Thursday, May 08, 2008

HEZBOLLAH FIRES ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES-- 7 Dead in Beirut!

NOW Lebanon reports that at least 7 are dead.
Blacksmiths of Lebanon has running updates on the violence.
Charles Malik says: "The RPGs make an interesting suction sound as they are fired."
Beirut Spring analyzes Nasrallah's speech.
Snapped Shot reported that Hezbollah is making a move on the parliament building.
Talisman Gate explains how the defeat in Sadr City led to today's rioting in Beirut.

And, The Los Angeles Times picks sides...

And, they choose Hezbollah.
How else do you explain this headline calling the democratically-elected majority government- the pro-West regime(?) while ignoring the photo of a Hezbollah thug ransacking the city of Beirut in the background?

Reuters calls the Hezbollah terrorist infiltrating Beirut- the "Shiite opposition."
Shi'ite opposition gunmen take positions during clashes with pro-government supporters in a street in Beirut May 8, 2008. Explosions and gunfire rocked Beirut on Thursday as fighters loyal to Hezbollah battled pro-government supporters in the Lebanese capital, security sources said. (REUTERS/ Ezzat Attar)

The military is pinned down in the Beirut neighborhoods.
CNN captures video of the fighting:


The mainstream media is trying to keep up with the death toll as armed Hezbollah terrorists continue to occupy the streets.
Reuters reported:

Fierce clashes raged in Beirut on Thursday after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its military communications network.

Security sources said the fighting killed at least six people and wounded 15. The sound of exploding grenades and automatic gunfire was heard into the night in the worst internal strife since the 1975-90 civil war.

Lebanese governing coalition leader Saad al-Hariri proposed a deal to end the crisis under which government decisions that infuriated Hezbollah would be considered a "misunderstanding".

The decisions would then be referred to the Lebanese army, which has been neutral in the confrontations, giving army commander General Michel Suleiman the option to suspend their implementation...

The U.N. Security Council called for "calm and restraint", (blah!) urging all sides to return to peaceful dialogue. The White House urged Hezbollah to stop "disruptive" acts.

Fighters from Shi'ite movements Hezbollah and Amal group exchanged assault rifle fire and rocket-propelled grenades with pro-government gunmen, including fighters loyal to the Sunni Future movement, in several areas of the capital.
It's about time for Hezbollah to shoot one of their fighters in the back and parade his "martyred" body around in the streets of Beirut.

Previously:
A Gift From Tehran-- ARMED HEZBOLLAH THUGS Roam Beirut
CLASHES IN BEIRUT-- Hezbollah Declares Lebanese Army an Enemy!

4 Comments:

Blogger Johnny T. Helms said...

Any volunteers? Any of you guys wanna meet your 70 or so virgins (or is it 70 grapes?). Oh yeah, and allah.

1:35 PM  
Blogger bg said...

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interesting take from Talisman Gate

How the Outcome in Sadr City Led to Today’s Clashes in Beirut

excerpts:

[What could have spurred-on this over- reaction on Hezbollah’s part, which has been manifested so far with flexing its muscles in the Sunni area of Beirut, seemingly showing- up the government as weak and vulnerable?

I believe Iran needed to show the United States and its Arab allies that it can humiliate them by overrunning the government they back in Beirut and that they’d be unable to do anything about it, and I believe that Iran needed to make this point now because the Mahdi Army in Iraq has collapsed.

Iran has been backing certain factions of the Mahdi Army with training and arms as an investment in a force for chaos, which can be held in reserve and unleashed against the Americans in Iraq in the event that George Bush may order a bombing run against Iran’s illicit nuclear program this summer— something he’s be egged- on to do by U.S. allies such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan.]

[Maliki has also ordered the Iraqi Red Crescent to prepare an initial contingency plan to absorb 100,000 refugees from Sadr City, indicating that he is not backing down. Moreover, there’s word from parliament that the government has asked for the removal of legal immunity from several parliamentarians, some of whom are Sadrists, over charges of inciting violence against government troops. Particularly vulnerable is Sadrist MP Baha’ al-‘Araji.]

[The Sadrists and the Iranians have been reduced to bravado and PSY-OPS: one account has it that the Sadrists have a plan to take over the Green Zone within seven hours, and that they can take over Basra within 24 hours. Another is that General Suleimani of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard actually controls events in Iraq.

But in effect, Iran has lost the deterrence value of its investment in the Sadrists.]

[btw: i'm hearing they got Masri..]

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3:27 PM  
Blogger Snake Oil Baron said...

I wonder if the editorial regime of the LA Times would appreciate being denounced in like fashion.

5:23 PM  
Blogger tweedburst said...

Isn't the scumbag in the top photo wearing a CCCP t-shirt? That says a lot about what these idiots are.

10:38 AM  

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