Fisk: Army’s Shooting On Civilians Unlikely

While Hezbollah continues to stoke the flames of hatred against the army, veteran British journalist and Beirut resident argues that “It’s far-fetched to think that Lebanon army fired at the protesters”.

Did the Lebanese army shoot the eight dead? It appears that soldiers may have shot one of them by accident. But since one of the victims was the Amal militia’s liaison officer with the national army, it seems unlikely that soldiers would have opened fire on him.

Unfortunately, to make his argument, Fisk used his beloved-yet-unsubstantiated argument that Shiaas form the majority in the Lebanese armed forces, although he could have stuck with the better argument that the army’s track record speaks for itself.