Like most people, I was dumbfounded and bewildered by the picture in question. Since then, an account of what happened behind the scenes of this photo-shoot emerged, and since naturally it would get no media attention, I'm posting it here: http://www.sandmonkey.org/2006/07/18/the-fucked-up-pictures-explained/
RJpieces From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1043 times:
Indeed, and the Israeli press covered it as well in a critical way....I don't see any self-criticism from the Arab press regarding any of the number of horrible, wrongs things they do.
"The truth is — let me say this clearly — we didn't even expect (this) response ... that (Israel) would exploit this operation for this big war against us,"
Asked about reports that Hezbollah has been firing Iranian-made missiles on Israel, Komati said: "We don't deny nor confirm. We believe where the weapons come from is irrelevant."
"Nasrallah gave his Lebanese audiences two defenses. On the one hand, the Lebanese government negotiated a “dialogue” with Hezbollah. He told the Siniora goverment,
I said that we would abduct Israeli soldiers, in meetings with some of the main political leaders in the country. I don’t want to mention names now, but when the time comes to settle accounts, I will. They asked: ‘If this happens, will the issue of the prisoners be over and done with?’ I said that it was logical that it would."
VirginFlyer From New Zealand, joined Sep 2000, 4502 posts, RR: 50 Reply 3, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 944 times:
In order to prevent a lot of duplication, and in order to prevent the arguments spiralling out of control, we have decided to create four official threads to deal with the current conflict involving Israel and Lebanon in the Middle East. Please find these discussions here:
Sponsor Message: 
From Canada, joined Feb 2001, 5536 posts, 
From , joined Dec 1969, posts, 
From New Zealand, joined Sep 2000, 4502 posts, 
Printer friendly format 
