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The "hiding among civilians" myth
Israel claims it's justified in bombing civilians because Hezbollah mingles with them. In fact, the militant group doesn't trust its civilians and stays as far away from them as possible.
By Mitch Prothero [2006-07-28]

  • Hiding among civilians

    Very interesting, in an article about the 'myth' of Hezbollah fighters among civilians, that the author would start off with an example of Hezbollah setting up in a civilian area. So the point is....?

    On the statement, 'Throughout this now 16-day-old war, Israeli planes high above civilian areas make decisions on what to bomb', most people who actually follow these events are aware that pilots don't get in their planes, take off and decide what they are going to bomb. In every case the decisions on targets are set by regional and local commanders based on intelligence reports. No pilot ever gets to decide what his target will be, nor is he given choices of targets.

    So how accurate is the rest of this article? With the number of mis-statements I've found, not worth the effort of reading.

    -- catnick2
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    Friday, July 28, 2006 02:10 AM
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