IDF: Video proves Baalbek “hospital” was actually Hezbollah HQ
posted at 7:46 pm on August 2, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Israeli commandos were airdropped in last night in hopes of snatching Nasrallah or his capos. They killed at least 10 and brought five “tasty fishes” back with them, but no bigwigs.
They shot some video, too, which they claim proves the building was a Hezbollah base. Judge for yourself:
The only hard evidence I see is the machine gun. A strange item to find on the premises of a hospital, admittedly, but maybe not in the Bekaa Valley. Given their backtrack on Qana, I’d urge caution.
Elsewhere, the LA Times says convicted child killer/cause celebre Samir Kuntar is at the top of Hezbollah’s wishlist for a prisoner swap. They fired 230 rockets into Israel today, almost 100 more than they’ve ever done before. And Iran’s reportedly sending Osama’s pig son, who’s a Sunni, to help recruit for Hezbollah’s Shiite jihad.
But the EU’s not ready to call them a terrorist group yet. In fact, France has twice now refused to participate in UN meetings about a peacekeeping force because Israel won’t heed its demand for an immediate ceasefire.
Will baby get its bottle? Looks like it.
Update: Almost forgot. Richard Cohen is trying to atone.
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It looked like multiple weapons in different shots. I could not identify the long dark item at the rear of the room in the last shot. The hospital looked extremely barren to me. Lacking normal trivial items, with empty rooms.
I knew Mel Gibson would gain some traction from his rant which Cohen calls a ‘Mel moment’ to stick the bad part of the tirade on Mel, while claiming the inner wisdom of the tirade for himself and the world.
Mel
So even a drunken fool like Mel can find the inner wisdom of Cohen’s position. If Cohen is that close to the tirade, he should do some community service too. How about a hospital in Haifa? Here is a self-hater who loves himself too much to hate himself; Mel could become the useful tool.
entagor on August 2, 2006 at 8:53 PM
This is atonement?
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on August 2, 2006 at 10:13 PM
Cohen is a brainless twit. The “UN created Isreal”?? What next, is he going to tell us the sky is chartreuse?
Moron.
RH
RobertHuntingdon on August 2, 2006 at 10:33 PM
Gibson is a sloppy, dumb drunk. What is Cohen’s excuse for his self-hatred? The way I read this person is that you have to hate everything but what you and your lefties believe. Where is the sanity? The humanity? The truth? They don’t have any.
sharinlite on August 3, 2006 at 12:36 AM
I’m sorry but I just check the copier not 15 feet from my desk and there was an AK-47 in the lower paper drawer! So I checked the manual and it says its standard equipment. Except the page is in Arabic! Which I had to have translated. Who knew?
اقل انفتاحا ورقه الساحب. وتجمع 47 من الاعلان
الحمل. العصا فوق المءخره وتحريك السحب!
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on August 3, 2006 at 9:41 AM
Way to be
blatantly anti-semiticatone.kaseiryu on August 3, 2006 at 9:53 AM
Allahpundit:
For whatever it is worth, when I looked at the video, making use of the pause and rewind buttons, this is what I saw.
45 sec: AK style assault rifle in cabinet
49 sec: One crew served heavy machine gun. 50-75 rounds linked ammunition on left side. Possible second similar crew served weapon glimpsed in upper right side of screen at 53 sec.
55 sec: Two Israeli soldiers examine and clear an AK style assault rifle
1.07: Possible crew served weapon seen at back of room
I don’t know which you are referring to when you say “machine gun”, as that term can be vague and could be applied to any of the above depending on who is saying it.
Here are some links to some wiki links to various crew served weapons that could resemble the above mentioned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DShK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_machine_gun
And here is a link to the ubiquitous AK-47 and its many variants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47
EFG on August 3, 2006 at 1:01 PM