Why not? Christian lives are cheap, and have always been regarded as such by Islamic law which stipulates blood money to be paid at a substantially reduced rate for the murder of a Christian as compared to the rate for the murder of a Muslim. "Hezbollah uses Christian villages as shields in missile attacks," from CNA, with thanks to DFS:
Washington DC, Aug. 03, 2006 (CNA) - Recent reports indicate that Hezbollah is using Christian villages to shield its attacks against Israel.According to Christian Solidarity International, Hezbollah is hiding among civilian populations, mostly in southern Lebanese towns, such as Ain Ebel, Rmeish, Alma Alshaab.
Launching attacks behind human shields is in violation of the Geneva Convention's provision for the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, which prohibits the use of civilians as military shields.
This is not a new strategy for Hezbollah. Col. Charbel Barka, a former South Lebanese Army commander, says Hezbollah is repeating what it did in attacks against Israel in 1996.
A Christian from the village of Ain Ebel, who requested to remain nameless for fear of a reprisal from Hezbollah, reported that he found Hezbollah fighters setting up a launcher on his rooftop. Hezbollah fighters ignored his pleas to stop and fired the missiles. He immediately gathered his family and fled his home, which was bombed 15 minutes later by an Israeli air strike.
Hezbollah has also attempted to stop Christians from fleeing their villages. According to Christian Solidarity International, on July 28, Hezbollah fighters fired upon several Christians fleeing Rmeish with their families, wounding two.
Sami El-Khoury, president of the World Maronite Union, adds that media reports about Christian support for Hezbollah are inaccurate.
"Contrary to Western press reports, indicating high percentages of Christian support for Hezbollah, 90 percent of Christians, 80 percent of Sunni and 40 percent of Shiites in Lebanon oppose Hezbollah," El-Khoury told Christian Solidarity International.
Christian Solidarity International has called for the United Nations to establish a politically independent commission to investigate Hezbollah's contravention of international law. The group has also urged the UN Security Council to deploy immediately an international force in Lebanon to facilitate a ceasefire, to stop the flow of arms from Syria to Hezbollah, and to assist the Lebanese government in fulfilling its obligation to disarm Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has been the ruling power in the south since Israel withdrew from Lebanon six years ago. Christian villages suffer from extensive neglect of infrastructure under Hezbollah rule. Once the majority, the Christian population in Lebanon has declined to under 40 percent due to pressures by Islamic militias supported by Iran and Syria.
Somehow, none of this was mentioned when referring to 'Israeli bombings of Christian areas' in Lebanon some days ago.
Wonder why?
Somehow, none of this was mentioned when referring to 'Israeli bombings of Christian areas' in Lebanon some days ago.
Wonder why?
I think God would forgive Christians if they were to take a little law in their own hands and do away with the "hiz-bo-lah".
Christians have every right to defend themselves from Hezbollah-- even by using violent means if necessary.
Hezbollah is clearly taking advantage of Lebanese Christians. Using Christians as human shields and them re-settling in Christian communities to gain additional resources are just a couple of examples.
Last week, I received an appeal letter from a Catholic charity that was requesting money for Lebanese Maronite Catholics who are sheltering Muslims (Hezbollah supporters) from southern Lebanon in their Catholic school gymnasiums.
The IDF should be providing every Christian household with a rifle, an Uzi and a few grenades. It is more practical to defend your neighborhood, home and family when you have the means to do so. It would also make the lives of those chicken-sh*t jihadi's more interesting. When barging into a Christian home, you'd never know what awaits you.
Johnathan: Your information is most interesting. Since the letter sent to you was, I assume, a public letter of appeal and not something sent to you privately, would you mind sharing on JW the name of the Catholic charity that contacted you? Thanks so much.
"Last week, I received an appeal letter from a Catholic charity that was requesting money for Lebanese Maronite Catholics who are sheltering Muslims (Hezbollah supporters) from southern Lebanon in their Catholic school gymnasiums."
-- from a posting above
Yes, let's find out more from this "Catholic charity." Might it be like the "Holy Land Foundation" which, by its very name, appeared to be associated with Christians, supporting them, and turns out to have been a Muslim front group, raising money for terrorists animated by the Qur'an, the Hadith, the Sira. And it was effective. I know, because a female relative of mine, a great donor to Catholic charities, and someone who had a keen sense of, and therefore felt only horror about, Islam, was inveigled into sending money, more than once, to this "Holy Land Foundation."
On futher reflection and a little investigation, some Catholic organtizations come to mind. The Catholic Near East Association is heavy on sympathy with Muslims, funding all sorts of projects for Muslims in the Middle East, while Middle Eastern Christians stay awake at night, praying that their church or home will not be burned to the ground or that their daughters will not be kidnapped and raped by Muslim neighbors. I looked into a few web sights. It looks as if Caritas and the Salesians might also be busy providing for Hizbollah sympathizers. I know that there is not a simple black and white answer for this situation or others. As a practising Catholic, I have learned of a number of times, places and organizations where Catholic charitable organizations have helped Muslims at the expense of Christians, who are persecuted thoughout the Islamic world, and need more help.
By using as human shields Maronite Catholic Christians, Hezbollah is at war with the Christians of Lebanon. Isreal should put them under their protection and war crime charges should be administered.
The SLA need to be put back in action.
The URGENT Catholic appeal letter I wrote about this morning in the above post comes from CNEWA, a papal agency for humanitarian and pastoral support.
MaryRose and Hugh: It was a public letter sent out to Catholics across the U.S and Europe. The donated money supports displaced Lebanese Muslims who have set up their camps in Catholic communities of Lebanon. The contents of the letter can be found in the below link.
READ HERE:
http://www.cnewa.org/generalpg-verus.aspx?pageID=285