Lebanon's secrets.

Photo,Tyre,Lebanon.

There have been recent reports that the Lebanese government has started to arrest and try people suspected of spying for Israel. But given the fact that the Lebanese government is involved with the Israeli government,and helps them,this latest public show is unlikely to be true. There have been Israeli informers who have betrayed many innocent people in Lebanon around,since before the civil war. Milita's including Hezbollah have taken suspects prisoner and held them in their prisons. But these prisoners are not handed over to the Lebanese authorities,as the authorities cannot be trusted. One Hezbollah milita man explains,"We have several people that we have had to hold prisoner,who we know are Israeli informers. But we don't hand them over to the authorities because we do not trust them. I cannot talk much about this,but I can tell you that the government is just putting on a show,to hide the fact that it is involved with Israel." Given the fact that Lebanon is the focus of attention in the Middle East at the moment,because it is looking for support from the West,Hezbollah could be right. Lebanon is due to hold elections on June 7th 2009 next month, and there is a political party in Hezbollah's name running on the electoral list.There has been talk that this party could win the elections and be the next government in Lebanon. But it is important to note that this party is not part of Hezbollah milita,as the media claims and wants everyone to think.The party is actually part of the Iranian government incorporated into the Lebanese government.Which means that if they win,Hezbollah milita will not have any more power in Lebanon than it does now.Indeed Hezbollah fear,that the next government may disarm and dismantle the milita.Iran has a stake of power in several countries in the Middle East,Syria and Lebanon among them. This is due to it's wealth and advanced technology.After the 2006 invasion of Lebanon by Israel,Iran gave vast amounts of money to the Lebanese government to rebuild the country and it also has its own Islamic schools,charities and other public services that many Shia Moslem's and other religious people use.The Iranian government wishes to expand it's Islamic system to other countries,as it wants more power outside Iran. But Hezbollah milita themselves are not very religious,although they are from Iran and are Iranian.Also Hezbollah has lost a lot of power in the past few years,as also have other milita's. For example milita's including Hezbollah are not allowed to carry guns or weapons,so they cannot carry guns in public.But Hezbollah do keep guns in their homes and also so do civilians.Since the 2006 invasion many Lebanese civilians are owning guns to protect themselves from both the authorities and Israelis.In 2006 many Lebanese people and milita were rounded up and taken away to prisons in Israel.When Israel invaded all of Lebanon and occupied the whole country.As a result Israeli solders rounded up thousands of people,they raided homes,the streets,everywhere,with the help of the Lebanese government.All of the people taken prisoner in 2006 are still missing from Lebanon and this included militas' including Hezbollah.The prisoners held in Israel are forcibly injected with drugs and also the Israeli authorities perform medical experiments on the prisoners.And this is still happening now in Lebanon,the Israelis raid towns and cities usually at night and people are taken away to Israeli prisons, and are not seen again.So now many Lebanese civilians now have guns to protect themselves and their families.But although the law in Lebanon forbids milita and civilians from owning or carrying guns,the law does allow milita's to use their weapons in times of war.Such as in the 2006 invasion,but because the people are so distrusting of the government, the crime rate is increasing in Lebanon. As a result it is not safe to walk the streets at night in the major cities,including Beirut and even Tyre. Hezbollah has lost a lot of power over the years.Another example is after Israel pulled out of Lebanon in 2006,there were thousands of cluster bombs left in streets,peoples back gardens and other open places.Hezbollah offered to go in and clear and dismantle the cluster bombs,but the Lebanese authorities would not allow them to.Other milita's also offered to help but they too were refused permission by the government.And the Lebanese government have not cleared the cluster bombs,they are still there now.Although Hezbollah were able to clear their homes and their other buildings where they work. And they did manage to clear some other civilians homes after the families and other people concerned called them out without letting the authorities find out.Also there are other human rights violations,people are forced into hospital against their will,and incarcerated in mental hospitals.Pregnant women are forced to give birth in hospital against their will in Lebanon.Something that Hezbollah is against,that is does not want women to have babies in hospital and is against doctors and hospitals because of the abuses that go on there.One Hezbollah milita man says"We are not saying that doctors and hospitals should not exist.What we are saying is that the authorities in Lebanon and indeed many other countries are wrong to impose a law that forces people into hospital against their will and to force people into hospital and force medical treatment on them against their will.That is the wrong." There are many problems in Lebanon and also lack of privacy and freedom.The political party in Hezbollah's name is not helping the Hezbollah milita,rather it is helping themselves and the Lebanese government.It has done nothing to change the system of Lebanon and neither has any other party.People still go missing in Lebanon,taken away by Israel,many Hezbollah milita members are also in Israeli prisons.People are still being forced into hospitals,others imprisoned in mental hospitals.Where they are given the same drugs that the Israelis use in their prisons.That is unlikely to change in Lebanon,no matter who wins the elections.