Dahiya

Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut is called "The Embassy" by locals in the part of the city called Dahiya, a crowded Shiite neighborhood where the Hezbollah has its seat of government.

Hizbollah's Deadly Asymmetric Warfare Media Campaign 2006

COOPER: It's not a good idea to venture into the southern suburbs of Beirut, the area known as Dahiya, without an escort.

CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2006 2006

Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut is called "The Embassy" by locals in the part of the city called Dahiya, a crowded Shiite neighborhood where the Hezbollah has its seat of government.

Hezbollah Nation 2006

COOPER: It's not a good idea to venture into the southern suburbs of Beirut, the area known as Dahiya, without an escort.

CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2006 2006

A concept known as the Dahiya doctrine emerged then, involving the application of disproportionate force and the causing of great damage and destruction to civilian property and infrastructure, and suffering to civilian populations.

Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

This tactic was used in Lebanon in 2006 and was referred to as the Dahiya doctrine, after the district in south Beirut where Hizbullah was based.

Le Monde diplomatique - English edition 2009

During the 2006 Lebanon war Israel flattened the southern suburb of Beirut known as the Dahiya, where Hezbollah commanded much popular support.

MRZine.org 2009

During the 2006 Lebanon war Israel flattened the southern suburb of Beirut known as the Dahiya, where Hezbollah commanded much popular support.

CounterPunch 2009

During the 2006 Lebanon war Israel flattened the southern suburb of Beirut known as the Dahiya, where Hezbollah commanded much popular support.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

There is also the question of statements by senior military officers describing the "Dahiya" doctrine - whenever the IDF deemed itself to have been fired on from a village or quarter, that village or quarter would be deemed a battlefield and not a civilian area, and demolished by concentrated ground and air attack.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009