Siege of Beirut - Lebanon

Aug 2006
Beirut was once famously dubbed 'the Paris of the Middle East.' Now, it lies in ruins. Most of the bombs used were produced in America and sold on the condition they would not be used in civilian areas.

"These are our weapons, our cluster bombs", states US investigator Prof Lamb. He's investigating claims Israel violated the terms of its agreement with America by using cluster bombs in residential areas. If proved, these allegations could lead to a ban on further weapons sales to Israel. But for the people in Beirut, this is scant consolation. "We have no gas, food or blankets. There's nothing to live on," one woman laments.

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[aksethi]

israel's war wrecked a lot of the work hariri did i the 1990s...now the challenge is to get lebanon united...not different factions of druze, shia, sunni, maronites et al...one country, one flag, one lebanon

[hudfadz]

fuk israel, scum

[Maino88]

If Hezbollah does not want war for the Lebanese people it should not try to kidnap Israeli soldiers.

It is THAT simple.

[hafiidz3]

FUCK ISRAEL ! THE MEHDI ARMY WILL FINISH THEM OFF !

[gunoverheating]

fucking jews this all their fault.........

[maximus0307]

good thing hezbollah freedom figthers in the south did something againts these terrorist air strikes!

[EJGUDA]

@JMcLovn This is true JMcLovn!!!!!

[KingKong1ooo]

isreal will never take jersalum? lebonon? syria ?

[warpedcomedy]

Israel used its own bombs made by Israel Military Industries.

[JMcLovn]

I'd be willing to bet if you went to every person in america, right now june of 2010, and ask their opinion of israel 70 to 80% would have a negative view of israel. The negative opinion of israel has grown for the last few years not only b/c of the atrocities israel is commiting but b/c of the negative impact on american travelers & soldiers b/c of america's BLIND support of israel. It should be known AIPAC(israeli lobby) has a STRANGLEHOLD on the entire american gocernment.

[JMcLovn]

It's not 10 seconds it's 3 to 5 seconds that you hear the whistle of a hell fire missile from a drone before it hits.

[SaintsXLIVchamps]

@agallad

Who are you trying to fool? Everybody knows the first thing Israel does is knock out water, bridges, and power to the civilians during any battle. They try to make life misrable for the regular people so they'll put pressure on Hezbollah and/or Hamas. So don't come on here and pretend like you give a shit about innocent ppl.