Posts Tagged ‘The Descent of Lebanon’

'Mon Dieu! So you are saying zat Iran is taking over ze Lebanon? Who knew?'

Lebanon warned “Iran telecom” was taking over the country after uncovering a secret communications network used by Hezbollah two years ago, a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks showed on Monday.

The Beirut government was shocked at the discovery in April 2008 of the extensive communications system used by the powerful Shiite party, which receives military and financial support from Iran, according to the cable. Read the rest of this entry »

Sharing the love: Iranian weapons ranged by Hezbollah against the Israeli population

Great example of reverse lawfare – Muslims seem endlessly to be suing the kuffar for something or other – this dramatic turning of the tables by long-suffering Israelis is certainly something we’d like to see more of:

A group of 91 victims of Hizbullah-fired Katyusha missiles in the Second Lebanon War have filed a $1.2 billion lawsuit in a U.S. federal court, charging that the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network’s war coverage aided the terrorist group.

The plaintiffs are family members who were wounded or are relatives of victims of the rockets that rained down on northern Israel for 34 days in the summer of 2006. The Kaplan vs. Al Jazeera suit seeks compensatory and punitive damages. Read the rest of this entry »

Clue for the UN: A pictorial summary of what's really going on in Lebanon

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Friday that an increase in tensions between Lebanon and Israel could lead to a new conflict with potentially devastating consequences.

In a report to the UN Security Council, Ban accused both countries of violating the 2006 cease-fire resolution that ended the 34-day Second Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah.

The UN chief said Hezbollah continues to maintain “a substantial military capacity” in violation of UN resolutions and an arms embargo, and he again called for Hizbullah and other militias to be disarmed “through a Lebanese-led political process.” Read the rest of this entry »

NOTE: Since AFP have pulled their video from Un:dhimmi, we have decided to replace it with video content from Press TV – the media mouthpiece of the Iranian government, instead. The content is similar – but you will need to take account of the blatant bias.

If AFP had not intended to share their video content publicly, why did they post it on a public video sharing site? In doing so, they have undermined not only their own credibility, but the very purpose of YouTube. Shame on them.

The students clapped and cheered as a Hezbollah fighter perched on a rocket launcher paraded past. Later, they snapped photographs with guerrilla fighters, getting a firsthand account of the group’s tactics against Israel on the battlefield.

Excursions like the one more than 400 Lebanese university students took Saturday to a Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon are part of the militant group’s push to promote itself through “jihadi tourism” to mark the 10th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon. The efforts also include a sprawling new war museum touting Hezbollah’s history.

It’s a way for the militant group to showcase its military prowess at a time when Israel and the US say the Iranian-backed group is acquiring more sophisticated weaponry. “We are bringing students to the area previously occupied by Israel, to show them how the resistance, with its meagre capabilities, was able to defeat the strongest army in the world,” said Jihad Hammoud, one of the organisers of the student tours. Read the rest of this entry »