Mid East escalation
Jul. 13th, 2006 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javasaurusFor those of you who haven't heard, violence between Lebanon and Israel has gotten pretty bad. The basic story: Hezbollah (a terrorist group that is currently the political leadership of Lebanon) militants kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. Israel is blaming the Lebanese government, and has launched an attack, hitting key targets in southern Lebanon and Beirut. Hezbollah has retaliated.
To make matters worse, Israel is claiming that the kidnap victims are being taken to Iran, which Iran denies.
Prior to the Hezbollah kidnappings, Hamas (another terror group, now the political leadership of the Palestinians) crossed the border from Gaza to do some kidnapping of their own. So Israel has violence on two fronts, is potentially threatening a third (Iran), and it wouldn't be surprising if militants in Syria and Iraq also get involved.
This is not good.
To make matters worse, Israel is claiming that the kidnap victims are being taken to Iran, which Iran denies.
Prior to the Hezbollah kidnappings, Hamas (another terror group, now the political leadership of the Palestinians) crossed the border from Gaza to do some kidnapping of their own. So Israel has violence on two fronts, is potentially threatening a third (Iran), and it wouldn't be surprising if militants in Syria and Iraq also get involved.
This is not good.
