Hisb'Allah terrorists were most of those killed in Lebanon? Stored weapons in mosques?

Question

The mainstream media, as epitomized by the New York Times, played a key role in propagating the view that Israel had indiscriminately and "disproportionately" targeted civilian areas in response to Hisb'Allah attacks from Lebanon.

Now, the Times reports on a new study that says Hisb'Allah stored weapons in mosques, battled Israelis from inside empty schools, flew white flags while transporting missiles and launched rockets near UN monitoring posts.

The study also says that 650 out of the 1,084 people the Lebanese government has said were civilians killed in the conflict were in fact Hisb'Allah terrorists.

The NY Times coverage includes declassified IDF video and photos that explain how "The construction of a broad military infrastructure, positioned and hidden in populated areas, was intended to minimize Hisb'Allah's vulnerability. Hisb'Allah would also gain a propaganda advantage if it could represent Israel as attacking innocent civilians."

After having conspicuously failed to present this side of the conflict at the time, will the mainstream media now give as much focus on this study's conclusions as they did to the initial allegations leveled at Israel?

This report certainly has important implications, not only on opinion of Israel and Hisb'Allah's conduct during the war, but also on how the conflict was reported.

Answer 1

Well, if you're looking for factual clarity only from the NY Times, you have a very long wait, better pack some sammiches and tea. They also would prefer that nobody mention that Hizbullah is backed by Iran and interested in furthering their interests alone. They are, right now, as we speak having a nice little hug-a-thon and sit-in outside Lebanons Parliment, trying to force the government to give enough seats to radical Islams cause so they can overrule or veto anything that might hint at representing any western interests. Sweet bunch, these guys. Hiding behind women and children, while the UN "Peacekeepers" take photos of Israeli soldiers being murdered and kidnapped. What a "Conflagration".

Answer 2

I know I saw children amputated, women crying over their wrecked houses, etc. I don't care if Hezbollah terrorists died together with them. Even one child hurt, for me it means that the attack should not happen. We see in films those man to man cruel battles, of the middle ages and 19th century. Well, it was better then, the two armies confronted each other, and whoever was stronger would win. It sounds silly, but at least the civilians were not hurt. Now this is not respected. Casualties are considered a side effect. Well, if you were a hostage in a robbery, I bet you wouldn't want the police to open fire and kill you in order to kill the robbers too, would you?

Answer 3

Cpinatsi, those pictures you speak of were proven to have been staged. The women crying over their houses were really the same woman who was moved from place to place and re-photographed. Also, the Hezbos dug out dead children from their graves and made it look like they were casualties of a recent bombing. They can't win militarily, but the terrorists sure do know how to win the sympathy of a gullible public.