982, Hezbollah never exist.
LOL, reading your posts is seriously makngi my day. Ignorance is bliss baby, I want what this guy is having.
It would be nice if the ArabVoice could decide on a period of history and stick to it. Frankly, any Arab discussing Imperialism must ask himself why there was a reconquest of Spain in the 1400's...could it be? Arab Imperialism? Yes. Somalia is Islamic because of Arab Imperialism, Pakistan, Iran, many Islamic nations gained their faith via conquest. So really, you're insistence on "US meddling" being the cause of instability is really a rheotrical device used by those who preach from the pulpit a message of the Israeli/US being the cause of instability. Look at your history, Islam has created some of the most enlightened regimes in the world...HAS is the operative word....now Islam has been corrupted by the political world and has become a shadow of its former self. Hezbollah was a member of the government, and never pushed for the "liberation of Lebanon"...instead they used their term in office to behave like children who got caught being bad. They have denied the allegations of their complicity in the assassination of Hariri...but have refused to co-operate with any investigation into who was behind it. That sounds like a guilty conscience, if they weren't responsible, they would welcome an investigation to clear their names. ICC has repeatedly handed down verdicts in favour of Islamic groups (KLA) so the insinuation that somehow they're corrupted by the US doesn't stand so well. Especially considering the ICC's repeated attempts to prosecute American war criminals, their subservient status which you claim doesn't live up to the facts. Frankly, its the ignorance and rheotric which has cast a shadow in Lebanon...not the US or Israel...and the idea the Syrians are a force for good is unsustainable. The presence of their military in the civil war protracted the conflict, and they have repeatedly destabilized any nascent government. In essence the problem is that the people of this region have forgotten the real lessons of their past, that tolerance prevails where force cannot and love conquers hate. The history of this region is so vast, that anybody can formulate a historical reason for violence against another...and be justified. Stop looking at who needs not to be there, and work on making it work with who IS there. 1 state solution in Israel...call it the Israeli-Palestinian Republic or if you prefer the Palestinian-Israeli Republic, either way stop cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Actually you are more than right. Islam was spread through the sword. Virtually every country that is now Islamic was conquered by Muslim invaders. Either convert to Islam, live as a dhimmi and pay jizya or die. That was the way it was and even the Islamic apologists can't dispute that. Even Mecca and Medina were Jewish towns before the lovely Mohamed invaded them, killing by beheading all of the men and boys and taking the women and girls as slaves. The truth hurts doesn't it?
@Art so true and those fanatics are forgetting these they are dishonoring their ancestors who died unjustly because of that Islamic conquest... what a real shame they are believing and following the killer of their ancestors... what ignorance... so sad...
Why are Arabs becoming a tool of Iran? All this is a power play for Iran in the region! Hezbollah is an Iranian surrogate army.
The Christians will fight they will not tolerate a Hezbollah-Iranian controlled Lebanon!
You blame Israel, who displaced the Palestinians - yet you ignore history because it serves your agenda. Who did the Palestinians displaced when Muslim invaders brutally murdered the previous occupants in an imperialistic land grab? Don't trust them, or their lies.
Kraz
No ones nuking anything and you know it. And Im sure they are waiting till they are under a iranian nuclear umbrella. You zionist talk tough, just like youve been threatening to bomb iran "by next spring" every year since 05. If you nuke an arab city or country, so goodbye to alot of jews in the mid east. Master bluffers. Even in your safe havens outsdie isreal (Germany, France) your are vastly outnumbered
You are a brainwashed moron. You haven't had an original thought since you accepted Allah, and his child molesting prophet.
Why are the Muslims hated in Germany, France, Sweden, England, Italy, Denmark, Holland and all other western countries. Is it because they are so peaceful? The the truth hurts doesn't it?
Out numbered? Are you serious, what are there like 1.3 billion muslims in the world. Face the facts, the other 5.7 billion of us don't like you and your insane lack of civility. If it's a fight you want, go for it. You can't win. Even the tiny nation of Isreal without the help it its civilized friends beat the crap out of every Islamic nation in the region, handily I might add, twice. And that was when they hadn't even organized or set up defenses. Now look at them, gun turrets and walls, good luck with that with your AK's and suicide bombers. Keep up the good work, its really working for you.
ISreal asked bush for bunker busting bombs he said no. I cant attack iran on their own or they would have done it. They arent shy about attacking a weak country. They got US weapons rush delivered because they were facing imminent defeat in 73 when egyptian and syrian forces penetrated isreali territory. Isreal is a joke without the US. God help you when your neighbors go nuclear
that's all you know killing and hating non Muslims if the west is like you you have been invaded and converted forcefully just like what your prophet did to your ancestors
I pray the citizens of Lebanon rise against the hideous Hezbollah. They may die fighting but they will surely die under Hezbollah.
The drills are even more of a reason to kick Hezbollah out of influence.
I don't know if CNN will publish this, but my name is Muhammad, I am a Shia engineer who lives in Beirut, & the facts are that Hezbollah is totally guilty of Hariri's murder, and of wanting to totally take Lebanon. They have no interest in peace, they are funded by Iran & Syria and wish to make all the middle east a Shia run fundamentalist way of life. My father is a backer of Hezbollah & would just as soon kill me publicly if he knew of my comments here today- the way of life is nothing but disaster. Hariri was killed because he was tired of their crap, lies, evilness & garbage. Let's see Mr. Obama's leadership now... If Hezbollah makes a war with the 'Lebanese & Israel' and Israel bombs Iran to protect itself, you'll quickly see Russia & China get involved on the side of the Iranians... Where is this going? And for those who will insult my comments- do your homework... The Shia are crazy people, they'd rather die in the name of Islam then have peace any day of the week- please God help our small country of Lebanon...
lol. Liar. your are just a shape shifting jew. Stop proving sterotypes.
I'm not a liar- look me up on face book- I'm as real as they get! It is true Hezbollah is as evil as they get! I grew up watching what they do to people- are you in the south of Beirut? I am, almost midnight here & I'm hiding for fear as I type this...
Muhammad, you are so good and so courageous that it is even not easy to believe you are real. But I do know that people like you do live in Lebanon, my son had a Lebanese friend like you.
As to this "Make them nomads", do not pay attention to him, he is just a piece of nomad's horse sh$t.
I hear all this talk about who is and who is not part of a terrorist organization. Apparently no one recalls all of the terrorism spread throughout the globe by Europeans. Open a history book or take an "Objective" look at todays world events and you will find that the real global terrorists are most of todays superpowers. I am not a fan of Hezbollaha or any other group that sponsors terrorism but a lot of the actions that they take are reactionary to the policies and actions of the self proclaimed guardians of the innocent that only become involved if their is political or financial gain involved.
Note to CNN: if you're going to let AIPAC write your articles, why not just be honest about it and credit them? I don't recall seeing US carrier group exercises in the Mideast being referred to as "Iran invasion drills", and that's all you've got here.
Palestinians ruin everything for everyone. They could not have Israel so they stole Lebanon from the Lebanese. They are a good example of bad people.
Palestine was stolen from them and given away by the British! Or did we forget that part?
There never was a Palestine in the history of the world. On the other hand, since the Jews have been in that part of the world continuously for 3500 years, the Arabs stole the land from them. But we don't want to discuss that do we? Maybe the Saudis should return Mecca and Medina to the Jews since the Jews were there first. What do you say?
Arab Voice – WELL SAID !!!!
As an American who previously believed the Zionist media 'spin' in the US, it took me 30 days of touring Jordan and Palestine (Jerusalem, Gaza, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jericho, etc.) to see the truth through the propaganda. The nuclear-armed Israelis are the problem in the Middle East. They have no interest in peace.
The Palestinians and the American pawns (Egypt, Jordan, Mauritania, Turkey, Oman, Qatar, Morocco, etc.) should immediately BREAK ALL CONTACT WITH THE JEWS.
Decades of history prove the Zionist Terrorists are back-stabbing, land-grabbing liars. Sadat and King Hussein caved and are traitors to all Arabs. Sadat got what he deserved.
Now all oppressed Arabs need to treat their dictators the same way brave Tunisians treated the theif, Ben Ali.
So the Lebanese are oppressed because of the Israelis? Before the Arabs took over Lebanon the Lebanese led a nice life and were friends of sorts with the Israelis. So the Iranians are oppressed because of the Israelis too? How about the Saudis(especially the women and minorities)? Israel is oppressing them as well? And I assume that Israel is responsible for oppression of the Afghans, the Pakistanis, the Christians in the Sudan and Somalia and Egypt. Of course the Muslims never ever oppress anyone. Muslims are responsible for literally hundreds of times more deaths of other Muslims than Israel has ever been. But hey, that doesn't count because it's not Israel's fault.
Hi Art, your intelligent response falls on the ears attached to a stupid head.
The style of your response makes me think that I know you from Amazon blog... Right?
both sides are guilty. Though 'you must conform to arab law', rofl yea ok good luck with that one man.
Islam and the modern world don't mix, Islam has laws where if your religion is different froom Islam, that is a death penaty. lAs with the jtaliban which outlaw schools for women, because women are considered as dogs and unworthy of education, thats Islam for you. Hezbollah is just as bad as the taliban if not worse. Hezbollah killed the famous president of Lebanon for trying to promote democracy reforms, Hezbollah is considered a terrorist group for a reason, the reasonis that they are murderers, that why Iran who hates Israel funds hezbollah, so that Hezbollah can continue its murderous ways.
Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. Remember what they did to us in Beirut in 1983? They're staging drills? We should kill them all while we have the opportunity. They're terrorists and have no respect for life. Why should we respect theirs?
I think Egypt should built a massive army and invade all the middel eastern countries, killing all who think they belong to a "group" put them all under one government for at least 200 years.
What makes you think Egypt would do any better at governing the middle east? Keep dreaming.
I love hearing people support Hezbollah. It really comes down to National pride. Germany's was at an all time low when Hitler and his party came into power. Now Germans spend their time repairing and apologizing for their grandparents going with the flow. Israeli's may not be saints, but it beat the alternative. Look at it in the most simple terms. Islam supports wife beating. It supports blinding school girls with acid (when anyone speaks about the Taliban being good for Afghans, they must not be part of the human race). Islamic law in purest form becomes archaic and completely inhumane. When it's on a moderate level, it can be a beautiful spiritual force. But just like Zionists are insane, so are extreme Muslims. You cannot tell them much apart when anyone goes to extremes in the middle east. And if you need to stage a coup because you want to avoid the truth about a a murder investigation, then how can that group support Democracy? It is the height of hypocrisy. And them people say what have they done to Europe or America? Hmm, I wonder if those people were around thinking the Taliban is not a big deal in the 80s and 90s when we helped rid them of the Russians. Whether Israel is this is this or that, it's Arab parents that are pulling their children from school because of ARABS. Not because of Israel. The State Department declared them Hezbollah terrorists because they are willing to attack civilians and more importantly, they HIDE BEHIND LEBANESE SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS DURING WAR! Anyone sympathizing with that type of organization is simply an rabid animal.
Yadda, yadda, yadda...
WELL NOBODY AT ALL
CAN DARE DISPUTE MY COMMENT:
it's so very clear that 100% of the supporters of Israel absolutely hate the Arabs, i.e. the Lebanese, Palestinians, Muslims & such... And it's even more clear that the Lebanese, Palestinians, Muslims & such hate the Israeli's & Jews...
BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES! After thousands of years, neither side has the strength to honestly seek forgiveness & truly offer 'an olive branch'
SHAME ON BOTH SIDES!
I was raised a Shia Muslim, raised to
HATE ALL JEWS AND ANYTHING THAT COULD BE LABELED 'Israeli'
Ha! The jokes on all of you.....
I don't hate Jews, I don't hate Israeli's...
I DESPISE THE UN-EDUCATED ONE's ON BOTH SIDES!
Both the Arab's & Jews have tremendous blood on your hands!
MAY ALL THE YOUTH OF MY AGE GROUP ON BOTH SIDES FINNALY RISE UP AGAINST THE EVIL FUNDAMENTALISTS!
The Shia Muslims & The Zionest Ultra Fundamentalist Jews!
YOUR BOTH WRONG & both of your groups time will come soon enough...
MOHAMED U SEEM LIKE ONE OF THOSE SUNNI TERRORISTS, AT LEAST SHIA MUSLIMS FIGHT AND DONT BLOW UP THE INNOCENT SO SID BOZAK WKOL KHARA
Your last name is not even Lebanese kazib. Secondly, if you we're truly Shia, you would not have been told that. We are not wahabbis, we are fighting injustice from Israel and social injustice that has kept us in thirld world conditions since the new government that France set up
Muhammad, you probably did not check replies to your previous post after I posted my response. Here is what I wrote:
"Muhammad, you are so good and so courageous that it is even not easy to believe you are real. But I do know that people like you do live in Lebanon, my son had a Lebanese friend like you.
As to this "Make them nomads", do not pay attention to him, he is just a piece of nomad's horse sh$t."
A couple of comments on your last post.
1. It is not correct to put the blame on both sides. The Arabs started the war the next day after declaration of the state of Israel and started discriminatory actions against their own Jewish population. It is difficult to love your neighbor in this situation. Israel was forced to fight as it was forced to fight in all subsequent Arab aggressions . You also cannot love people who call for your annihilation and subsidize the terror against you.
2. As to blood on the hands of both Israelies and Arabs, that is not surprising, when you are at war, you kill one another and the blood happens to get on the hands of all the participants. When there is a bandid who attacks you and you stand up to him and kill him, the blood will be on the hands of both. But you should never forget who is the attacker and who is defending himself, otherwise you risk to lose the sight of what is going on.
3. I think you are not right when you are equating zionists and shia extremist. What I see in you it is already too much to expect from a shia Muslim. To have your views on the conflict and not to hate other people Jews included – it is more than I could expect from a shia Muslim. Still traces of propaganda still have some risidue in you, I think. "Zionist" from the mouths of many Jew haters became like a label for Jewish terrorists. In fact, Zionism was a movement to go back to Jewish historical motherland in response to pogroms all around Europe and in other countries including Arab countries. Zionists do not call for killing or annihilation of anybody but they do stand for the right of Jews to have their own homeland where Jews can defend themselves. So, I wouldn't put Islamist terrorists in one company with Zionists.
4. Another mistake of yours, and forgive me for calling it "mistake" because in this case I am sure it is, is when you say that you hate uneducated people on both sides. Education does not give a person intelligence. Stupid people when they become educated are the worst kind, they become more active with their stupidity. Many uneducated people show much more intelligence than the educated ones.
Thanks for warming up my heart one more time by showing that there are good people even in the countries which went through terrible brainwashing. I wish there were more people like you in Arab countries.
The situation is Lebanon is far more complex than any US media outlet or affiliate will be able to report. This is a beautiful country with wonderful citizens that come from very diverse backgrounds, each one offering something unique that makes Lebanese culture so great. The political strife in Lebanon is truly heartbreaking because it is rooted in age-old conflicts between ethnic/religious sects, and it overshadows a citizenry that, on an individual basis, is one of the most hospitable, life-loving people I have ever come across. I love Lebanon and hope and pray that this country, which has finally started to return after devestating civil war, can persevere through this situation intact...or at least not destroyed.
Unfortunately, some people think that Hezbollah and his allies (specially the "crazy MIKE") will take over the capital and the country and they will dominate the government and rule the people the way they want. But, fortunately, there are still some good people in Lebanon that disagree with this situation, and want the country to be free and independent.
I would say that Lebanon is a very unique country, because of the people who believes in FREEDOM and these people will say again NO to Hezbollah.
God bless Lebanon.
ITS SO SAD THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SO IGNORANT TO CLAIM THE UN IS ANTI-ISRAEL, ALL THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE UN ARE WRITTEN DOWN IN ISRAEL AND APPROVED BY THE WHITEHOUSE BEFORE THE UN ADOPTS THEM, OTHERWISE THE US WILL DEFINNETELY VETO THEM, HEZBOLLAH IS A POPULAR LEBANESE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT THAT LIBERATED THE LEBANESE FROM A MERCILESS ZIONIST REGIME CALLED ISREAL,
And with that said I would just lke to add, really? The same Hezbollah that DIDn't get voted in by 60% of the population. The same group that so bravely hid in schools and behind children to save there own skins after they repeatedly attacked Isreal. I hope you can find the answers you are looking for I truly do. If you really wanted to help Lebannon you would stop your message of hate and violence, then you would prove to the world who the real enemies and bad people are.
More well though out moves and rhetoric from the peace loving members of Hezbollah who just want their land back and the annihilation of an entire race of people....
These morons are barbarians and should be banished to a nice desert island where they can fight it out all they want and leave the rest or us alone...
Make em nomads. It is clear from your comments that you are very stupid, or at least naive. I don't blame you, after all you probably aren't capable of intelligent thought. I find it funny that so many of you Arabs want to be pawns of the Iranians. They don't care about Lebanon or Hezbollah. They just use you in their dispute against Israel. Don't think for a second that Iran would risk nuclear confrontation with Israel to save your stupid people. They will gladly watch Lebanon burn. I understand your frustration. I would be frustrated too if the Israelis always destroyed my people in battle. The Arabs have lost every time they have engaged the Israelis. Maybe this is why you look to the Persians as your saviour?
How soon before the never-ending war starts in Lebanon? Sigh.
isrealis are mostly secular russians with little to no jewish blood. There are even russian skinheads in isreal. They have no birthright. Birthright refers to the semites that lived there many years ago. THey are arab and hebrew. All those blond europeans who can trace most if not all of their ancestors to europe should stop lying
yes they are just descendants of the real Israelite because Islam destroyed and killed them and stole their own land. don't forget Israelites are your ancestors and you chose to believe to follow the people who killed your ancestors be proud of yourself until you meet them in the other world
Hizbollah is a terror to the world and the labanice people and Isreal should take over Lebanon by force and govern it if hisbollah stage a coup of the government.Because an hisbollah government is a great threat to Isreal and the world
Nuke em all. Nuke em real good. Even the innocents. If they cant clean up their backyard, nuke em.
send in the drones....
January 3, 2011 :: Jerusalem Post :: News
In the latest Wikileaks revelation, Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi reports to a U.S. congressional delegation in 2009 that Hezbollah has 40,000 rockets that it intends to use in a future conflict with Israel, and Iran has 300 missiles of sufficient range aimed at the Jewish state. A missile launch from Iran would give Israel 10-12 minutes to respond before it reached its target.
It is thought that Hezbollah would fire 300-400 missiles a day into Israel; they also possess a number of UAVs that they might use to strategically bomb Israel. In order to address a worst-case scenario, Israel is thus preparing for a major regional war, again in Lebanon and Gaza, so that it might easily cover lesser contingencies as well. Statements from cables also suggest that a future ground-war in Gaza and Lebanon will be more intense and less restricted than the one of 2006.
http://www.missilethreat.com/
It has become my considered opinion that the only way to achieve peace in that part of the world is to nuke it into a big sheet of glass. Don't you think maybe all those different "factions" in Lebanon, Israel, and throughout the middle east deserve each other?
Maybe one day both sides will accept that there is more to be gained through peace and trade than through animosity. I think most Israeli and Lebanese citizens already know this. But if you are into solving problems through violence, tghen here's an idea. Let's take the politicians from both sides, put them in a room and let them beat the hell out of each other.
Next stop blame Israel..
Coup? What is left to overthrow?!
Can anyone tell me how many Jews there are living in Lebanon, Iran and Syria, or what percentage of the population they comprise?
Almost none in Lebanon and Syria since the 1950's. Only a small community left in Iran (a few thousand) since the 1980's.
..Ironically, the man whose spray-painting Hariri's picture is not Shia Muslim, he is a Sunni-Salafist Muslim in the city of Saida, which is a predominantly Sunni...
Hariri is losing grounds among his followers. He is politically unmatured and yet to develope a thick skin to enable him navigate the very complex Lebanese and regional politics. He mostly relies on very tight Groupthink advisors of whom themselves proxies for regional and international power brokers. That is by the way, is the same for most politicians in Lebanon.
....Hariri, himself, for now, is just the front man for his masters–the Saudis.
I am a proud Lebanese Shia, whose family comes from Kesawar until we were persecuted and forces into the South. My entire village in South Lebanon is poor and war torn. We get no help from the government only NGOs and the Hizb.
This is to the Lebanese and Lebanese only. How long did you oppress the Shia, turn your back on us, leave us to live with no chances at education and no basic necessities? Why did you invite Israel to bomb our neighborhoods (30, 000 killed in 1982) and occupy our land (Sourh Lebanon) for 18 years with no opposition? You turned your back on us, you hypocrites, and now did you expect to hug and kiss you as though we were best friends? You complain about the Hizb but the only innocents killed and affected by the 2006 war were the Shia while you enjoyed your party time in Beirut. You never treated us as Lebanese, so why should we?
You reap what you sow
Wow, a completely honest and almost completely accurate post in a Middle East discussion board. Are these allowed?
Hebullcrap can do anything they wish, One day is coming soon, wait moron, ........ Hezbollah hmmmm
Scare tactics, and thats all you could come up with, your weapons are toys, wait and see. You really wish to see killing.
When your civilian run for Syria next time, 1 million will DIE ON THE ROAD DIRTBAG, THEY WILL GET SLAUGHTERED and MASSACRED ......... HEY MORON don't PEE OFF! What goes around WILL COME AROUND, so shut your pir hole
If hez. said they were not responsible they were not.the evil terrorist in the region are.isreal.People don't let this satanic people turn you evil and kill one another.rise up and unite christans and muslims brothersso peoples won't fight each other...cursaders across the world fight the evil NWO
Hey, stupid liar, the whole world knows that shia hates sunis and vice versa more than they hate Jews. And you kill one another in big numbers. And you did that even before Israel appeared on the map. You yourself show to what a miserable state a human, if I can call you human, can be brought by dirty Islamist propaganda. No brains left...
the satanic ones are the ones who teach their children to kill, hate others and suicide bomb you know who that is you are just on denial
NO matter what the comments are...it all boils down to this....arabs will blame the israelis for everthing...they are filled with hatred for israel..does not matter if it is terroristgovernement or not...arab world is missing the boat for a great life with all their oil due to hatred in their hearts...
history has written the script and they do not know it cuz they have NO FREEDOM to read the scrioputures for themselves...what a pity that they grow with the sin of deep hatred
Thank god for hezbollah...they are protecting my country from anyone trying to harm them...lebanon is 100% behind you!!!
apparently 60% of the population do not want them do you know how to count?
Work for World Peace – End All Religion!
Israel was humiliated in the 34 day war. Obama will fix this mess and take care of the problem. The Israelis bed down with dogs at night. They are afraid of Iran and what happened in the 7th century.
they are afraid you are correct because fanatics terrorize them every time and won't leave them alone but they will fight back they are a super power you just don't see because they are only on defense mode. fanatics keep on tirelessly doing what they love sending rocket and missile gifts because it's Israel let them even try do that to China or US lands and the fanatics will cease to exist
read the book of daniel
Israel does not occupy 1 inch of lebanon..and Jews and Israel were here loonng before islam even existed...dirty lying m.uslims...j
OdaZ please bend over!
Hizbollah is a terrorist organization funded by the Iranian government. The Islamic Republic of terror openly advocated for the return of the "Hidden Imam" or "Imam Zaman" whom is supposed to come back at the end of time. If Iran had a nuclear weapon knowing that Israel would retaliate and annihilate the Iranian people, they would do it; why? Because Iranian lives mean nothing to them. People want to ignore the real issues by justifying such terrorists jeopardize the existence of the region and even broadly the human race. Lebanese people are for the most part great people with a great history and heritage. Lebanon is majority Christian, not Muslim. Hizbollah is a thorn in the side of the Lebanese people and in the side of all civilized humans. I am an Iranian-American speaking out about this and as someone who has spent considerable time in Iran in the last year. Let's not fool ourselves of the problem: it is religion and it is in particular the Islamic Republic. The Islamic Republic's only hope of keeping power past the next couple of years (protests will again happen in the next fake Presidential elections there) is by starting a war. It is the dream and main objective of the Islamic Republic to start a war within the next 2-3 years.
NOT true...on the contrary, there is voluminous evidence, including a surveillance video and DNA testing that points to one Abu Adas as the assassin, a Lebanese-Palestinian convert to Wahhabism, who claimed responsibility for the deed in the name of an al-Qaeda affiliate, NOT Syria or Iran, or "Hezbollah Islamic terrorists" as you claim. The mainstream media storyline is the exact opposite of the truth. It's a theory hatched by Israel and the U.S., and then "reported" as such by the media, based on the premise that Hariri was killed by a bomb hidden in a previously-unknown underground tunnel, which was detonated by remote control once Hariri’s car reached the appointed spot. The problem with this theory, however, is that no such tunnel exists, or has ever existed. Furthermore, it's clear from the physical evidence that the assassination was carried out by suicide bombing, NOT a remotely controlled explosive device. The aim is really for Israel to keep Lebanon and the entire region in a permanent state of destabilization, and thereby to help Israel to interfere more freely in Lebanon and regain advantage over Hezbollah.
You might want to consider this website's photos, analysis and conclusions.
"http://mideastweb.org/log/archives/00000334.htm"
Israel's only interest in Lebanon is to have a quiet northern border – that's all. Israel has no territorial ambitions in Lebanon and never has. The only reason Israel ever entered into Lebanon was to stop PLO and Hezbollah terrorists from attacking Israel. Israel has no interest in destabilization – to the contrary, they want stability and peace to continue to grow their economy and live in a free democracy – something maybe its Arab neighbors should try.
Israel's only interest in Lebanon is to have a quiet northern border – that's all. Israel has no territorial ambitions in Lebanon and never has. The only reason Israel ever entered into Lebanon was to stop PLO and Hezbollah terrorists from attacking Israel. Israel has no interest in destabilization – to the contrary, they want stability and peace to continue to grow their economy and live in a free democracy – something maybe its Arab neighbors should try.
Disgusted w/warmongers
dude, no one cares about the spin you put on your post. the best thing for the Lebanese people would be ridding of PEZzzzBOLAH and these other "democratic " groups. Their is nothing democratic about abusing woman's human rights and strapping bombs onto children. But most importantly, religion is a joke, and what does it make americans, Israelis and Arabs do? fight-war-kill , the complete oppisite of a religion...!
Dont forget Israel also wants all the natural resources it can suck from Lebanon too, like gas and water.
1- Israel has a second interest in Lebanon: keep IN LEBANON the 500 000 Palestinians living in Lebanon and hoping one day they can return to their land in Israel.
2- correction: Israel invaded (not just entered) Lebanon in 1978 and in 1982 to get rid of PLO, this is true. BUT this invasion CREATED Hezbollah as a resistance movement. HA never existed before 1982.
This article is not about Israe., but maggots like you use every opportunity to spit zoological hatred at the only humane and moral society amidst stone age fanatical mob.
are you mentally retarded? Lebanon has nothing whatsoever to offer Israel. Stop kidding yourself, you aren't Saudi Arabia (even worse). Israel will only attack defensively if you attack it for no reason, get it? You want a rehash of 2006, where your country is (still) held hostage by Hezbollah, these ISLAMIST FASCIST CRAZIES that started that war? Israel will send your country (again) to the STONE AGE if you even launch 1 rocket into it. Stupid idiots.
i hope Israel does gain Lebanon resources. or conqour the entire middle east for that matter so we don't have to be involved in this area no more.
Well, is this supposed to blame Israel for Hezbollah, though? I mean, otherwise it would still be the PLO kicking around. Hezbollah simply extended the PLO legacy. Inaction in the 80's would have simply allowed Palestinian terrorism to fester and continue from Lebanon (the misguided actions by those who formed Hezbollah is just an unfortunate outcome of the necessary actions by Israel to protect its people).
Blame Hezbollah on Iran, which vows to destroy Israel. Which will never happen. At least Egypt and Jordan learned their lessons (not even a gang up could defeat them). Iran would be sorry for outright attacking Israel, and they know it, so they use their proxy, Hezbollah. The reason the conflict moves on is because the Muslims are sore losers, and drag all the Palestinians into it to use as a buffer and shield (a war crime). As for the statement that Israel is a land grabber, why did they trade the Sinai for peace? It's nothing but propaganda by Jew haters.
Isreal isnt a land grabber? Look at a map of how much palestinian land they stole since 48. Save your propaganda for someone else. No one is buying it. Iran isnt afraid of Isreal even though its strength comes from being backed by a superpower (US). You say Iran is afraid of attacking Isreal, but is isreal not threatened by Iran? By their nuclear program? yet they are too scared to attack them begging the americans to do it. Iran goes nuclear, alot of jew cowards will move to germany, isreal will collapse. The international community is starting to isolate isreal finally.
And then you will wake up, realizing that people living in mud huts with sticks won't be overthrowing anything. You are beyond transparent, and that you bring up someone else's propaganda is laughable. You are walking, talking propaganda with no basis in reality. The people you support murdered and clawed their way into Israel in the 7th century.. It took the world too long to kick them back out.
Were you born yesterday? When a country keeps on attacking another country and the country that was attacked wins, then that country gets the spoils of war. It would be a fraction of its size now if only the Arabs had accepted UN resolution that created Israel and Palestine. It was the Arabs that turned down a Palestinian state so many times. The land that Israel got after winning the wars that it didn't start was to make a buffer. Israel gave back the Sinai with its oil for peace. That alone shatters your lies.
Make them nomads – you're a complete idiot, a liar and a hate-monger – and nothing you can say changes those facts. Go strap a bomb to yourself and blow yourself up.
wrong bud, Israel requested Iraq air space from President Bush (jr) to attack Iran nuke sites, but Bush refused to allow Israel military jets. Your claim that Israel is afraid of Iran is a joke, Isreal kicked @ss when fighting multiple middle eastern country as the same time, and whip them in 7 days.
MTN: Jewish people were there as long as Arab/Muslims. If the Palestinians had accepted the original UN plan instead of attacking, they would have been much better off. They did not. 2 wars later, borders have changed to create safety for Israelis, too bad for the Palestinians. Your dream of the downfall of Israel will never happen. Are you Hamas? You sound like it.
Here's how to tell who the REAL land grabbers are.
Prior to 1948, Jews AND Arabs were Palestinians. Prior to that, Jordan was also part of Palestine. Jordan was chopped off and given exclusively to the Arabs. It was recommended that what remained by split along ethnic lines between Jews and Arabs. The Jews agreed. The Arabs refused. The Arabs went to war to try to take the whole thing instead.
Areas which came under Jewish control maintained a large Arab population. Areas which came under Arab control were completely wiped clean of Jews. Well, that wasn't satisfactory, so the Arabs declared another war 19 years later, and lost. Jews moved back in. Jews REMAINING on land is, "expansion," to these idiots.
Jews aren't living anywhere where they weren't living prior to 1948. They're not expanding. In fact, they contracted. Prior to 1948, there were Jews living in Gaza. Now, there isn't a single one living there.
nope the world will not give Israel to fanatics and satanics. Israel was not stolen from the Muslim THEY STOLE IT FROM YOUR ANCESTORS WHICH ARE THE JEWS/ISRAELITES that's right YOU ARE ALSO THEIR DESCENDANT but you are following the KILLER OF YOUR ANCESTORS which is the EXTREMIST FANATIC MOB that resulted from ignorance in history it's so laughable and ironically comical
Well said. It's true. They did not have to turn over that gorgeous region to Egypt but doing so helped peace.
Laffin: Losers will always make up lies to try and reverse their loss, no matter how futile. Pride. Pride is killing Palestinians who are used as shields by Hamas and Hezbollah to attack Israel. Their attempt to drag Israel into the bloody mud with them has failed, and failed and failed. When will the Palestinians who just want to live in peace get rid of those parasites?
Let me show you who the land grabbers are with the example of 7 Lebanese Villages taken by Israel. Tarbikha was assualted in Operation Hiram, and the unarmed residents were forced to leave, the village was later settled by Hungarian Jews. Saliha, another village, was taken by Israel forces in 1948; 94 unarmed Lebanese from the village were forced into a mosque and slaughtered by the 7th Brigade. Margaliot was taken after 400 Lebanese surrendere but were subsequently attacked by the IDF, who killed numerous civillians and forced the rest to flee.Malikya, Nabi Yusha, Hunin villagers were forced to flee by the millitary. These are only 7 villages in Lebanon, there are thousands that were taken from the Palestinians further south. Who is the land grabber, again?
Regardless of who really killed Harriri, Israel and the US will never accept anything less than having both Hezbollah and Syria as the only culprits benind this crime. Many indicators have brought other players into question such as Israel and Al-qaeda, but the US stubbornly continues to indict Hezbollah and covertly Syria. The reason behind Israel's and the US's sickening position stem from a shortsighted analysis that, once Hezbollah is indicted, Lebanese would rise against it paving the way for the Israeli army to march unchallanged to Beirut.This is the senario, both Israel and the US have in mind. All sober analyses have concluded that the only beneficiary fom this tragedy is ISRAEL, and that justice should be to call upon investigating Israel instead.
Paranoid much?
Actually, the US would love this to be Iran through Syria without touching Hezbollah, since that would make the move as unpopular as possible in the Sunni Arab world. (Where Iran and Syria are just more corrupt dictatorships while Hezbollah is a noble force out to destroy Israel. If Hezbollah killed Hariri, he must have been a Zionist pawn who deserved to die for it. If Iran or Syria did, he was a nationalist hero murdered by the corrupt old order/Persian menace.)
Probably just after America throws out the extremist morons and corporate slaves amongst the Republicrats and Democritans.