Solomonia Archive: A Lebanese Shia explains how Hezbollah uses human shields

Sunday, July 30, 2006

A Lebanese Shia explains how Hezbollah uses human shields

In a letter to the editor of the Berlin left-wing daily Die Tageszeitung (TAZ) [sic] a Lebanese Shia explains how after Israel’s withdrawal from South Lebanon, Hezbollah stored rockets in bunkers in his town and built a school and residence over it.

I lived until 2002 in a small southern village near Mardshajund that is inhabited by a majority of Shias like me. After Israel left Lebanon, it did not take long for Hezbollah to take have its say in other towns. Received as successful resistance fighters and armed to the teeth, they stored rockets in bunkers in our town as well. The social work of the Party of God consisted in building a school and a residence over these bunkers! A local sheikh explained to me laughing that the Jews would lose in any event because the rockets would either be fired at them or if they attacked the rockets depots, they would be condemned by world opinion on account of the dead civilians. These people do not care about the Lebanese population, they use them as shields, and, once dead, as propaganda. As long as they continue existing there, there will be no tranquility and peace.

Dr. Mounir Herzallah
Berlin-Wedding

[h/t: Andrew Bostom]

Posted by Solomon at 10:52 PM on Sunday, Jul 30, 2006 | Comments (4)
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#1 Michael B | July 31, 2006 12:48 AM

Kofi Annan will be requesting a U.N. investigation any moment now - of Hezbollah, of Iran and Syria as sponsors. And certainly he'll be investigating all the useful fools in the West, who repeat Hezbollah's mantras and press releases, while studiously avoiding this and similar information - and history itself (pdf). Studied avoidance, a pre-requisite for any and all ideologues.

Yea, that's what Annan will be doing, of course it is.

#2 Walter Sobchak | July 31, 2006 4:45 AM

The newspaper is called "Tagesspiegel" not "tageszeitung".

See the blog of one of the journalists of Tagesspiegel, who refers to the letter:

http://flatworld.blogg.de/eintrag.php?id=242#kommentare

#3 William Schaffer | July 31, 2006 2:44 PM

Hezbollah and its leaders are COWARDS. Put on a uniform, stand on the front line, away from innocent people and fight for what you believe in. Im sure if you want to be a "martyr"(one who suffers for the sake of principle) then the IDF will gladly help you in this endeavor.

#4 Carole | August 1, 2006 12:56 PM

Actually these Jihadist think they are doing these victims a favor by killing them in Jihad. They view them as martyrs who are dying for the furtherance of Islam and who will be rewarded in paradise by Allah. This is why they have no shame in using women and children.