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Thread #92618   Message #1792404
Posted By: Peace
25-Jul-06 - 03:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: Gaza Strip 28/9 June 2006
Subject: RE: BS: Gaza Strip 28/9 June 2006
'"Hezbollah, Lebanese Army--same thing, no?" - from Peace

Absolutely not. Lebanon has its own military.

Hezbollah is not the Lebanese army.'

EXACTLY!

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Four Children Among Canadian Dead
More information on the Canadians killed on vacation in Lebanon from the CBC…

"Seven Canadians — including four children — were killed in an Israeli air raid that hit a Lebanese town on the border with Israel on Sunday. Three Canadians were seriously injured.

Relatives of family killed in Lebanon grieve in Montreal (CBC)
Israel has acknowledged carrying out the attack and has apologized to Ottawa, CBC's Nahlah Ayed reported from Beirut.

Most of the dead were members of one extended Montreal family, on vacation in the village of Aitaroun at the time of the Israeli attack. Among those killed was Ali El-Akhras who came to Montreal from Lebanon 15 years ago. His wife, Saada El-Akhras, was among the injured.

The nephew of Ali El-Akhras, also named Ali, had accompanied his uncle and aunt on their annual summer vacation. His wife, Amira, and their four children, ages one, four, six and eight, were killed in the attack