Many the blogosphere were pilloried, if not ignored, when we starting seeing problems in photos and times and statements regarding the Qana incident. Early news reports said 60 people died when a Israeli missile hit a 4 story building in the center of Qana early in the morning. Later we learned the Israeli attacks were […]

Has Hezbollah’s crass propaganda efforts finally been too much for the liberal organizations and media? Has these liberal groups finally had enough of blaming Israel and the West for the carnage of civilian casualties? Well, one edict does not a sea change make – but we shall see.

From news reports Hezbollah is well armed with anti-tank missiles as well as long range missiles, admittedly supplied by Iran and probably with Syrian assistance. And yet Hezbollah is still getting pounded into the ground. The first link above has a quote from a military expert which sums it up well: “To the best of […]

Is anyone having any doubts about the Global War On Terror? Indonesia’s radical Muslims are sending terrorists out to the Middle East and to Israel’s allies in the West. More than 200 Islamic militants from Southeast Asia have been sent on missions to bomb Israel’s “vital interests” and countries that support the Jewish state, their […]

I had been hoping this would not happen, but the Shia in Iraq may be mobilizing support for Hezbollah. Tens of thousands of Shi’ite youths covered in white shrouds gathered Friday in Iraq’s capital for a pro-Hizbullah rally as senior US generals warned that spiraling sectarian violence in Baghdad could lead to civil war. This […]

Major Update: Taking a hint from reader Kokok below I tried variations of the name and hit on Abu Chadi in a Lebonese paper which also identifies him as the mortician of Tyre: The first, named Ibn Zahra (son of Zahra) by a mortician at Tyre’s governmental hospital, was born prematurely in the back seat […]

Folks in the media are all atwitter with the idea Iraq could sink into civil war. Here from a US Commander and here from a departing UK Ambassador to Iraq. That has been a concern and possibility from before the invasion and remains the one top risk to success. Is it possible? Well, duh! Yes. […]

We now are getting a clear picture of Qana – one that makes it sadly unremarkable in the context of battle. Intelligence clearly indicated days of Hebollah activity in and around the village. The IDF dropped leaflets warning civilians to leave the area because Hezbollah’s activities had made it a military target. Israeli intelligence targetted […]

Amazingly, after days of over-the-top misreporting on the Qana incident the American people have once again demonstrated a resiliancy to media mayhem. The media’s credibility is pretty shot in this country, so hyperventilating stories laced with insults tend to increase skepticism, not reduce it. The LA Times is reporting a poll that demonstrates this theory […]

Everyone worries that Hezbollah is going to come out of the current conflict the winner in some strange twist of PR that makes a military route a loss for the side that did the routing. Pure fantasy. Their simply are a lot of people in the international media who are rooting for the underdog and […]