“Three unarmed U.N. observers and two armed peacekeepers were hurt in scuffles with Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon Thursday, the U.N. peacekeeping force commander said.

“Tensions are high in the area along Israel’s northern border, the scene of several clashes recently between Hezbollah and Israeli forces. There are fears the area could become a second front in the Middle East violence, in addition to the Israeli-Palestinian confrontation in the West Bank,” The Arizona Republic reports.

Israel, meanwhile, said Hezbollah fired still another volley of rockets at an outpost along the disputed border. There were no reports of injuries.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the attacks, which have become an almost daily occurrance, were carried out with ‘Iranian approval and Iranian assistance’ and could not have been carried out ‘without the full support and assistance of Syria.’

In a related story, a selfish and moronic humanities professor in Texas congratulates herself for her heightened tolerance of the hordes of barbarous American hicks hell bent on disagreeing with her self-serving politics and simplistic moral platitudes.

Hey, dear — maybe that nephew of yours who’s studying at university for his Iranian Imam certificate (Chapter 1, page 1: ‘The west is the Great Satan, and its infidel dogs must be eradicated for the greater glory of Allah’) can take a field trip to southern Lebanon — maybe, you know, bless a few Jew-killing rockets for extra credit…?

And if it gets cold (those nights of slaughter can get kinda chilly there in the desert, from what I hear) you and your son can make him a “flag of all nations” sweater to pull on over his traditional religious garb. (A bit of advice, though: Hide the Israeli flag under one of the armpits…)

With any luck, you’ll be able to get another insipid essay out of all this…

[link via Bob Ballard]

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