Hezbollah
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4314423.stm
Some background on Hezbollah.A question which occurs to me is why have the Lebanese government not taken them on and prevented them attacking Israel ? The attack by Israel looks like collective punishment of the Lebanese people for not doing so.I realise the Lebanese government is militarily weak and does have Hezbollah ministers but the Israeli attacks must cause some reaction.Looks like there will be an international force deployed to replace the ineffective UNIFIL.
Also today it will interesting to see what the repercussions will be after Israel apparently debliberately targeted a U.N. position and killed 4 U.N. observers.From the BBC website again:
'UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked" at the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post. Israel has expressed "deep regret".'
Some background on Hezbollah.A question which occurs to me is why have the Lebanese government not taken them on and prevented them attacking Israel ? The attack by Israel looks like collective punishment of the Lebanese people for not doing so.I realise the Lebanese government is militarily weak and does have Hezbollah ministers but the Israeli attacks must cause some reaction.Looks like there will be an international force deployed to replace the ineffective UNIFIL.
Also today it will interesting to see what the repercussions will be after Israel apparently debliberately targeted a U.N. position and killed 4 U.N. observers.From the BBC website again:
'UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked" at the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post. Israel has expressed "deep regret".'
posted by Brendan at 8:12 a.m.
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