tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31295440.post115512228970142831..comments2024-01-20T16:37:26.275+02:00Comments on My Beloved Lebanon: The "hiding among civilians" mythJounounehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01397687437359267875noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31295440.post-1155231279979165292006-08-10T20:34:00.000+03:002006-08-10T20:34:00.000+03:00When Dr. Fouad Fatah emerged bleary-eyed from the ...When Dr. Fouad Fatah emerged bleary-eyed from the ruins of his hospital during a pause in Israeli air strikes last week, it felt like the first time in forever.<BR/><BR/>He counted himself as the last living soul in the five-room clinic, the only hospital serving this devastated swath of Lebanon's south. His surviving patients had already been evacuated.<BR/><BR/>The surgeon led a group of journalists over what remained: mangled debris, shredded walls and a roof punched through by an Israeli shell.<BR/><BR/>"Look what they did to this place," Dr. Fatah said, shaking his head. "Why in the world would the Israelis target a hospital?"<BR/><BR/>The probable answer was found a few hours later in a field nearby. Hidden in the tall grass were the burned remnants of a rocket-launcher.<BR/><BR/>Confronted with the evidence, Dr. Fatah admitted his hospital could have been used as a site from which to fire rockets into Israel.<BR/><BR/>"What choice to we have? We need to fight back from somewhere," he said, tapping his foot on the ground.<BR/><BR/>"This is Hezbollah's heartland."<BR/><BR/>http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=ae679beb-d2be-40a4-8e74-8e581c1bf1ca&k=16670&p=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com