Mleeta, known as 'A Landmark of the Resistance,' is a far stretch from a childhood play land. It has attracted 'over 130,000 visitors in the first ten days following its opening on May 25– the 10th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon,' says Andrew Tabler in Foreign Policy magazine. While this is no Disneyland, it is no ordinary museum either, but rather an insider account of Hizballah's cult of martyrdom and its glorification of terrorism."
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
(BLOG) Hizballahland: A Convenient Distraction
"It's being called the 'Shiite militia's Disneyland,' a $4 million Hizballah homage to itself that took two years to build.
Mleeta, known as 'A Landmark of the Resistance,' is a far stretch from a childhood play land. It has attracted 'over 130,000 visitors in the first ten days following its opening on May 25– the 10th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon,' says Andrew Tabler in Foreign Policy magazine. While this is no Disneyland, it is no ordinary museum either, but rather an insider account of Hizballah's cult of martyrdom and its glorification of terrorism."
Mleeta, known as 'A Landmark of the Resistance,' is a far stretch from a childhood play land. It has attracted 'over 130,000 visitors in the first ten days following its opening on May 25– the 10th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon,' says Andrew Tabler in Foreign Policy magazine. While this is no Disneyland, it is no ordinary museum either, but rather an insider account of Hizballah's cult of martyrdom and its glorification of terrorism."
