They just got a different tool to use than we do: They kill innocent lives to achieve objectives. That's what they do. And they're good. They get on the TV screens and they get people to ask questions about, well, you know, this, that or the other. I mean, they're able to kind of say to people: Don't come and bother us, because we will kill you. Bush - Joint News Conference with Blair - 28 July '06

Friday, September 08, 2006

78.7% of Lebanese rate Nasrallah good or excellent

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A majority of Lebanese believe their country and Hezbollah won the month-long war with Israel and applauded the militant group's chief Hassan Nasrallah. A poll in the Thursday's edition of the English-language Daily Star newspaper said 78.7 percent of respondents thought Nasrallah had demonstrated a good or excellent performance during the war, launched by Israel after Hezbollah staged a cross-border raid and captured two Israeli soldiers on July 12.The poll showed that 57 percent approved of Hezbollah's action in snatching the soldiers while 34 percent were against it. Read more