Photos smuggled out of Lebanon prove Hezbollah cowardice and guilt

The Herald Sun from Australia is publishing photos smuggled out of Lebanon that show Hezbollah hiding behind the skirts of civilians. According to the story:

THIS is the picture that damns Hezbollah. It is one of several, smuggled from behind Lebanon's battle lines, showing that Hezbollah is waging war amid suburbia.

The images, obtained exclusively by the Sunday Herald Sun, show Hezbollah using high-density residential areas as launch pads for rockets and heavy-calibre weapons.

Dressed in civilian clothing so they can quickly disappear, the militants carrying automatic assault rifles and ride in on trucks mounted with cannon.

The photographs, from the Christian area of Wadi Chahrour in the east of Beirut, were taken by a visiting journalist and smuggled out by a friend.

Here is the stories descriptions of the photos:

The images include one of a group of men and youths preparing to fire an anti-aircraft gun metres from an apartment block with sheets hanging out on a balcony to dry.

Others show a militant with AK47 rifle guarding no-go zones after Israeli blitzes.

Another depicts the remnants of a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket in the middle of a residential block blown up in an Israeli air attack.

One of the photos shown above clearly reveals a group of Hezbollah terrorists manning a large gun next to a residential area. So here is a group of Hezbollah shooting rockets into Israel next to a residential area while dressed in civilian clothing. Since Israel gave up the land in South Lebanon, these terrorists are able to get close enough to continue shooting rockets into Israel. What is Israel suppose to do? The fact is that whether it is a force from Israel, the US, or the UN; it would take force that puts civilian lives to stop these thugs. The world body cannot view these photos and continue to blame Israel for the civilian deaths. The blood of the innocents is on these cowardly Hezbollah.

The civilian clothes also show further treachery by Hezbollah. Once an area is struck, these civilian dressed fighters that survive can fade into civilian population and weep and wail for CNN camaras with the rest of them. Also, with the civilian clothing, somebody asked how are we to really know how many civilians have been killed. How many of them are actually Hezbollah dressed in civilian clothing?

The photographer speaks about the photos:

The Melbourne man who smuggled the shots out of Beirut and did not wish to be named said he was less than 400m from the block when it was obliterated.

"Hezbollah came in to launch their rockets, then within minutes the area was blasted by Israeli jets," he said.

"Until the Hezbollah fighters arrived, it had not been touched by the Israelis. Then it was totally devastated.

"It was carnage. Two innocent people died in that incident, but it was so lucky it was not more."

The release of the images comes as Hezbollah faces criticism for allegedly using innocent civilians as "human shields".

Mr Egeland blasted Hezbollah as "cowards" for operating among civilians.

"When I was in Lebanon, in the Hezbollah heartland, I said Hezbollah must stop this cowardly blending in among women and children," he said.

I have said several times, the world body must stand against the tactics of terrorists and stop playing political games spinning the blame on those trying to rid the world of these thugs. Those countries who protect and apologize for them will one day be struck by the tactics they now defend.