Agence France Presse writer Jihad Siqlawi gives us the terrorist viewpoint, in a respectful eulogy to a murderous Hizballah “fighter.”

EL-TIRI, Lebanon (AFP) - Thousands of Hezbollah supporters massed on Wednesday for the funeral of a Lebanese guerrilla whose body was handed over in a rare swap between Israel and the Shiite Muslim militia.

Brandishing the yellow flags of Hezbollah, about 10,000 loyalists flocked in buses and cars to the southern village of El-Tiri for the burial of Mohamed al-Esseili, slain in last year’s Lebanon war.

Black-clad men carried the coffin at the head of a cortege that filled the village streets, chanting “Our party is Hezbollah and our leader is Nasrallah,” and “Death to America”, “Death to Israel.”

From windows and balconies overlooking the procession, women sprinkled the “martyr” with rice and rose petals, ululating with joy, while others handed out sweets in the village.

Hizballah propaganda continues to flow unedited from the mainstream wire services.