{"id":1138,"date":"2006-08-01T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/hezbollah-launching-rockets-fr.html"},"modified":"2006-08-01T18:53:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-01T18:53:00","slug":"hezbollah-launching-rockets-fr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/hezbollah-launching-rockets-fr.html","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah Launching Rockets from Christian Villages"},"content":{"rendered":"

I knew it! I thought that was the case when I read this<\/a> article:<\/p>\n

The photographs, from the Christian area of Wadi Chahrour<\/span> in the east of Beirut, were taken by a visiting journalist and smuggled out by a friend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wondered if they were deliberating trying to get the Christian villiages bombed and it turned out they were:<\/p>\n

Hizballah is trying to launch rockets from Christian villages in southern Lebanon, hoping to provoke an Israeli bombardment on Christian communities, a Lebanese source said.
\n[…]
\nBut Hizballah has tried to enter those areas with portable rocket launchers and fire missiles from among the homes, hoping to provoke an Israeli response against the Christian villages, said the source who has relatives in southern Lebanon.
\nThe Christians have chased the terrorists away<\/span>, she said. Nevertheless, the Christians are reluctant to speak against Hizballah, fearing they’ll be accused of siding with Israel.
\nAbout 40 percent of the Lebanese population is Christian and another 40 percent is Shiite Muslim – the latter, likely supporters of Hizballah. The other 20 percent is Druze and Sunni Muslim, who are generally allied with the Christian community, taking an anti-Syrian and anti-Hizballah stand.
\nChristian, Druze and Sunni Muslim political leaders in Lebanon have spoken out against Hizballah and its leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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