Monthly Archives: August 2006

To the left we have the town of Cassino, south of Rome.  This is "where" the war in south Lebanon is headed.  Pat Lang "Hizbullah’s older anti-tank weapons have been effective against armoured personnel carriers and buildings used by soldiers … Continue reading →

"Israeli soldiers have been shaken by the fighters’ skill and commitment, describing them as an army, not a rabble. “Even I have been surprised at the tenacity of these groups fighting in the villages,” Timur Goksel, who served with UN … Continue reading →

"Although the army had conquered the town, Hezbollah men were hiding in underground bunkers well camouflaged from the outside. The bunkers had been stocked with large quantities of food, enough to last for weeks, and ammunition, including antitank missiles and, … Continue reading →

I received this from a Lebanese friend now in Beirut. Pat Lang ———————————————————————— A new poll from Lebanon. I have just received from Abdu Sa`d, director of the Beirut Center for Research and Data, the results of a new public … Continue reading →

We have tended to think of Hizbullah in terms of mobs of men marching around Beirut in odd looking uniforms carrying yellow flags.  We are now learning that reality is more like this fellow on the left.  The big war … Continue reading →

"Arab foreign ministers decided Monday to send a delegation to the United Nations to represent Lebanon’s interests at the Security Council, an aide to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said. The three-man delegation will include the foreign ministers of Qatar, … Continue reading →

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"Hizbullah is proving to be something altogether new, an Arab guerrilla army with sophisticated weaponry and remarkable discipline. Its soldiers have the jihadist rhetoric of fighting to the death, but wear body armor and use satcoms to coordinate their attacks. … Continue reading →

By Tom Lasseter "BAGHDAD, Iraq – While American politicians and generals in Washington debate the possibility of civil war in Iraq, U.S. officers and enlisted men who patrol Baghdad daily say it has already begun. Army troops in and around … Continue reading →

"That appeared to be a major victory for the U.S. and Israel. France and many other nations had demanded an immediate and halt to violence without conditions as a way to push the region back toward stability. The French presidential … Continue reading →