Israel hits Hezbollah leader's HQ

'In an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Lebanon called for an end to the Israeli operation. "The Security Council meets today in the shadow of a widespread, barbaric aggression waged by Israel to this very moment against my nation, Lebanon," said Nouhad Mahmoud, ambassador to the UN. The offensive was destroying infrastructure and causing the death of innocent civilians in full view of the international community, he said.

Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman said Israel had no choice but to react to Hezbollah's aggression, describing the group as "merely the finger on the bloodstained and long-reaching arms of Syria and Iran".'

With that he put down his song sheet and left for another microphone, his puppet master needing only to remember three little words ... 'Syria and Iran, Syria and Iran, Syria and Iran ...'