Haret Hreik quarter of Beirut, Before and After

The Bastard1

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Sat Jul-29-06 11:54 AM
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Haret Hreik quarter of Beirut, Before and After

Edited on Sat Jul-29-06 11:54 AM by The Bastard1

This is satellite imagery of the Haret Hreik quarter of Beirut, the Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, before and after Israeli bombing. When the media talks about “strongholds” I often think of a building or bunker not an entire neighborhood. This just shows that Israel is bombing without regard or a care in the world for civilian life. They flattened entire city blocks to take out a few terrorists. This madness has got to stop.

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ladjf

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Sat Jul-29-06 11:59 AM
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1. I've got bad news for Israel. Hezbollah is a political movement.

It can't be "killed" by murdering the current active Hezbollah combatants. Israel's cruel actions in Lebanon will only make Hezbollah stronger.

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kenny blankenship

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Sat Jul-29-06 12:48 PM
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6. Actually it's Hez's political wing/base that the IDF was trying to kill

Edited on Sat Jul-29-06 12:49 PM by kenny blankenship

by bombing the city. The military arm of Hezbollah would be concentrated outside the city. The political movement has organizational structures, vast rank and file membership, (Hezbollah is Lebanon's second largest employer) and a civilian base--it's in the city. But even though the political movement and civilian base was bombed like a military target, it isn't the Hezbollah military.

I'm not saying this was legitimate on the part of Israel, nor that it will be effective...

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ladjf

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Sat Jul-29-06 10:08 PM
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7. What I was trying to say in my previous post that the Hezbollah

represents a philosophy that is embraced by many more people that the active members whether they are fighters or elected politicians. The death of the current members will not stop Hezbollah just as the deaths of the Christians during the late Roman empire didn't stop Christianity.

Of all people on Earth who should understand the results of persecution, it should be the Jews. Yet, they seem hell bent on making the same wrong decisions that their earlier enemies made against them.

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rodeodance

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Sat Jul-29-06 12:01 PM
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2. does Israel eally think there will not be generations of Lebanese who

will not forget this?

What are they thinking!

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Mandate My Ass

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Sat Jul-29-06 12:09 PM
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4. there are people here who say the Lebanese should be grateful

for Israel finally getting rid of Hezbollah for them, which they were too wimpy to do.

It's like my neighbor saying that my termites have begun to infest his house as well as mine. His solution? Burn down my house with my sleeping family inside. What's not to love?

Blowback, like karma, is going to be a bitch.

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ladjf

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Sat Jul-29-06 12:11 PM
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5. The exact questions are equally true with regard to the Iraqis.

Over 100,000 Iraqis have been killed, maybe more. For every death, you can multiply that number by the individuals who were either family or friend. We are talking about the exponential increase of hatred.

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