World opinion protects mass-murderer

According to the AP, Hassan Nasrallah, the chipmunk-cheeked fat slug that leads Hezbullah, is under the world’s protection—so the IDF is backing off its plans to assassinate him. Why? Because world opinion would be against Israel for killing the man who cause the latest war in Lebanon?

Not exactly.

JERUSALEM Sep 29, 2006 (AP)— Israel has quietly backed off its plan to assassinate Hezbollah’s leader because of the international condemnation that his killing would create, the Israeli daily Maariv reported Friday.

During the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah that ended Aug. 14, Israel had targeted Hassan Nasrallah for assassination, security officials said, according to Maariv.

Nasrallah went underground, though he repeatedly recorded videos from his hiding place that were broadcast on Lebanese television.

When the war ended, the army recommended that the efforts to kill Nasrallah be called off because his assassination would lead to international criticism of Israel and would ignite an even more violent war, Maariv reported.

However, the government declined to call off the hunt, the newspaper reported.

That sure makes you think that Israel is not going to kill Nasrallah, ever, doesn’t it? But read on.

Nasrallah emerged from hiding on Sept. 22 to address a massive rally in Lebanon celebrating Hezbollah’s fight against Israel. Israel army officials determined they could assassinate him with an airstrike during the rally, but dozens of bystanders also would be killed, Maariv reported.

The government decided an airstrike was not worth the risk, and accepted the army’s recommendation that it should abandon efforts to kill Nasrallah for the time being, the newspaper reported. However, the government did not make a formal decision regarding Nasrallah.

I said somewhere that it took zero courage for that fat rat to show his face for the rally. And that Israel wouldn’t launch missiles at him because they woudl inevitably kill “innocent bystanders” (all of whom are attending a rally celebrating Hezblullah’s “victory” over Israel, but that part never seems to matter, or mean that they’re, you know, “enemies”). But this is the part that I wonder about:

Israeli government spokesman Miri Eisin declined to confirm whether Nasrallah had been a target or if he no longer was being pursued.

I think our buddy Nasrallah needs to watch his back. Don’t go visiting your friends, fatso, because the IDF is still watching you.