In Human Rights Watch reports on Lebanon there is one bizarre element: the calls "on the Lebanese government." Human Rights Watch acts as if there is a state in Lebanon which is above and beyond the warring factions. And then HRW said: "Supporters of the pro-government groups – the Future Movement and the Progressive Socialist Party – also resorted to violence against civilians and offices associated with opposition groups in areas under their control in northern Lebanon, the Beka` and the Chouf. Many of these attacks violated international humanitarian law. Hezbollah reported that PSP fighters detained two of its followers and executed them. Human Rights Watch examined photos of the two Hezbollah members showing that at least one had been shot in the head at very close range while the other appears to have had part of the skin of his forearm removed. Videos posted on youtube.com of the fighting in the northern town of Halba between armed men supporting the government and members of the opposition SSNP show wounded men, apparently belonging to the SSNP, lying on the ground being beaten and ill-treated by gunmen." The reference to Halba makes it sound as if the massacre in Halba was a clash between militias when it was against SSNP civilians, from most accounts. But Human Rights Wach is correct in the premise: that both sides committed crimes against civilians.