HEZBOLLAH'S CHRISTIAN SHIELDS

Hizballah's Christian "Shields" (UPI)
Christian Solidarity International said Wednesday that Shia Muslim Hizballah is using Christian villages in Lebanon to launch missile attacks against Israel. A Christian from the village of Ain Ebel discovered Hizballah forces setting up a launcher to fire Katyusha rockets from the rooftop of his home. Ignoring his pleas to stop, they fired the missiles. He immediately gathered his family and fled. His home was destroyed 15 minutes later by an Israeli air strike. On July 28, Hizballah gunmen fired on Christians fleeing Rmeish with their families, wounding two, according to Christian sources in south Lebanon. "Contrary to Western press reports, indicating high percentages of Christian support for Hizballah, 90 percent of Christians, 80 percent of Sunni, and 40 percent of Shiites in Lebanon oppose Hizballah," says Sami El-Khoury, president of the World Maronite Union.