Lebanese resistance turns back rightist offensive
By Mary Rizzo • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Resistance, WarWRITTEN BY JOHN CATALINOTTO
Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon, popular because of their successful resistance to past Israeli attacks on the country, have answered a provocation from the U.S.- backed Lebanese government and at the same time handed a sharp military defeat to rightist forces, especially in Beirut. By May 12 heavy fighting between the Hezbollah-led opposition [...]
