* The Boston Globe hung out with two Lebanese gunmen in Bint Jbail who describe a veritable Hezbollah kiddy corps:
Hussein and Hamid credited their devotion to Islam for their success against the Israelis, but they described a meticulous blueprint for guerrilla warfare built around a carefully selected force, whose members begin training at age 14….
Only experienced fighters are allowed into front-line combat, Hussein said. Children are trained from a young age even if they aren’t selected as Hezbollah fighters. “How do you think our children are raised? To fight the Israelis. My son is 13 years old and knows how to fire a mortar.”
* David Bernstein, the letters editor at The Age of Melbourne, comments on increased anti-Semitism in letters to the editor related to the Lebanon crisis.
* A Daily Telegraph discovers how easy it is to hide Katyushas.
* Nicely portraying the human side of Israeli soldiers, the Washington Post features Israeli families dealing with loved ones called up to fight.
