The Myth of Hizbullah as a Lebanese Movement

Posted on October 10, 2008
Filed Under Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, International, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Nasrallah, Terrorism, UN, UN Resolution 1559, UN Resolution 1701, UN Security Council, UNIFIL, political hypocrisy, politics | Comments Off

I found the following on one of my favorite, must read, blogs. Blacksmiths of Lebanon reports:

Syrian Border Deployment

Find the pattern:

1. Following the end of the July War of 2006, UNSC 1701 is passed calling for a strict enforcement of the Syrian-Lebanese border, and preventing the armament of Syrian-backed militant groups in the country.

2. Lebanese security forces intercept numerous weapons shipments arriving from Syria to militant groups in the country.

3. Hizballah announces it has fully restocked and upgraded its armaments.

4. Lebanese politicians and analysts call for the placement of UN troops along the Lebanese-Syrian border.

5. Syrian authorities reject proposal for international force along Lebanese-Syrian border, calling the move a declaration of war.

6. German-led international group consults Lebanese government on the placing of high-tech monitoring devices along Lebanon’s northern border with Syria, in attempt to combat weapons smuggling from Syria to Lebanon.

7. The Battle of Nahr el Bared: Despite numerous warnings from Hizballah and other Syrian allies in Lebanon, the Lebanese Army enters confronts a Syrian-backed (read armed) terrorist cell, Fatah al Islam, in the Nahr el Bared Refugee Camp, north of the city of Tripoli.

8. At the same time, a media campaign is launched by Syrian allies in Lebanon (most notably Michel Aoun and the FPM) attempting to link the Fatah al Islam to the anti-Syrian movement, and more specifically, the moderate Sunni Future Movement.

9. Fatah al Islam terrorist group leaders escape and take refuge in Syria (from where they originated) before the camp falls to the Lebanese Army.

10. Hizballah launches assault on Beirut and the Mountain, in conjunction with other Syrian-backed militias.

11. Following Hizballah’s assault on Beirut and the Mountain, hostilities erupt in Tripoli between local Sunni residents and the small, Syrian-backed (read armed), Allawite community in that city.

12. Attempts to impose an end to hostilities in the city are met with continued instigations, predominantly from Syrian-backed elements, and fighting resumes.

13. Syrian-sponsored media campaign to portray Tripoli, and the north of Lebanon in general, as a hub for Sunni terrorist movements resumes, once again led by Syrian-allied Michel Aoun and his FPM.

14. Near simultaneous terrorist attacks in Damascus and Tripoli – Syrian President links attacks to elements in Tripoli and northern Lebanon.

15. Syria deploys special forces units to northern Lebanese border, cites efforts to combat smuggling

16. Northern Lebanon locals report no disruptions to smuggling across border, worries of Syrian preparations for intervention in Northern Lebanon surface in Lebanon.

Hizbullah claims to be a purely Lebanese movement. Its deep involvement with Iran and Syria, make such statements little more than a tragic farce. UN Resolution 1701 called for the disarmament of Hizbullah, and preventing the armament of Syrian-backed militant groups in the country.. Not only was this resolution (just as UN Resolution 1559 before it) totally ignored, but Hizbullah is now better armed and better trained than before the infamous summer of 2006. All this under the very watchful eye of UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces.

The UN Security Council, almost immediately after the two warring sides accepted the cease fire, watered down the original Resolution 1701mandate of UNIFIL forces and never bothered to ask Lebanon to enforce its part. Only Israel kept its part and left Lebanon in exchange for… what? The kidnapped Israeli soldiers that were the cause of the war were not returned until two years later and only as corpses, in exchange Hizbullah got its prisoners back including ruthless Israeli chidren’s murderer Sammy Kuntar.

Kuntar was, with a few notable exceptions, hailed as a hero when he got back to Lebanon. I guess that is considered justice in this topsy-turvy world full of hypocritical double standards. Has anyone, including Lebanon’s own government, however, shown any interest in the fate of Lebanon and its people? The Irano/Syrian axis is very active in overtly violating UN Resolution 1701, yet the UN Security Council is not making any sound in protest, no one in fact even talks about it… While Lebanon’s rightful government should condemn and actively pursue the dismantling of Hassan Nasrallah’s militias that so effectively turned against it, this past summer, it fully acquiesces or turns a blind eye to whatever Hizbullah and its handlers do. Even as Hizbullah’s actions will once again (when Nasrallah and his handlers find an opportune excuse or moment) precipitate Lebanon into another ever more devastating war… The hypocrisy is appalling, but not surprising!