The Photos That Damn Hezbollah
An Australian newspaper published this picture of Hezbollah members manning an antiaircraft gun in a Lebanese suburb -- proof that Hezbollah is using the cover of residential areas to wage its attacks on Israel and in effect using innocent civilians as human shields. Story and more photos (h/t: BuzzFlash)
An Australian newspaper published this picture of Hezbollah members manning an antiaircraft gun in a Lebanese suburb — proof that Hezbollah is using the cover of residential areas to wage its attacks on Israel and in effect using innocent civilians as human shields.
(h/t: BuzzFlash)
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...The Herald Sun (Australia):
This is the picture that damns Hezbollah. It is one of several, smuggled from behind Lebanon’s battle lines, showing that Hezbollah is waging war amid suburbia.
The images, obtained exclusively by the Sunday Herald Sun, show Hezbollah using high-density residential areas as launch pads for rockets and heavy-calibre weapons.
Dressed in civilian clothing so they can quickly disappear, the militants carrying automatic assault rifles and ride in on trucks mounted with cannon.
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