Word: hizballah
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...peacekeepers in south Lebanon estimate there are 800 to 1,000 Hizballah fighters at the frontline along the border, mainly operating in small groups of 15 to 20. They will be drawn from the local villages and therefore able to take advantage of their knowledge of the local terrain. The fighters will all be known to each other as well and this personal and local knowledge has been exploited by Hizballah for a simple yet effective code over their walkie-talkies...
...Hizballah has split the south into military sectors, the smallest subdivision consisting of two or three neighboring villages. Other than having noms de guerre such as Abu Mohammed, Arabic for the father of Mohammed, or Haj Rabieh, the fighters also are designated code numbers. Haj Rabieh extracts from his pocket a laminated piece of paper listing the positions and code numbers of local Hizballah men in his area. He is 103 and Abu Mohammed is 121. Haj Rabieh demonstrates by picking up his walkie-talkie and calling number "47" When "47" answers, Haj Rabieh says "God give you strength...
...They both say they are happy with the way the war is proceeding and believe that Hizballah's hit-and-run tactics are succeeding against Israel's technological superiority. But they say that Hizballah's leadership has exercised some restraint. "Sayyed Hassan could have ordered a rocket strike on the petrochemical plants in Haifa, but he didn't," says Abu Mohammed, referring to Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Hizballah's leader. He adds that Islam teaches them to treat people with love and as brothers. But what about the firing of rockets into towns and cities in Israel? "This...
...flattened three entire neighborhoods, around 35 houses in all. At least 35 people were still believed to be lying dead under the rubble when TIME visited the village. Only 50 to 60 people remain out of a population of around 8,000. These are the elderly or infirm whom Hizballah has grouped together into three or four houses where they are looked after. There is no electricity in the village, but a small generator provides enough power to pump water from a well. The water is sterilized by filling plastic bottles and then keeping it out in the scalding...
...There is an end-of-world ambience to Srifa as the hot wind blows down deserted streets, stirring the branches of eucalyptus trees and banging loose sheets of metal blown off shop fronts by the force of the exploding bombs. Other than the few Hizballah men who dart between the rubble, the only other signs of life are the packs of scrawny dogs who lope down the street and a pair of thin horses standing forlornly in the shade of a gas station waiting patiently, it seems, for a master who may never return...