Photos Reveal Hezbollah's Human Shield Tactics
Photos recently obtained by Sunday Herald Sun show Hezbollah fighters using densely populated civilian areas as bases for rocket attacks.
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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. |
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,19955774-5007220,00.html
This comes after an Israeli air strike killed 52 civilians in the Lebanese village of Qana. Hezbollah has been accused of using civilians as shields and this proves it. The media has been quick to jump on Israel for the bombing in Qana, but not so much on Hezbollah for their human shield tactics.