Posted on 12/30/2008 2:31:24 PM PST by Cindy
RESIDENTS at certain addresses in the Gaza Strip have been receiving unusual phone calls since the Israeli air assault began on Saturday - a request that they and their families leave their homes as soon as possible for their own safety.
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“And kudos to the cut-off of the lies.”
Yep.
“Hamas has nowhere to go but to its creator.”
OPINION:
Apparently that’s what Hamas wants.
IF YOU LIVE IN ISRAEL; THIS NEWS BRIEF IS FOR YOU.
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647661,00.html
Beersheba Municipality decides not to open schools on Wednesday
Published: 12.31.08, 00:24 / Israel News
The Beersheba Municipality decided not to open the city’s schools on Wednesday morning, including the special education institutions.
The decisions was made following a consultation with security officials, the Home Front Command and Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai. (Ilana Curiel)
IN THE U.S.A. - small updates:
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/5428_12.htm
“ADL Decries Molotov Cocktail Thrown at North Side Temple Sholom “
SNIPEPT: “Chicago, IL. December 29, 2008 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned the Molotov cocktail thrown against the wall of Temple Sholom, one of Chicago’s oldest synagogues. The act, which reportedly occurred before 2 a.m., is currently being investigated as a hate incident.”
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“CAIR Condemns Arson Attack on Chicago Synagogue”
SNIPPET: “CHICAGO, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today condemned an arson attack on a Chicago synagogue as “reprehensible.””
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/Page/IndexParMult&cid=1145961369337
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456536401&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Dec 30, 2008 22:47
“Iranian students break into UK Embassy residence to protest Gaza strikes”
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEHERAN, Iran
SNIPPET: “Iran’s official news agency says dozens of hardline students have broken into the British Embassy residence in Teheran.”
“Some of my family live in Israel and I’m considering going there in the future and running for political office...”
OPINION:
You’re very passionate 82ndABNOfficer.
I wish you all the luck in whatever your
future endeavors are.
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4296
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52512
U.S. Military Team in Israel Reported Safe Despite Attacks
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 2008 – About 100 U.S. European Command soldiers, airmen and Marines deployed to Israel to help set up an early warning radar system reported no close encounters with air strikes or retaliatory attacks along the Gaza Strip, a Eucom spokesman said.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas refused to renew a ceasefire agreement with Israel when it expired Dec. 19, and began stepping up rocket attacks on civilian targets in Israel. Israel, in turn, began launching airstrikes against Gaza Strip targets Dec. 27 in an effort to eliminate Hamas’ ability to fire rockets into Israeli territory.
Air Force Lt. Col. John Dorrian confirmed Stars and Stripes’ report that the Eucom team is operating on an Israeli air base nowhere near the targeted areas.
The Eucom troops deployed to Israel to help set up an Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance system, Dorrian confirmed. The Israeli government requested the system to help defend against a potential missile attack from Iran.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates signed off on the deployment order in mid-September, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell confirmed during a Sept. 30 news conference.
Once fully operational, the system will be capable of tracking and identifying small objects at long distance and at very high altitude, including space, according to U.S. Missile Defense Agency officials. It also will integrate Israel’s missile defenses with the U.S. global missile detection network.
“This will enable the Israelis to track medium- and long-range ballistic missiles multiple times better than their current radar allows them to,” Morrell said. “It will … more than double the range of Israel’s missile defense radars and increase its available engagement time.”
This, he said, will greatly enhance Israel’s defensive capabilities.
“There is a growing ballistic missile threat in the region, particularly from Iran,” Morrell said. “And no one in the region should feel more nervous about that threat than the Israelis. And they clearly do, and they have asked for our assistance. And we have now provided it in the form of this … X-band radar equipment.”
About 120 U.S. servicemembers initially deployed to Israel to set up the system, a number Dorrian said is now down to about 100.
Morrell estimated that the system will take about half that many U.S. personnel to operate once it is up and running. “This is and will remain a U.S. radar system,” he said. “This is not something we are giving or selling to the Israelis.”
The system, he said, is another sign of U.S. commitment to Israel. “We are committed to the Israelis, to Israel’s defense,” Morrell said.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed concern about escalating violence in Gaza.
“We strongly condemn the repeated rocket and mortar attacks against Israel and hold Hamas responsible for breaking the ceasefire and for the renewal of violence there,” Rice said in a statement. “The ceasefire must be restored immediately and fully respected. The United States calls on all concerned to protect innocent lives and to address the urgent humanitarian needs of the people of Gaza.”
Related Sites:
U.S. European Command
Rice Statement
Morrell Briefing Transcript
IF YOU LIVE IN ISRAEL; THIS NEWS BRIEF IS FOR YOU.
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647689,00.html
Home Front Command: Classes at Ben-Gurion University canceled
Published: 12.31.08, 02:30 / Israel News
The Home Front Command announced that classes planned to take place Wednesday at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba have been canceled.
The decision was made after a Grad rocket landed in an empty kindergarten in the city on Tuesday evening. (Ilana Curiel)
December 30, 2008, 10:18 pm
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129133
“Barak Asks for More Reservists, Ministers Vote by Phone”
by Maayana Miskin
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) On Tuesday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak requested his fellow ministers’ approval to call up an additional 2,500 reservists for the operation in Gaza. The cabinet voted Sunday to approve the call-up of 6,700 IDF reservists. Cabinet Secretary Oved Yechezkel began contacting ministers by telephone on Tuesday night to win their support for the emergency call-up. Barak has asked Yechezkel to get the ministers’ approval as quickly as possible.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156451/posts
“Widening range, rockets strike Beersheba kindergarten”
The Jerusalem Post ^ | Dec 31, 2008 | YAAKOV KATZ
Posted on December 30, 2008 5:15:38 PM PST by Uncle Miltie
Cold dead look in her eyes, huh?
I see this ‘look’ often in fanatical islamists, there is something about it unique to islam, dead soul maybe?
Guess that’s what happens when you worship satan, murderer & father of lies, it leaves you completely empty.
When one becomes empty the evil one moves in.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
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applies to the spiritual realm also
Yes. And you have FRmail...
& also to you! :)
worse than a dead soul.
It is a soul knowingly giving to darkness.
Deep within, they know to whom they belong.
Dead soul has the implication of lack of life and while also true, I think it is much more sinister that a lack of something it is the desire for evil.
...just my thoughts.
Deep within, they know to whom they belong.
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yes! St.Paul has something to say about the fight.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2156511/posts
IRANIANS ATTACK Jordanian Embassy— Firebomb Saudi Airline Office
Gateway Pundit ^ | December 30, 2008 | Gateway Pundit
Posted on December 30, 2008 7:16:03 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
From the Iranian media websites:
The Jordanian Embassy in Tehran was attacked with explosives, at midnight Tehran time, last night. The Embassy spokesman has confirmed this report. Several Jordanian citizens were inside the embassy during the attack; no one however sustained any injuries. The spokesman also said that he was not certain about the identity of those responsible for the attacks.
It is important to mention that according to Rooz web site, elements of the regime who call themselves the Basiji Students, have via SMS called for the invasion of the Egyptian interest section in Tehran (Egypt has not had an embassy in Tehran since Tehran’s regime praised Khalid Eslamboli, member of the Egytpian Islamic Jihadand murderer of Anwar Sadat).
Yesterday also, the Mash’had branch of the Basiji Students, gathered and took to violently protesting in front of the main gates of the Saudi Arabian consulate, located on Mojallal-Sawjed Boulevard in Mash’had. They chanted slogans against Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan. One of the slogans was: “Woe is you, if Khamenei gives me my orders of Jihad” which indicated a call to holy war by the Iranian supreme leader against Saudi Arabia .
They also took to throwing rocks and heavy objects through the windows of the consulate building. They also carried placards that had the words TRAITOR, COWARD and WHORE written on them. According to the Rooz reporter, at 12:30 pm the demonstration reached a fever pitch where protestors began hurling Molotov Cocktails at the building which landed on the other side of the embassy grounds on Molavi Avenue, leading to a massive fire.
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ping
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647729,00.html
“Gaza: Israel strikes Haniyeh’s office, smuggling tunnels”
SNIPPET: “Powerful airstrikes target government buildings, including office of Hamas PM; smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border also hit; Palestinian medic killed during missile strike east of Gaza City. Meanwhile, two Qassams land in Negev; no injuries”
Associated Press
Published: 12.31.08, 07:49 / Israel News
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647768,00.html
Blasts heard in Beersheba
Published: 12.31.08, 08:51 / Israel News
An alarm sounded in Beersheba followed by the sound of several blasts in the city Wednesday. (Ilana Curiel)
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