Thursday, August 14, 2008

14th of August: The Story of "Divine Victory"


Al-Manar

"14/08/2008 The 14th of August is not just a date like any other. It is a remarkable day in the history of the Lebanese and Arab peoples as it briefs the story of the "Divine Victory".

In July 2006, Lebanon witnessed a severe Israeli aggression against its people, land and infrastructure, but the steadfastness of the honorable Lebanese and the bravery of its resistance fighters made him victoriously pass this stage......

Hezbollah was already fighting a domestic political war aimed at disarming the resistance. The political war was backed by the West and the international community that issued UN resolution 1559. The resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on September 2, 2004 called upon Lebanon to establish its sovereignty over all of its land and called upon "foreign forces" to withdraw from Lebanon and to cease intervening in the internal politics of Lebanon. The resolution also called on all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias to disband and declared support for a "free and fair electoral process". Hezbollah, a legitimate resistance force under the policy statement and not a militia, considered itself not intended in the resolution.

Israel was seeing Hezbollah’s force growing bigger everyday. Its humiliating withdrawal from most Lebanese territories in 2000 under the strikes of the resistance was Israel’s first defeat in its history. Revenge was the only way to restore the broken image of Israel’s “unbeatable army.”......

ISRAELI ARMY DEFEATED BY RESISTANCE FIGHTERS

Despite the massive destruction, massacres and the environmental catastrophe caused by the Israeli aggression, the balance sheet of the Second Lebanon War certainly did not point to an Israeli Army victory, particularly after the first week of the war. Hezbollah's fire power, particularly its long, medium and short range missiles maintained high efficiency and gradually targeted Israeli settlements from northern occupied lands southwards, even threatening Tel Aviv. Israel's air force bank of targets dried out and the military command refrained from authorizing a land operation arguing that its soldiers were ill prepared. When the uncoordinated military command ultimately chose to launch a land operation, its soldiers and heavily protected and sophisticated Merkava tanks were dealt a serious blow in the Valley of Hojeir, the plain of Khiam, Taybeh and Odaissa.

Israel unpleasantly admitted the fact that its army did not achieve victory, not only because of the failed conduct of its leaders, but rather, because Hezbollah, according to the Israelis themselves, was more effective and determined. Despite of Washington's firm objection, the Israeli leadership sought a ceasefire without delay......"

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