Gun fire broke out in downtown Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to
Sectarian street clashes in Beirut boil up into gunbattles
news.yahoo.comFound 8 days, 13 hours, 21 minutes, and 1 second agoRunning gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon's Western-backed government of declaring war on his Shiite militant group. At least four people were killed and eight wounded in the capital.
Confrontation in Lebanon Appears to Escalate
nytimes.comFound 8 days, 18 hours, 18 minutes, and 1 second ago
Hezbollah's Endgame?
michaeltotten.comFound 8 days, 18 hours, 41 minutes, and 38 seconds ago_By Lee Smith_ Elie Fawaz, a friend and colleague with the Lebanese Renaissance Foundation in Beirut, provides on-the-ground analysis on the developing situation in Lebanon: "Beirut witnessed another round of sectarian violence yesterday following decisions of the Lebanese government to sanction and ...
A Gift From Tehran-- ARMED HEZBOLLAH THUGS Roam Beirut ...Update: 1 Dead- Saudis Warn Hezbollah
gatewaypundit.blogspot.comFound 8 days, 23 hours, 54 minutes, and 33 seconds agoA GIFT FROM TEHRAN-- Boy, this says it all... Beirut Spring posted this photo of a bridge banner in Beirut that reads: "A gift from the municipality of Tehran to the righteous, resisting Lebanese people. ...
Lebanon descends into chaos as rival leaders order general strike
independent.co.ukFound 9 days, 39 minutes, and 28 seconds agoBurning tyres on the airport road, flights suspended, demands from the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt that Hizbollah moves secret cameras from runway 1-7 and end the militia's equally secret underground communications equipment. The man who should be the president is head of the army and the man who believes ...
A Cell Phone Civil War in Lebanon
time.comFound 8 days, 17 hours, 35 minutes, and 13 seconds agoViolence erupts in Beirut after the government moves to close down Hizballah's phone network
Five killed in Beirut gun battles
news.bbc.co.ukFound 8 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes, and 43 seconds agoAt least five people die in clashes as Hezbollah accuses Lebanon's government of a "declaration of war".
The drumbeat against Iran
feeds.feedburner.comFound 8 days, 17 hours, 9 minutes, and 49 seconds agoSpinwatch has a new blog by former US Air force Colonel Sam Gardiner . In his latest piece , Gardiner picks up on the recent Sunday Times article suggesting the US is planning to hit training camps in Iran. ...
Explosions, gunfire punctuate Beirut strike
msnbc.msn.comFound 8 days, 18 hours, 44 minutes, and 23 seconds agoProtesters from the Hezbollah-led opposition clashed with supporters of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government Wednesday as a strike by the Shiite militant group paralyzed large parts of Beirut.
Deadly battles as Hezbollah says Lebanon 'declares war' - AFP
afp.google.comFound 8 days, 17 hours, 10 minutes, and 11 seconds agoMalaysia Star Deadly battles as Hezbollah says Lebanon 'declares war' AFP - 26 minutes ago BEIRUT (AFP) - Deadly gunbattles erupted in Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah charged that a Lebanese government crackdown on his group was tantamount to a "declaration ...
Hezbollah says Lebanon crackdown 'declaration of war'
dailystar.com.lbFound 8 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes, and 46 seconds agoBEIRUT, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned on Thursday that a Lebanese government crackdown on his group was tantamount to a "declaration of war" as clashes escalated between supporters of rival political factions in the deeply divided country. "Our answer to this decision ...
Hezbollah: Lebanese Government Has Declared War
foxnews.comFound 8 days, 8 hours, 10 minutes, and 42 seconds agoHezbollah's leader on Thursday said the Lebanese government's decision to declare the group's telecommunication network illegal is a 'declaration of war.'
Hezbollah warns cabinet of 'war'
news.bbc.co.ukFound 8 days, 21 hours, 38 minutes, and 46 seconds agoThe Hezbollah leader accuses Lebanon's pro-Western government of declaring war against the militant group.
news.bbc.co.uk
At least five people die in clashes as Hezbollah accuses Lebanon's government of a "declaration of war".
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Javno.hr Hezbollah says Lebanese government has declared war The Associated Press - 2 hours ago BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah's leader says a Lebanese government decision to declare the Shiite militant group's telecommunications network illegal amounts to a declaration of war. ...
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afp.google.com
BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned on Thursday that a Lebanese government crackdown on his group was tantamount to a "declaration of war" as clashes escalated between supporters of rival political factions in the deeply divided country. "We have the right to confront he who starts ...
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instapundit.com
MORE ON HEZBOLLAH THUGGERY IN BEIRUT, including an ironic photo.
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mypetjawa.mu.nu
Via Gateway Pundit: Beirut Spring posted this photo of a bridge banner in Beirut that reads: "A gift from the municipality of Tehran to the righteous, resisting Lebanese people."...
...Christian Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, referred to Hizballah as the Mahdi Army in Lebanon. That's just silly, its almost as likely that there is an Iranian backed group called Hezbollah in Iraq .
Hat Tip: Instapundit.
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juancole.com
Update : CNN is reporting that the Lebanese military is reluctant to intervene in street fighting between pro-Hizbullah forces and supporters of the Seniora government. Aljazeera is also reporting that the Lebanese military has drawn back from flashpoints. It showed one clip of troops facing crowds of young men throwing stones, who were dispersed by tear gas. The overnight street fighting, which the Aljazeera correspondent said does not involve barricades but is rather fluid, was the worst seen in Beirut since the Civil War ended in 1989.
Found 8 days, 13 hours, 29 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
mediabistro.com
CNN correspondent Cal Perry is reporting live on the phone this morning from the middle of today's violence in Beirut. While bursts of gunfire can be heard in the background, Perry described the scene: "We're behind, believe it or not, a Dunkin' Donuts, a very large building here. It's the kind of situation where you don't want to move, you want to stay where you have cover," Perry said.
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thecarpetbaggerreport.com
Today's edition of quick hits.
* Relief efforts shouldn't be this difficult : "Relief supplies from the United Nations arrived in Myanmar Thursday, but U.S. military planes loaded with aid were still denied access by the country's isolationist regime five days after a devastating cyclone. The military junta also continued to stall on visas for U.N. teams seeking entry to ensure the aid is delivered to the victims amid fears that lack of safe food and drinking water could push the death toll above 100,000.
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rightwingnuthouse.com
Three sites to watch for Lebanon updates:
My friend Jim Hoft has extensive coverage and photos of the fighting.
Noah Pollak at Commentary has some prescient analysis of Nasrallah's defiant speech.
Abu Kais is watching the developing situation at From Beirut to the Beltway. Just keep scrolling.
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jihadwatch.org
Perhaps the Lebanese government is tiring of the state-within-a-state.
An update on this story . " Gunbattles break out in Beirut," from CNN , May 8:
BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Gunfire broke out in downtown Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to "a declaration of open war."
There are reports of open street battles in at least one neighborhood. Video showed people throwing stones at each other, as Lebanese soldiers used tear gas to disperse the crowds.
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planet.journals.co.nz
Lebanon descends into chaos as rival leaders order general strike
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bestguesscommentary.com
Read the rest here .
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lawhawk.blogspot.com
Hizbullah's Nasrallah says that it's a war. Who am I to argue. He wants war, the Lebanese military should oblige him - targeting him personally and not letting up until it has destroyed the terrorist infrastructure that the group and its terror masters have cultivated for far too long. Nasrallah wants to wrap his terror minions up in the flag of Lebanese nationalism, but they're the ones who provoked this fight, and they're the ones who are purposefully interfering in Lebanese sovereignty. They are the threat to Lebanon's survival as an intact nation.
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bluegrassredstate.com
In Lebanon, labor unions called for protests after rejecting a pay raise, and instead got what may become a civil war :
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once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.blogspot.com
Pictured above : Shi'a militiaman fires rocket-propelled grenade at pro-government supporters in Beirut, on May 8, 2008.
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fishfearme.blogs.com
to that area. It looks to me like the battle space for the rest is being carefully prepared, unlike how events unfolded in Basra, and a final showdown is looming in Baghdad. The Mahdi Army is taking a beating right now as they try to stop these preparations and I don't think they will succeed. In fact, I think the end is near for them as any kind of significant military threat.
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dustmybroom.com
Or their fellows in Windsor, Ontario ? Will Canada once again be called to perform mass evacuations? Iranian backed Hezbollah is blaming the current 'civil unrest' on the United States and Israel and notes that the arms they have are not necessarily for hugging: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned on Thursday that a Lebanese government crackdown on his group was tantamount to a "declaration of war" as clashes escalated between supporters of rival political factions in the deeply divided country.
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hyscience.com
BBC coverage here ...
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freedomszone.com
BBC coverage here ...
Continue reading "Lebanon Explodes"
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sufrensucatash.blogspot.com
News Scrap :
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NYTIMES:
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not dispensed of so easily. Many of the clashes in recent days have been in mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhoods. Armed civilians were visible on some streets. "God is with the Sunnis," shouted government supporters. "The Shiite blood is boiling," responded Hezbollah followers from across the street.
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sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com
not dispensed of so easily.
Many of the clashes in recent days have been in mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhoods. Armed civilians were visible on some streets.
"God is with the Sunnis," shouted government supporters. "The Shiite blood is boiling," responded Hezbollah followers from across the street.
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ibloga.blogspot.com
NYTIMES:
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huntingmonsters.blogspot.com
Five Killed in Beirut gun battles (BBC News article)
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sandmonkey.org
Hezbollah and the Sunni Militias are clashing in Lebanon right now. Live reports from Lebanon here , pictures of the clashes here.
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jayreding.com
Tony Badran, blogging at Michael Totten's site offers some trenchant analysis as to what this all means :
"What this has done is lay bare all the charades of the last two years that Hezbollah's is a "national" opposition, etc. What we saw yesterday is that Christians didn't budge (Aounists that is), in any region.
Found 8 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes, and 14 seconds ago
bloodthirstyliberal.com
Hezbollah runs a government within the government of Lebanon.
It's all right with that arrangement--as long as you don't muscle in. The elected Lebanese government tried to muscle in :
Gunfire broke out in downtown Beirut Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to "a declaration of open war."
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The violence erupted shortly after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the government's attempts to halt Hezbollah's use of a telecommunications system amounts to "a declaration of open war.
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strongconservative.blogspot.com
Government troops clashed with Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon today. Gun battles were fierce and shut down areas of Beirut. The head of the Islamic terrorist group Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to "a declaration of open war."( CNN )
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balancednewsblog.com
Gunfire broke out in downtown Beirut Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to " a declaration of open war ."
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commondreams.org
Published on Thursday, May 8, 2008 by The Independent/UK
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joshualandis.com
Nick Blanford " Cell Phone Civil War "
BBC: The leader of Hezbollah has said the Lebanese government's decision to close down its private telecommunications network was a "declaration of war".
( Bloomberg: Derhally ) Hezbollah and opposition supporters took to the streets a day after the Lebanese government said it was launching a judicial probe into a telecommunication network which the Shiite movement had set up across the country with the alleged help of Iran.
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news.ippimail.com
Armed clashes erupt as the leader of Hezbollah accuses the Lebanese government of a "declaration of war".
Read the full article (BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition)
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snappedshot.com
More on Hezbullah's endgame over at Mr. Totten's place . A very intriguing set of analyses.
Found 8 days, 18 hours, 41 minutes, and 25 seconds ago
1913intel.com
The rattle of gunfire and crump of exploding rockets that shook the near-deserted streets of Beirut Wednesday seemed to signal the arrival of the long-feared showdown between the Western-backed government and its opponents led by Hizballah. Thick plumes of black smoke from barricades of burning tyres cast a deep pall over the capital, as many Lebanese gloomily pondered whether the country's feuding leaders can pull back from the brink. "Both sides have dug in their heels," said Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, a political analyst and expert on Hizballah.
Found 8 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes, and 19 seconds ago
time-blog.com
Hizballah views its communications network as an important weapon in its military struggle against Israel. (See Nick Blanford's story from yesterday " Cell Phone Civil War "). Today, Nasrallah, who in the past has said that Hizballah's weapons are only for use against Israel, ominously declared that his forces would fight an internal battle against the government if it didn't reverse its decisions to shut the mobile phone network and to remove the head of the airport, whom the government suspects of pro-opposition sympathies.
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mikeytherhino.wordpress.com
Long Title for an average length blog. International news here mainly, but first… I'm Kinda Tired. I got to sleep relatively late last night, and was woken up early by the sound of the road grater tearing up the street behind My Apartment. Joy to me!
I have been playing a little extra guitar today as a result. Always nice when I can do that, but I don't like doing that at the expense of sleep. Makes these long nights Kinda painful, especially at 4 am, just after finishing my lunch at work, It hits me hard.
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averyheavystone.blogspot.com
Iran's Hizbollah terrorist leader in Lebanon says ;
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regeneratormag.com
May 8th, 2008 by Robert Starvation
They suddenly rediscovered Beruit is politically unstable after being unable to select a president for over a year, and will only become more so. It didn't hurt that a CNN camera crew was trapped in the fracas.
They remembered what a terrible place Myanmar is after a cyclone killed upwards 100,000 of its citizens and the dictatorship barely lifted a finger to provide disaster relief .
If this reawakening continues unhindered, they might start reporting on Pakistan again:
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indistinctunion.wordpress.com
, more gun battles/street fighting in Sadr City, the Shia stronghold of Baghdad. The US and its (more pro-Iranian) Shia allies in the (so-called) Iraqi Government (really just the Dawa and ISCI militias) are cutting off supplies to neighborhoods seen as pro-Sadr (BBC) . Similar to the policy the US and Israel have been employing by cutting of the West Bank (due to its election of Hamas).
Found 8 days, 19 hours, 52 minutes, and 49 seconds ago
newcitizenship.net
via CNN
Gunfire broke out in downtown Beirut Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to "a declaration of open war."
"Just in the past few minutes … things have gotten a lot worse," CNN's Cal Perry reported from downtown Beirut. The sound of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades could be heard throughout his live reports.
Found 8 days, 13 hours, 28 minutes, and 42 seconds ago
hragvartanian.com
Today I digress from arts matters since the sad news that a new civil war may be underway in Lebanon has made me very upset.
Having briefly lived in Beirut in the late 1990s I can imagine the fear the Lebanese people are experiencing considering the devastating toll the first civil war (1975-1990) had on the country and the wounds from that period that still fester among the populace unresolved and largely ignored.
Thankfully the blogosphere offers us a number of first-person accounts of this (unofficial) war via the English-language Lebanese blogs here and here .
Found 8 days, 13 hours, 28 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
wareabouts.wordpress.com
Cal gave a harrowing report in the midst of a gunbattle this morning -- if you haven't seen it, I urge you to head to CNN's video page and check it out . The leader of Hezbollah has declared open war, and that's exactly what may be starting there. Again.
Cal mentions in his report the Green Line that separates Shia communities from Sunni -- I remember Brent Sadler doing a report (originally filmed in 2002 but re-aired last year, I believe) where he walked along that line and showed the pock-marked buildings, their war wounds left as a visible reminder of what that war did to the city.
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