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IDF believes single Lebanese officer behind border shooting

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Israel Defense Forces analysts believe that the Lebanese sniper fire at the Israel-Lebanon border on Tuesday, which killed Lt. Col. Dov Harari and seriously wounded Captain Ezra Lakia, was in fact an ambush planned by a Lebanese officer who was encouraged by his commanders.

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thedoctori

Unprovoked aggression?

... After a round of yelling, unanswered by the Israeli troops, Lebanese snipers opened deliberate fire at the IDF observation post several hundred meters into Israel, the IDF said. ...

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Reply#1 - Tue Aug 3, 2010 5:35 PM EDT
backroads

I heard it started over a tree, but an ambush is possible. Meanwhile, the head Hezbullah flying monkey took the opportunity to proclaim that Israel murdered Hariri and he intends to provide proof. The sad part is many actually believe that monster.

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#1.1 - Tue Aug 3, 2010 6:05 PM EDT
thedoctori

I recognize your analogy to the Wizard of Oz's evil flying primates, but let's hold the discussion's verbiage to a higher standard please. Someone's going to start jumping on technicalities, and that's just a waste of time. On a more important note:

The Iranian media have cast a recent summit meeting of leaders from Syria, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon as a victory for Iran and its ally in Lebanon, the militant group Hezbollah, but some observers say the Islamic Republic is secretly worried that its role in Lebanon may be compromised.

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#1.2 - Tue Aug 3, 2010 6:17 PM EDT
krishna-167929

Meanwhile, the head Hezbullah flying monkey took the opportunity to proclaim that Israel murdered Hariri

Well, I wonder if he also thinks the Israelis are responsible for these politically motivated assassinations of Lebanese leaders:

  • Kamal Jumblatt, (1977), Lebanese Druze leader
  • Tony Frangieh, (1978), Lebanese Christian leader
  • Bachir Gemayel, (1982), president-elect of Lebanon, killed by bomb [1]
  • Rashid Karami, (1987 June 1), Prime Minister of Lebanon, killed by bomb aboard helicopter [1]
  • René Moawad, (1989), President of Lebanon
  • Dany Chamoun, (1990), son of late president Camille Chamoun
  • Elie Hobeika, (2002), Lebanese militia leader
  • Rafik Hariri, (2005), former Prime Minister of Lebanon
  • Bassel Fleihan, (2005), Lebanese legislator and Minister of Economy and Commerce
  • Samir Kassir, (2005), Columnist at "An Nahar" daily Lebanese newspaper, long a fiery critic of Syria
  • George Hawi, (2005), former chief of Lebanese Communist Party
  • Gibran Tueni, (2005), Editor in Chief of "An Nahar" daily Lebanese newspaper
  • Pierre Gemayel, (2006), Minister of Industry of Lebanon
  • Walid Eido, (2007), member of the National Assembly
  • Antoine Ghanim, (2007), member of the National Assembly
  • Francois El Hajj, (2007) Lebanese Military General
  • Wissam Eid, (2008) National Security, Information Sector
  • 6 votes
#1.3 - Tue Aug 3, 2010 6:18 PM EDT
krishna-167929

Od course its not only Christian and Druze politicians who are attacked-- they also assassinate (or try to assassinate) newscasters:

May Chidiac (Arabic: مي شدياق‎) (born 1964) is a Lebanese Christian Maronite journalist.

Chidiac was a television journalist at the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, where she was also one of the station's main television anchors until the assassination attempt on her life. She was one of the few critics of Syria's hegemony over Lebanon. Syria kept troops stationed in Lebanon even after the end of the Lebanese Civil War and the Taif accords which stipulated that Syria withdraw from Lebanon. Under heavy American and international pressure, Syrian troops withdrew in April 2005. On the day she was nearly killed, she had hosted a talk show in which she criticized Syria's continuous meddling in Lebanon's affairs and voiced fears over further violence ahead of the UN report on the death of the former prime minister, Rafik Hariri. On February 3, 2009, she announced her resignation on her show "Bi Kol Jor'a", that used to air on the LBC.

Chidiac was seriously injured on 25 September 2005, by a car bomb in Jounieh, Lebanon. The bomb which nearly killed her was a one-pound device, detonated as she entered her car. Her left leg below the knee was blown off and her hair and clothes were set on fire. She was said to be in stable condition following the amputation of her severely injured left arm. The blast was one of a series of bombings in Lebanon targeting critics of Syria, in which one other prominent journalist, Samir Kassir, and anti-Syrian politicians including George Hawi and Gebran Tueni, editor and publisher of the daily newspaper, An-Nahar, have been murdered.

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#1.4 - Tue Aug 3, 2010 6:22 PM EDT
thedoctori

Syria's ruling elite and its puppet Hezbollah have a lot of blood on their hands, and are now really worried about the probe into the assassination of former Lebanese PM Hariri. This bellicosity belies an underlying, true fear:

"We are not at all afraid, nor are we worried. We know how to defend ourselves."

If not afraid, why talk about defending yourself?

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#1.5 - Tue Aug 3, 2010 6:32 PM EDT
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