Lebanese Violence Escalates

Gunmen loyal to the Lebanese government and Hezbollah are trading gunfire and grenades in Beirut. AP notes that some rock…

By May 07, 2008

Gunmen loyal to the Lebanese government and Hezbollah are trading gunfire and grenades in Beirut. AP notes that some rock thrower has apparently drawn first blood with Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV:

A cameraman for Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television station was hit by a stone in the forehead, the state-run National News Agency reported.

No sympathy for the cameraman from me; Al-Manar produces propaganda, not journalism, a distinction the Washington Timesmade crystal clear. I wonder if the Foreign Press Association will go out on a limb for Al-Manar again.

© Divuach Ne’eman R”A, 2025

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