Hezbollah Staged a Mock Takeover of Beirut

[thecityofdis]

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai reported that Hezbollah activists performed a drill on Monday attempting to take over the Lebanese capitol of Beirut. According to the report, the activists practiced "a real, unarmed drill meant to test their readiness to takeover Beirut and its surroundings, including airports and harbors

Comments

[thecityofdis]

Considering that Hezbollah has actually staged a takeover of Beirut before, I'm... not seeing a reason to be all that skeptical, tbqh.

[carminaburana]

Meh. This source is very sketchy and probably biased, given the relationship between the Gulf countries and Shiites/Hezbollah/Iran. I'm from Beirut and this kind of media scare-mongering is not helpful at all when civil tensions are high.

[thecityofdis]

This is good information to have - I appreciate your taking the time to comment!