Lebanon PM: Hezbollah is worse than Israel

[oberliner]

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Sinora on Sunday branded the militant Hezbollah group as worse than Israel, saying "even the Israeli enemy never dared to do to Beirut what Hezbollah has done."

Siniora was speaking as clashes between Hezbollah and pro-government fighters raged on for a fifth day across Lebanon. More than 40 people have been killed since the fighting began.

The violence was sparked when Siniora's internationally backed Lebanese government tried to crack down on Hezbollah last week.

Hezbollah, a Shiite guerrilla group backed by Iran, responded by seizing control of many Beirut neighborhoods loyal to the government.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/982080.html

[Selatius]

1. Lebanon needs more firepower to dislodge Hezbollah. This is a quasi-civil war at this point. nt

[LooseWilly]

2. Ummm... can't help noticing you chose an Israeli paper to quote...

You think that they might have a little bit of bias?

That would be like quoting an Arizona newspaper on the topic of Apache politics 120 years ago... don't ya think?

[oberliner]

3. You don't think Ha'aretz is a credible source?

I do not agree with your assessment and I do not think your analogy is accurate.

[LeftishBrit]

4. Not really...

Ha'aretz presents many points of view, including that of some people who are very critical of Israeli policies, e.g. Amira Hass and Gideon Levy.

It is certainly not a government mouthpiece.

And their news reporting is pretty accurate. I doubt that they'd misquote the Lebanese PM. Who, if you note, is not saying that he thinks that the Israelis are good guys - merely that Hezbollah are worse.

[LeftishBrit]

6. Just to clarify: I intended this as a reply to post 2, not post 3

[notfullofit]

5. No, I don't think so. nt

[azurnoir]

7. What else would he say?

Hezbollah is trying to over through his government.