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Video: Southern Lebanese villagers attack Hezbullah and run them out of town

Well, here's some good news for a change.

This is Israeli Defense Force footage taken along the northern Israeli-Lebanese border shows Lebanese villagers attacking Hezbollah operatives during violent clashes in the village of Merwakhin in southern Lebanon on August 23-24, 2009.

Let's go to the videotape.



My guess is that if Hezbullah wanted to overrun the village they could, and the Lebanese Armed Forces would not stand in their way. It's not worth the public relations price that Hezbullah would pay for doing that right now. It might be in the future.

Still, if there are Lebanese who are opposed enough to Hezbullah to fight them, maybe Israel will have some allies when it has to go back in there.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:29 PM