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Lebanese citizens marching against Hezbollah in Beirut on Saturday. (AP)
Last update - 23:36 10/05/2008
Hezbollah fighters retreat from Beirut after 37 die in clashes
By Yoav Stern and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies
Tags: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Syria 

Hezbollah TV announced Saturday evening that Hezbollah-led opposition forces would withdraw all their gunmen from Beirut in compliance with the Lebanese army's request.

According to an opposition statement, the move comes after the army issued a statement calling on gunmen to get off the street and reopen the roads.

But the statement said a civil disobedience campaign will continue until the group's demands are met.
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The announcement came after the Lebanese army overturned government measures against the group, which sparked clashes in and around Beirut that left dozens dead after four days of fighting.

Hezbollah moved Thursday to seize the Sunni neighborhoods of Beirut after its leader Hassan Nasrallah accused the U.S.-backed government of declaring war on his group when it declared the organization's communications network illegal and ordered the removal of the airport security chief for alleged ties to the militants.

On Saturday, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said the decision on the communications issue would be dealt with by the army, which promptly overturned the two anti-Hezbollah measures.

While Siniora in effect backed away from the government decisions to curb the militant group's power, he also toughened his rhetoric against Hezbollah, which he accused of staging a coup.

Death toll reaches 37 in four days of Lebanon clashes

In the latest incident of violence in Lebanon, at least 12 gunmen were killed and 20 wounded in a gunbattle between pro- and anti-government groups in a remote region of northern Lebanon.

Saturday's gunbattle occurred in the town of Halba in Akkar, a remote Sunni region in northernmost Lebanon when fighters loyal to Sunni leader Sa'ad Hariri and the government clashed with members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, a secular pro-Syrian group allied with the Shiite Hezbollah.

The pro-government fighters stormed the office of the SSNP and set it ablaze after the gunbattle.

The number raises to 37 the death toll since Shi'ite-Sunni sectarian erupted in Beirut on Wednesday and spread to other regions.

Earlier Saturday, a Shi'ite shopowner opened fire on a funeral procession Saturday in a Sunni neighborhood of Beirut, killing two and wounding six, a day after Shi'ite gunmen swept through the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector, police and witnesses said.

The shooting in the neighborhood of Tarik Jadideh underlined the state of lawlessness and the sharpened sectarian tensions that have engulfed the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector since Sunni-Shi'ite fighting erupted on Wednesday resulting in Hezbollah's takeover of neighborhoods from Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-backed government.

By Saturday afternoon, the army had replaced Hezbollah in most of the Muslim neighborhoods seized by the militant group.

Tarik Jadideh was a stronghold of Sunni supporters of majority coalition leader Sa'ad Hariri. Shi'ite gunmen did not enter that neighborhood, where Lebanese troops deployed to prevent an onslaught by Hezbollah.

Elsewhere in the capital Saturday, Beirutis cautiously ventured out in small numbers to streets held by both Lebanese troops and lingering bands of Shi'ite gunmen.

Also on Saturday, at least 212 Jordanians, mostly students, were evacuated from Lebanon in coordination between the Foreign Ministry and the Jordanian embassy in Beirut, according to an official statement.

The Jordanian citizens, who arrived aboard four buses, decided to leave Lebanon "in the light of the deterioration of the security situation there," the Foreign Ministry said.

Beirut had a quiet night Friday after the worst sectarian violence since the end of the 1975-90 civil war, in which 150,000 were killed and parts of the city wrecked as it was carved into warring sectarian enclaves. But the violence moved outside the capital, leaving 20 more people dead in addition to the 17 killed in Beirut.

People ventured out to check on their shops, cars and to stock up on food after days of being trapped inside by the fighting.

The Christian sector of Beirut was peaceful and was not involved in the violence.

The army, which had stayed on the sidelines until moving into Beirut neighborhoods on Saturday, brought in more armor and troops to seal off neighborhoods where top pro-government leaders - Hariri of the Sunnis and Walid Jumblatt of the Druze - were holed up in their residences.

Violence also erupted in the mountain town of Aley east of Beirut. Eight people were killed there on Friday night. Another civilian died in the clashes in the southern city of Sidon.

Hezbollah's power was demonstrated dramatically Friday morning when it forced off the air the TV station affiliated with Hariri's party. Gunmen also set the offices of the party's newspaper, Al-Mustaqbal, on fire in the coastal neighborhood of Ramlet el-Bayda. Shi'ite gunmen from Hezbollah and Amal, and allied group, roamed unopposed through the deserted streets of neighborhoods once dominated by supporters of Hariri and the government.

Lebanon's army only intervened after the building was set ablaze. Troops provided cover for firefighters, who eventually extinguished the flames.

The army also evacuated employees from the TV station, but only after gunmen massed near it and threatened to destroy it, said Nadim Mounla, the station's chief.

With Hariri and Jumblatt besieged in their residences in Muslim western Beirut, officials of the pro-government majority called an emergency meeting of legislators in a mountain town in the Christian heartland northeast of Beirut, said LBC TV, a pro-government Christian station.

Lebanese political commentators have branded the violence an attempted military coup.

The army has largely avoided getting involved in the street battles, preferring to remain above the political fray for fear of being dragged into the conflict. The institution could break up on sectarian lines if it takes on Hezbollah's powerful militia or any major party.

Dozens of fighters from the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, a Hezbollah ally, also appeared in the streets off Hamra, some masked and carrying rocket-propelled grenade launchers.

Shops in the normally bustling commercial district closed save for a few pharmacies and grocery stores.

The unrest virtually shut down Lebanon's international airport for a third day and barricades closed major highways. Hezbollah first blocked roads in Beirut on Wednesday to enforce a strike called by labor unions, but confrontations quickly spread across the city.

Later, Hariri made a televised appeal to Nasrallah seeking to calm the conflict.

"My appeal to you and to myself as well, the appeal of all Lebanon, is to stop the slide toward civil war, to stop the language of arms and lawlessness," said Hariri, son of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated in 2005.

The clashes are the latest turn in a test of wills between the Hezbollah-led opposition and the government of Siniora. The U.S.-backed government has only a slim majority in parliament, and the two sides have been locked in a 17-month power struggle that has kept government at a standstill.

The fight could have implications for the entire Middle East at a time when Sunni-Shi'ite tensions are high. The tensions are fueled in part by the rivalry between predominantly Shiite Iran, which sponsors Hezbollah, and Sunni Arab countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt.


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      1.   what are these monkeys up to now??? 10:49  |  fadi 08/05/08
      2.   Get a clue Lebanese 11:12  |  Michael 08/05/08
      3.   hizbullah -the tool of evil iran 11:43  |  don 08/05/08
      4.   Hezbollah fighting to save Lebanon from Western Takeover 11:44  |  Lev Bronstein 08/05/08
      5.   the catastrophe of the ME 11:49  |  Sarah 08/05/08
      6.   Indrayaya where are you 11:52  |  Harry 08/05/08
      7.   Tel7as ayri 11:53  |  Abou il Mich 08/05/08
      8.   This is an open revolt 12:03  |  Yonatan 08/05/08
      9.   Iran is Prevailing. US Loosing in the Middle East 12:18  |  MiddleStanian 08/05/08
      10.   Hizbullah is occupying Lebanon 12:19  |  Allon 08/05/08
      11.   "BRONSTEIN" .No Israelis in Lebanon your catch all excuse mantra 12:35  |  PETER SM 08/05/08
      12.   Hezbollah 12:44  |  Yosemite 08/05/08
      13.   #11 - Isarel did not leave Peter, they were defeated and fled 13:25  |  Lev Bronstein 08/05/08
      14.   Hezbolla~RockinRolla 13:49  |  JO 08/05/08
      15.   Get a clue Michael #2 13:52  |  northern neighbor 08/05/08
      16.   Lev Bronstein=Trotsky....interesting? 13:55  |  Irankhez 08/05/08
      17.   If u want peace... 13:55  |  JO 08/05/08
      18.   Sunday brunch and videos 14:01  |  allang 08/05/08
      19.   Israel would benefit If Hizbollah controlled Lebanon 14:05  |  Natallie Durson 08/05/08
      20.   As an Aljazeera reporter, I love this stuff, this keeps my job 14:09  |  POP 08/05/08
      21.   Just leave them alone. Hezbollah celebrates Israel`s 60th birthda 14:23  |  Genuine Tosefta 08/05/08
      22.   The situation continues to deteriorate 14:33  |  Mark Lincoln 08/05/08
      23.   northern neighbour, nothing to add to your one eyed 14:35  |  Karl 08/05/08
      24.   "BRONSTEIN" NASRALLAH admitted he learnt his lesson 14:39  |  PETER SM 08/05/08
      25.   northern neighbor, do you live in a vacuum? 14:56  |  Michael 08/05/08
      26.   Hey Natallie...#19 15:09  |  DR 08/05/08
      27.   Hezbollah revolt in Lebanon, Durson attacks Israel 15:32  |  Joe Sittizen 08/05/08
      28.   Who Cares???.... 15:36  |  WYSIWYG 08/05/08
      29.   Celebrate Israel, destroy Hizbollah 15:47  |  amiratlanta 08/05/08
      30.   hizbullah 15:47  |  Joseph (Lebanese) 08/05/08
      31.   If that`s your attitude Tel7as ayri, fine. 15:57  |  Michael 08/05/08
      32.   Nattalie Duhs on 15:58  |  Michael 08/05/08
      33.   zionist entity.. 16:02  |  Imad 08/05/08
      34.   OOOPS NAT, 16:07  |  truly yours 08/05/08
      35.   get a clue#15 16:10  |  truly yours 08/05/08
      36.   #4 Lev, sounds like KGB to me 16:25  |  John Allen 08/05/08
      37.   #13 Lev. It`s interesting to hear you coments 16:33  |  John Allen 08/05/08
      38.   #4: Lev Bronstein WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME of TROTSKIY. Are you his 16:48  |  Vittorio 08/05/08
      39.   RULES OF THE GAMES CHANGED 16:58  |  Mike 08/05/08
      40.   Telecommunications network used to snoop on Lebanon citizens 17:00  |  Gili 08/05/08
      41.   Just let them have it - they all love hezbollah 17:03  |  Johnny 08/05/08
      42.   #4 Lev Trotsky 17:05  |  Jabotinsky 08/05/08
      43.   #19 Oh Natalie...you really suck 17:09  |  Dan 08/05/08
      44.   will it ever end 17:11  |  Alex 08/05/08
      45.   Mark and Humiliation 17:11  |  Tex 08/05/08
      46.   Hopefully Lebanon Will Destroy Them! 17:13  |  Bill Foonman 08/05/08
      47.   Right to defend themselves 17:16  |  Aaron 08/05/08
      48.   THAT IS NOT TRUE 17:17  |  BAD TRANSLATION 08/05/08
      49.   Lebanon FINALLY kicks HEZBullies in the teeth...about time 17:19  |  dav zee 08/05/08
      50.   Libanon is in danger for a long time... 17:23  |  georges 08/05/08
      51.   Hezb`Allah is a criminal act of aggression against Lebanon. 17:28  |  petra 08/05/08
      52.   The Lebalestinians ar doomed! 17:32  |  A Life 08/05/08
      53.   Durson - a hyporcritical pro-occupaitionist 17:32  |  Ariel 08/05/08
      54.   "Resistance"? 17:33  |  Analyst 08/05/08
      55.   another Nasrallah promise up in smoke 17:34  |  mb 08/05/08
      56.   threats threats threats from an ego-maniac (pig`s ass.) 17:36  |  jewish doctor 08/05/08
      57.   Lev Burnsteen where do you all the nonsense 17:36  |  Simon 08/05/08
      58.   Hezbollah: Hated by Lebanese! 17:37  |  Civilized World 08/05/08
      59.   Sleeping with the enemy 17:40  |  Anette 08/05/08
      60.   @northern neighbor 17:43  |  Innocent bystander 08/05/08
      61.   @ALL LEBANESE!!! 17:45  |  LAST WARNING!!! 08/05/08
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      64.   Nasrallah & Lebanon 18:00  |  Harley 08/05/08
      65.   This is the result of bedding with scorpions! 18:14  |  Pervert 08/05/08
      66.   Just saw the hezbollah intreview - Civil war imminent 18:15  |  Johnny 08/05/08
      67.   Lebanon should have eradicated hezballah 18:16  |  DR 08/05/08
      68.   Karl from Germany 18:17  |  northern neighbor 08/05/08
      69.   fry the hizzy pigs 18:19  |  frenz 08/05/08
      70.   Lev #11 18:22  |  Marc 08/05/08
      71.   Tovarisch Bronstein, I thought the old commy guard has gone with 18:27  |  Man deVoshkes 08/05/08
      72.   VoIP and pissing into the wind 18:27  |  Mark Lincoln 08/05/08
      73.   Don`t Go Away Mad Nasrallah, Just Go Away! 18:39  |  Lavi 08/05/08
      74.   What Nasrallah really says: Libanon is ours. Who ever fights us 18:40  |  Karl 08/05/08
      75.   My goodness - Brothers aren`t getting along 18:42  |  * BEN JABO 08/05/08
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      77.   Natallie, whose side are you on? 19:08  |  fiona 08/05/08
      78.   today`s headlines 19:24  |  mb 08/05/08
      79.   Good luck to Lebanon! 19:25  |  Murray the Mongoose 08/05/08
      80.   The exact result Israel wanted 19:47  |  Chris Linthwaite 08/05/08
      81.   there we go again 19:55  |  a middle eastern 08/05/08
      82.   Karl the racist 19:56  |  northern neighbor 08/05/08
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      89.   Time to End this Business - Invade Syria! 20:25  |  Josh 08/05/08
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      91.   Stuart the Political Imbecile. 71 20:54  |  Omar 08/05/08
      92.   Steve -nyc: We Jews will win and keep winning. 20:58  |  Tupac 08/05/08
      93.   hizbullah 21:10  |  Joseph (Lebanese) 08/05/08
      94.   A paper tiger roars 21:14  |  Clickfool 08/05/08
      95.   U.S.: Hezbollah must choose whether it is terror group or politic 21:14  |  Rev Galvin Templar. 08/05/08
      96.   Who is the US to give orders? 21:19  |  Regan 08/05/08
      97.   Michael - Hezboallah ARE LEBANESE you fool! 21:20  |  Speaker 08/05/08
      98.   Last hours: Lebanese kill Lebanese 21:26  |  Breaking 08/05/08
      99.   Lev 21:31  |  Mickey 08/05/08
      100.   @Chris Linthwaite 21:33  |  civilized Kid 08/05/08
      101.   Chris Linthwaite - more proof of anti-Lebanon cult 21:41  |  JoeSittizen 08/05/08
      102.   #4, Lev...one of the dumberst posts ever!!! 21:47  |  DR 08/05/08
      103.   take away their weapons, then grant them partyship 21:55  |  jewish doctor 08/05/08
      104.   It`s not a resistance, but a gang 22:06  |  dav zee 08/05/08
      105.   If Hezbullah are Lebanese why oh why 22:15  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 08/05/08
      106.   Tigers do not roar, lions do! 22:21  |  Zoo-keeper 08/05/08
      107.   Omar.. the pathetic Palestinian Traitor 22:31  |  Stuart 08/05/08
      108.   6 killed! 22:41  |  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 08/05/08
      109.   First victims: 2 civilians dead, a woman and her son! 22:46  |  Analyst 08/05/08
      110.   First victims: 2 civilians dead, a woman and her son! 22:46  |  Analyst 08/05/08
      111.   # 24 Peter SM ..Delusional as usual 22:47  |  maoriboy 08/05/08
      112.   Now`s the chance to break Hezbollah`s back 22:48  |  B 08/05/08
      113.   @civilized kid #100 22:50  |  northern neighbor 08/05/08
      114.   who are you all to judge!!!! 22:51  |  The True Lebanon 08/05/08
      115.   Can any Lebanese make sense of this for me? 22:53  |  Baffled? 08/05/08
      116.   WATCH " humamitarians" ignore,spin,blame as Arabs do their thing 23:19  |  PETER SM 08/05/08
      117.   #101 Joe Sittizen 23:25  |  Chris Linthwaite 08/05/08
      118.   Olmert: If AG decides to indict me, I will resign 23:37  |  Achtung! 08/05/08
      119.   This is not good for Israel or Lebanon 23:43  |  Mark Lincoln 08/05/08
      120.   northern neighbour(82) from you a gladly accept that compliment 00:13  |  Karl 09/05/08
      121.   according to anb; 10 are dead till now 00:14  |  nora 09/05/08
      122.   hizbullah 00:15  |  Joseph (Lebanese) 09/05/08
      123.   Where are the cries of war-crimes? 00:23  |  Gee 09/05/08
      124.   #75 Ben Jabo Brothers? 00:30  |  maoriboy 09/05/08
      125.   Guido #85 is fake! 00:43  |  Guido 09/05/08
      126.   WATCH the "humanitarians` ignore,deny,spin as Arabs settle their 01:11  |  PETER SM 09/05/08
      127.   northern neighbor (68) you write in your post 15 01:17  |  Karl 09/05/08
      128.   MAORIBOY you tell the Pakehas!! 01:17  |  PETER SM 09/05/08
      129.   MASSACRE!!! 01:20  |  Ariel 09/05/08
      130.   Nasrallah, vowing to "cut off the hand"... 01:34  |  Cato the Elder 09/05/08
      131.   IS AHMADINEJAD going to count the "stinking corpses"? 01:38  |  PETER SM 09/05/08
      132.   Topple the Syrian Alawite dynasty is the solution 01:57  |  Sima 09/05/08
      133.   Natallie 02:01  |  Da Nang 09/05/08
      134.   The latest information is grim 02:16  |  Mark Lincoln 09/05/08
      135.   Chris Linthwaite #111 I`ll answer your questions 02:18  |  Gee 09/05/08
      136.   #2 Lev Bronstein 02:20  |  larzbeach 09/05/08
      137.   TRUE Lebanon not quite true.Your border with Israel was quiet 02:22  |  PETER SM 09/05/08
      138.   #113 Mark 02:25  |  Panther Jet 09/05/08
      139.   linthwhaite, clikfool 02:26  |  Abd-Al-Qadir 09/05/08
      140.   #118 Maori Boys 02:30  |  * BEN JABO 09/05/08
      141.   #109 Baffled 03:06  |  Panther Jet 09/05/08
      142.   Chris Linthwaite re: Joe Sittizen 03:10  |  TonyL 09/05/08
      143.   Answer to `The True Lebanon` 03:24  |  Maronite 09/05/08
      144.   To the True Lebanon 03:38  |  Jer 09/05/08
      145.   wipe hizballa 03:42  |  george 09/05/08
      146.   MARONITE.Denial about Hesballa is not going to help you.!! 03:54  |  PETER SM 09/05/08
      147.   M<ARONITE Denial that your relations with Israel were fine till 04:04  |  PETER SM 09/05/08
      148.   if hizbollah want only war israel can help 04:44  |  seth thomas 09/05/08
      149.   Lebanese waste their life for hatred 05:04  |  Kid 09/05/08
      150.   #128 Peter SM 05:16  |  maoriboy 09/05/08
      151.   Hizballah 05:24  |  America Warriror 09/05/08
      152.   Do they need money or guns? 05:27  |  Aaron 09/05/08
      153.   #111 maoriboy - delusioanl as always 05:35  |  Adrian de Klerk 09/05/08
      154.   #140 Ben Jabo 05:39  |  maoriboy 09/05/08
      155.   @134 - The news is great 05:42  |  Aaron 09/05/08
      156.   #PeterSM and Ben Jabo. 05:54  |  Maureen Ann 09/05/08
      157.   From Iraq to lebanon 05:56  |  Joe Blow 09/05/08
      158.   #Jewish doctor NY City. You failed your statistic maths. 06:06  |  Maureen Ann 09/05/08
      159.   Solution for Lebanon 06:21  |  Joe Blow 09/05/08
      160.   Thank you Aaron 06:26  |  Maronite 09/05/08
      161.   NO MAUREEN its your "kin` doing the killing in Lebanon 06:27  |  PETER SM 09/05/08
      162.   stay out!!!!!!!!! 06:29  |  castro 09/05/08
      163.   MAORIBOY.Typical. Criticism of anything ARAB is Islamophobia 06:38  |  PETER SM 09/05/08
      164.   Hezbollah will destroy Lebanon again if it is not stopped 06:39  |  Michael J 09/05/08
      165.   Perplexing 06:42  |  Fadhil 09/05/08
      166.   #153 Adrian de Klerk 06:52  |  maoriboy 09/05/08
      167.   Presumptuous Moronannie of Bathurst 06:54  |  Akiva P 09/05/08
      168.   lebanon and stupid huzballah 07:33  |  rania 09/05/08
      169.   HEZBOLLAH WOULD BE ON THE TOP OF LEBANON 07:36  |  indrajaya 09/05/08
      170.   to Fadi 08:43  |  gus 09/05/08
      171.   True Lebanon why are you so blind? 08:45  |  Michael 09/05/08
      172.   to Michael your clue is very wrong. 08:47  |  gus 09/05/08
      173.   Lev you spoke the truth 08:50  |  gus 09/05/08
      174.   Destroy the Hizbullah! 08:51  |  Jean Van Daem 09/05/08
      175.   to Yosemite who is killing who 08:55  |  gus 09/05/08
      176.   Jo, you cannot kill people for ever. 09:00  |  gus 09/05/08
      177.   Joe any who reject Israel agression is bad 09:04  |  gus 09/05/08
      178.   Branding your antagonists 09:08  |  Rowan 09/05/08
      179.   To Kid, 09:09  |  gus 09/05/08
      180.   "We are all Hezbollah" 09:10  |  Shimon List 09/05/08
      181.   to adrian, 09:14  |  gus 09/05/08
      182.   Chris Linthwaite is right, Israel killed Elvis 09:17  |  Joe Sittizen 09/05/08
      183.   peaceful, gentle Lebanese 09:18  |  peter 09/05/08
      184.   what is UNIFIL doing in leb?? 09:31  |  vik 09/05/08
      185.   IN THE BRINK OF 3rd CIVIL WAR 09:36  |  indrajaya 09/05/08
      186.   Haaretz don`t be misleading 09:54  |  Abby 09/05/08
      187.   Hizbollah responding to an American attack 10:32  |  Natallie Durson 09/05/08
      188.   #161 PeterSM. How many cluster bombs did you collect? 10:35  |  Maureen Ann 09/05/08
      189.   Iran, through its proxy, the Hizballah, is in the process of 10:48  |  Petra 09/05/08
      190.   #163 Peter SM..Please point me to the word Islam 10:49  |  maoriboy 09/05/08
      191.   SAAD HARIRI WAS NOTHING BUT A COWARD 10:57  |  indrajaya 09/05/08
      192.   #182 Joe Sittizen has a selective argument 11:01  |  Chris Linthwaite 09/05/08
      193.   Indrajayaa: whose fault is that?? 11:05  |  The Judge 09/05/08
      194.   Israeli DA Now is your time to kick Hizbola 11:16  |  Beiruti 09/05/08
      195.   Divine victory, indeed 11:17  |  Oddvark 09/05/08
      196.   Let hizbulla take over Lebanon 11:49  |  Joey 09/05/08
      197.   To the gunmen- go home 12:11  |  sara 09/05/08
      198.   Bomb Hizbullah now 12:16  |  Mike 09/05/08
      199.   violence?..no way!..it`s the Jews! 12:20  |  Hans 09/05/08
      200.   Falsely named, falsely claimed Hizb.Allah 12:28  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 09/05/08
      201.   resp to 26 12:49  |  just a man 09/05/08
      202.   bronstein = burn your jewish roots and join the hizbollah fighter 13:05  |  Alejandro 09/05/08
      203.   FANTASTIC LET THE GAMES CONTINUE 13:05  |  MJ 09/05/08
      204.   Well, Mr.Qana has something to say 13:15  |  El-Birawi 09/05/08
      205.   Iran siezes Lebanon with Hezbolla 13:32  |  Avi 09/05/08
      206.   BYE BYE HARIRI 13:34  |  CHARLES 09/05/08
      207.   Lev Bronstein 13:40  |  Sarah 09/05/08
      208.   For Mike # 198 13:43  |  Clickfool 09/05/08
      209.   To #198 Mike: If you bomb them, they`ll bomb you back stronger 13:43  |  Aounist 09/05/08
      210.   Lebanon - One State Solution. 13:57  |  17 09/05/08
      211.   Lev Bronstein - with due respect - you are way off.... 14:02  |  Avi 09/05/08
      212.   Lev Bronstein`s comment makes lot of sense 14:05  |  News Reader 09/05/08
      213.   The Lebanese Cheerleaders 14:09  |  Ronnie Wolman 09/05/08
      214.   #191 Indrajaya clothes horse turned political wiz 14:10  |  Panther Jet 09/05/08
      215.   lebanon dont die 14:17  |  issam ghallab venez 09/05/08
      216.   Mureen from Bratwusrt 14:18  |  Panther Jet 09/05/08
      217.   191 Indrajaya You can judge a person by his/her hair? 14:18  |  Ron 09/05/08
      218.   # 188 Maureen Ann....how many did you collect? 14:24  |  Lynn 09/05/08
      219.   Indrajaya`s Indonesia Organised Coup Attempt on Jose Ramos Horta 14:26  |  Craig 09/05/08
      220.   Rule of thumb 14:30  |  Baz Mann 09/05/08
      221.   Nasrallah, Iran and Syria 14:36  |  AlbertoGa 09/05/08
      222.   Go Hezbollah,go! The Crime Syndicate and its junior partner in 14:37  |  lakshmi 09/05/08
      223.   Sunnis Doomed 14:39  |  Jabotinsky 09/05/08
      224.   I WONDER WHICH SIDE WILL GIDEON LEVY FIGHT FOR........ 14:53  |  ISRAELI 09/05/08
      225.   #156 Maureen Ann 14:59  |  * BEN JABO 09/05/08
      226.   durson responding to irania attack #187 15:02  |  odles 09/05/08
      227.   #158 Maureen Ann - Far be it for you to criticize 15:05  |  * BEN JABO 09/05/08
      228.   #188 Maureen Ann - Cluster bombs 15:09  |  * BEN JABO 09/05/08
      229.   linthwaite versus truth 15:21  |  odles 09/05/08
      230.   Answer to Lev Bronstein 15:24  |  Marzia 09/05/08
      231.   Haaretz =Mouthpiece?!!! 15:24  |  Buzaglow 09/05/08
      232.   The ideal binational state 15:34  |  Religion of peace 09/05/08
      233.   lakshmi the mindless thug 15:36  |  The Judge 09/05/08
      234.   u re the cause of all this !!!! 15:39  |  not telling 09/05/08
      235.   stop huzballah now 15:42  |  Hell wit iran n syri 09/05/08
      236.   #229 odles 15:46  |  Chris Linthwaite 09/05/08
      237.   Host 15:46  |  JO 09/05/08
      238.   use UN as Human Sheilds 15:47  |  Fred 09/05/08
      239.   Hezbolla More than Terrorist 15:48  |  JO 09/05/08
      240.   Anarchists Radicals 15:58  |  Evan Gildenblatt 09/05/08
      241.   Glimpse the future, Israel 15:58  |  Clickfool 09/05/08
      242.   CHEAP USUAL HYPOCRATIC SHOT BY PEREZ 16:00  |  JACKAL 09/05/08
      243.   Islamofascists at work.........as usual, blood and blood 16:04  |  maurice 09/05/08
      244.   # 219, CRAIG F. (a.k.a PETER SM) 16:06  |  indrajaya 09/05/08
      245.   # 214, PANTHER JET 16:07  |  indrajaya 09/05/08
      246.   issam ghalleb the wise man 16:18  |  Hans 09/05/08
      247.   where are all of those Terror lovers ? 16:34  |  Hans 09/05/08
      248.   truth is stranger than fiction 16:36  |  yossi 09/05/08
      249.   If in the summer of 2006 Lebanese were saying "We are all Hezboll 16:39  |  Josh 09/05/08
      250.   My support to the lebanese government 16:41  |  KUTW 09/05/08
      251.   What is the UN going to do? 16:44  |  KUTW 09/05/08
      252.   I agree with Chris Linthwaite 16:45  |  truejew 09/05/08
      253.   Hizbollah will be Lebanon. It is only a matter of time 16:51  |  Leo 09/05/08
      254.   Lebanon`s History of Civil wars 16:52  |  * BEN JABO 09/05/08
      255.   Israel and America: Dumb and Dumber strike again 16:56  |  Natallie Durson 09/05/08
      256.   To All Lebanese who in summer of 2006 enjoyed Hezbollahs 17:01  |  Haham me Bat Yam 09/05/08
      257.   For MAUREEN ANN 17:01  |  chasaboy 09/05/08
      258.   Islamic states break up 17:03  |  arun 09/05/08
      259.   Wrong Peres. This tragic Lebanese situation... 17:06  |  bat yam 09/05/08
      260.   Do the Sunnis want to let the Shiites..... 17:12  |  R 09/05/08
      261.   where are all of those Terror lovers ? 17:13  |  Hans 09/05/08
      262.   Goodbye, Lebanon! 17:17  |  Jeff Northridge 09/05/08
      263.   Lebanon/Iraq Staged "Incidents" - Leadup to War 17:18  |  Howie 09/05/08
      264.   US/Israel policies failed once again 17:20  |  Greg 09/05/08
      265.   Clickfool 241, I think in English it is called "wishful thinking" 17:23  |  Amiel 09/05/08
      266.   Mafia gang of thugs 17:26  |  Anonymous 09/05/08
      267.   The UN is to blame 17:32  |  KUTW 09/05/08
      268.   TO MICHEAL NO 2. 17:34  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      269.   SHABBAT SHALOM 17:36  |  DANNY 09/05/08
      270.   #236 Linthwaite - Syria did no such thing 17:41  |  * BEN JABO 09/05/08
      271.   Unquestionally Hizballah is/will be a victor. Lesson: 17:48  |  17 09/05/08
      272.   Lebanon as a platform for jihad 17:51  |  KUTW 09/05/08
      273.   80 Chris Linthwaite and the "Exact result" 17:52  |  H 09/05/08
      274.   Destroy the Hizbollah 17:53  |  Farhad 09/05/08
      275.   Hezbollah clearly rules Lebanon 17:53  |  Clickfool 09/05/08
      276.   Israel must act 17:54  |  amiratlanta 09/05/08
      277.   We are witnessing the advancement of Iranian forces into Lebanon 17:54  |  Albert 09/05/08
      278.   IRAN. 17:54  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      279.   #266 KUTW I disagree 17:55  |  Uncle Ben 09/05/08
      280.   TO NO 7. 17:57  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      281.   Clickfool 18:00  |  Marc 09/05/08
      282.   TO NO 7. 18:00  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      283.   DANNY IN UK 18:03  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      284.   CIPORA 18:04  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      285.   NO 13. 18:07  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      286.   Natallie Durson: Saving Lebanon 18:08  |  Ronnie Wolman 09/05/08
      287.   #4 18:09  |  Michael 09/05/08
      288.   #275 Click WRONG AGAIN 18:10  |  * BEN JABO 09/05/08
      289.   Sectarian strife in Lebanon = Good for Israel....???? 18:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 09/05/08
      290.   HEZBOLLAH CAN BEAT THEM WITH EMPTY HANDS 18:13  |  indrajaya 09/05/08
      291.   Lebanese are a simple folk 18:13  |  Johnny 09/05/08
      292.   Useless UN 18:15  |  ScotGuy 09/05/08
      293.   Where is UNIFIL and LIVNI now? 18:15  |  Avi 09/05/08
      294.   Iran clearly rules Lebanon 18:16  |  Avi 09/05/08
      295.   Ronnie Wolman they are not going to fight like men 18:23  |  Avi 09/05/08
      296.   Chris Linthwaite # 236 The Shebaa Farms 18:23  |  Jeff Northridge 09/05/08
      297.   Assad not willing to cut the ties either with Iran nor Hez 18:27  |  Karl 09/05/08
      298.   #275 Clickfool: Murder Inc. Clearly Rules Lebanon 18:28  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 09/05/08
      299.   TO NO 27. 18:35  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      300.   TO NO 28 18:36  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      301.   #4 Fake Lev Bronstein (Leon Trotsky) 18:39  |  Scientist 09/05/08
      302.   TO NO 33. 18:40  |  DANNY. 09/05/08
      303.   Hezbollah could take over Lebanon without even flexing a muscle 18:41  |  Sadiq M 09/05/08
      304.   The god of truth 18:44  |  roger wallace 09/05/08
      305.   The Shitte Crescent is RISING! 18:44  |  American Hero 09/05/08
      306.   KUTW - What can the UN DO?! 18:45  |  UN MAN 09/05/08
      307.   Yeah, the Lebs love the Hezbs... sure, very very! 18:46  |  Resistance 09/05/08
      308.   natallie of the latter day communists 18:46  |  odles 09/05/08
      309.   Clickfool would have us believe... 18:47  |  Avi 09/05/08
      310.   And who are in charge..? 18:51  |  dan 09/05/08
      311.   viva nasrallah 19:04  |  peter 09/05/08
      312.   #273 H 19:04  |  Chris Linthwaite 09/05/08
      313.   hizbullah,the terrorist party 19:09  |  Joseph (Lebanese) 09/05/08
      314.   Hezboallah are not foreigners, THEY ARE LEBANESE MEN! 19:11  |  FACT 09/05/08
      315.   ALL MILITIAS WERE TO BE DISARMED 19:16  |  peace 09/05/08
      316.   If Hezbollah rules Lebanon 19:25  |  Yonatan 09/05/08
      317.   #262 Jeff Northridge 19:28  |  Yonatan 09/05/08
      318.   Imperialist Iran is behind it all 19:31  |  Yonatan 09/05/08
      319.   Hizballah today... 19:32  |  Ralph 09/05/08
      320.   Farhad - You are no Iranian... 19:37  |  MASTER 09/05/08
      321.   This is all Israel folt , 19:39  |  TOMY 09/05/08
      322.   #4 Bronstein , What Israely occupation ? 19:42  |  TOMY 09/05/08
      323.   Lev Bronstein - You Get It!! 20:04  |  Hiba 09/05/08
      324.   Iran`s Excellent Engineering of Takeover 20:11  |  Jane 09/05/08
      325.   The words of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt 20:50  |  Avi 09/05/08
      326.   To self proclaimed Master 21:01  |  Farhad 09/05/08
      327.   to #9 middle satan 21:12  |  ljf-canada 09/05/08
      328.   to all haters of lev Bronstein 21:14  |  Sami 09/05/08
      329.   #285..Tomy 21:17  |  Sami 09/05/08
      330.   Hypocricy of UNHRC 21:20  |  Dan 09/05/08
      331.   Farhad is a great comedian!!! 21:27  |  Greg 09/05/08
      332.   Syrian Social Nationalist Partys units in Lebanon. 21:29  |  KUTW 09/05/08
      333.   Lev Bronstein - Hezbollah set up by Al Qods Force 21:32  |  Reid 09/05/08
      334.   Imad - Hezbollah takeover 21:47  |  Reid 09/05/08
      335.   A Civil War Expected 21:49  |  Gil 09/05/08
      336.   A Civil War Expected 21:49  |  Gil 09/05/08
      337.   Mike from DC 21:54  |  Reid 09/05/08
      338.   the ME future for years to come may be decided in the streets - 21:55  |  ivo 09/05/08
      339.   Aaron - Shiites are not a majority in Lebanon 22:05  |  Reid 09/05/08
      340.   #311 ljf-canada 22:05  |  Chris Linthwaite 09/05/08
      341.   Update 22:08  |  News 09/05/08
      342.   Ralph from Beirut 22:15  |  Abby 09/05/08
      343.   the world according to linthwaite #301 22:18  |  odles 09/05/08
      344.   #ralph 308 22:26  |  Joseph (Lebanese) 09/05/08
      345.   # 319 Dan-Expalnation: UNHRC is a fake HR organisation- 22:27  |  17 09/05/08
      346.   To Omar 22:28  |  Abu Yusuf 09/05/08
      347.   #301 Chris Linthwaite 22:30  |  H 09/05/08
      348.   FACT # 290 Then May They Stay On Their Side Of The Blue Line 22:38  |  Jeff Northridge 09/05/08
      349.   It is the beginning wait for the worse, the war of Shiites &Sunny 22:41  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 09/05/08
      350.   Oh Master, you are so full of sh-t 22:46  |  Dan 09/05/08
      351.   IT IS YOUT FAULT NOT OURS 22:46  |  Cedar 09/05/08
      352.   # 312 hiba`s sunni christian and druze moles 22:47  |  odles 09/05/08
      353.   LEBANESE CHRISTIAN RESISTANCE 22:54  |  cedar 09/05/08