(Israel) Government okays massive strikes on Lebanon

haaretz ^ | 7/13/06 | haaretz

[jeltz25]

There have always been IAF F-16s with nukes ready to go at a moment's notice.

There's US B-2's and F-117's with nukes ready to go. There's US ICBM's ready to go. If Bush gave the order, Iran and Syria would be glass by the time the sun comes up in DC

[Brytani]

I'm probably considering the possibility simply because I didn't forget 9/11 as so many have done in this country. Plus, being on FR, we tend to pay more attention to what goes on in the world.

I'm hoping it's just a wack-job thought.

[garjog]

"Lebanese to do their bit"

Question: I thought that the Lebanese rose up and caused Syria to remove its troops after we invaded Iraq.

So, how did Hezbulah get in control? I thought that it was a democracy of sorts. Does any one know?

[callmejoe]

CNN reporting buildings hit. Three explosions.

It's just getting started . . .

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=12825865&src=rss/topNews

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The northern Israeli city of Nahariya was hit by Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon on Thursday, the Israeli army said.

The army said it was unclear if there were casualties.

[Velveeta]

Dear Lord.

[callmejoe]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885981850&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

One killed, 12 wounded as Katyusha rockets hit Nahariya

yaakov katz, herb keinon and jpost staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Jul. 12, 2006

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One person was killed and twelve were wounded - one seriously - when four Hizbullah-fired Katyusha rockets landed in central Nahariya on Thursday morning. A rocket scored a direct hit on a house killing its inhabitant.

Residents of the North were asked to remain in bomb shelters in anticipation of further attacks.

Nahariya is the farthest city Hizbullah has managed to reach thus far.

Meanwhile, IAF fighter jets bombed runways at Beirut International Airport early Thursday morning. It was part of a military campaign which the IDF vowed would be harsh and quick against the Lebanese government and Hizbullah, which killed eight IDF soldiers and kidnapped two others along the northern border on Wednesday.

Al-Jazeera television network reported that 15 people were killed in the airstrike.

The IDF said that the airport was targeted because it was used by Hizbullah to import weapons.

The IAF attack forced the closure of the airport and the diversion of two flights to Cyprus.

Meeting in emergency session late Wednesday, the Cabinet approved IDF plans to target the airport and other strategic infrastructures inside Lebanon including power plants.

Earlier Thursday morning, several Katyusha rockets, fired by Hizbullah from southern Lebanon, landed on an IDF base in Mount Meron on Thursday morning. No one was wounded and no damage was reported. Hizbullah also shelled the Western Galilee with mortars. No one was wounded and no damage was reported. . .

[callmejoe]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=107152

Tens of Rockets Fired into Israel
08:08 Jul 13, '06 / 17 Tammuz 5766


(IsraelNN.com) Tens of longer-range Katyusha rockets have been fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel.

One woman was killed in an attack on Thursday morning and last reports from Nahariya Hospital indicate 12 people are being treated for various injuries.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

the palis voted in hamas.they will get what they deserve as they should.

[Slings and Arrows]

That flag is an object of beauty.

[Slings and Arrows]

Is it that time already?

It's Bomb O'Clock!

[CheyennePress]

I wish that they would set Lebanon back 20 years--or better yet 40 years back when it was a peaceful, Christian majority population.

Before the Muslim holocaust of the Christians. Before they turned the place into a craphole, militant state.

I really fear for my Lebanese Christian friends. They didn't bring any of this upon them.

[BunnySlippers]

I like flag.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel.

[COBOL2Java]

On this morning's radio show, Fred Grandy offered an interesting observation about why Hamas, Hizbollah and the usual gang of thugs is now attacking Israel. Iran (which has its hand up Syria's butt, which has its hand up Lebanon's and the Pali's butts), believes that since the USA is rather busy right now with Iraq, Afghanistan, and the potbellied pompadour dog-eater, wants nothing more than to draw us into a full scale involvement in the mid-east.

Iran picked this time, fully expecting the US to get involved in Israel's defense; however, Bush is thus far refusing to step in, probably knowing that Israel is very capable of taking care of itself. Once again, the mad mullahs may have miscalculated.

[Thom Pain]

My fear is that if we don't take out millions of ROPers now we will be forced to take out a hundred million sometime down the road. And that will be after they kill millions of us. They have proven over centuries that they will not change their ways.

[Zionist Conspirator]

. . ."We may be facing a completely different reality, in which hundreds of thousands of Israelis will, for a short time, find themselves in danger from Hezbollah's rockets," said a senior defense official. These include residents of the center of the country. . .

I suppose Olmert will solve this problem by ethnically cleansing the heart of the country of Jews.

[BlueOneGolf]

Great flag design!

[SauronOfMordor]

. . . Hezbollah is likely to respond to the Israeli attacks with massive rocket launches at Israel, and in that case, the IDF might move ground forces into Lebanon, both to create a temporary buffer zone in the southern part of the country and to destroy Hezbollah's network of outposts and rockets along the border. The goal of any such operation would also be to ensure that this network could not be rebuilt.

Hezbollah rockets Israeli cities, Israel has the right to carpet-bomb Hezbollah-supporting areas of Lebanon