Hizbullah 'settles score' with SLA families

[Phx_Dem]

Drama on the northern border: Eight family members from Lebanon , former members of the Southern Lebanese Army , arrived Thursday afternoon within 10 meters of the border next to Metula and requested IDF authorization to enter into Israel following Hizbullah threats to cause them physical harm. It turns out that this is a real phenomenon in which Hizbullah members threaten family members of former SLA members.

Defense Minister Amir Peretz instructed the IDF to grant the family members entry into Israel and ordered to offer them humanitarian aid, until their situation and the circumstances of their flight from Lebanon are examined. However, as of now, the eight have yet to gain entry into Israel.

An IDF force on the northern border reported the presence of the Lebanese refugees on the border to the commanders of the Northern Command and to the Kiryat Shmona police station. As of now, it has been decided that the issue will be handled only by the IDF. Some of the family members felt unwell because of the intense heat in the area, and residents of Metulla transferred bottles of cold water to them by way of the IDF.

more at:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3295510,00.html

[IndianaGreen]

1. SLA? Now, that's one group of real terrorists

The assassins at Sabra and Chatilla were all Phalangists with the South Lebanon Army (SLA).

Have they made a formal request for asylum?

I believe that while the guilty must certainly be punished, the innocent should not be made to suffer for what someone else has done.

[sabbat hunter]

3. a nasty group

they should be protected only so their families arent harmed. the actual soldiers need to be investigated if they were involved in any of the numerous crimes of the SLA.

israel should grant immediate asylum to the families of the SLA members.

[IntiRaymi]

4. Might as well prosecute israel military involved also. n.t.

[Phx_Dem]

8. Not really

The groups that entered the camps were led by Hobeika, there were a few SLA members involved according to some reports, but the SLA was separate from the Maronites.

[Kagemusha]

2. There some kind of real confirmation of this?

If I was a former SLA member or a family member thereof, in this environment, I'd be singing this story whether it's true or not.

[pelsar]

5. its all over the TV (israeli)

watching the lebanese leave s.lebanon, hiding behind rocks as Hizbala looks for them, meters from the israeli border..but why is anybody surprised?

Hizballa is part religious cult..tolerance was never part of the system.

[IndianaGreen]

6. And the South Lebanon Army was a bastion of tolerance?

Nice try!

[pelsar]

7. relevance?

so your excusing Hezballas actions because .....?

(cant wait for the answer to this one...)