Posted on 07/13/2006 8:07:16 AM PDT by sdk7x7
In northern Israel, 90 civilians injured, one killed, by dozens of Hizballah rockets against towns and communities within a 20-km radius from the border Thursday. The entire region placed on a war footing
All residents, as far south as Carmiel, Safed, Rosh Pinah and Hatzor ordered to stay in bombs shelters for the second day. A volley of 7 rockets injured 19 civilians in Safed, three seriously, landing on a shopping center, outside City Hall and on a school and causing extensive damage to ancient Galilee town. Earlier, two Hizballah rocket barrages landed in Nahariya on the western coast, killing a women in her home, injuring eight people. The resort town’s high street, Gaaton Boulevard, took direct hits. Twenty rockets struck the Israeli Air Force intelligence surveillance center on Mt. Meron since early Thursday. No casualties. The main highways from Acre, Safed and Rosh Pinah heading north are closed to civilian traffic. Also targeted for Hizballah rocket attack: Kiryat Shemona, Rosh Pinah, Mishmar Hayarden, Mahanayim airfield, Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi., Hagoshrim, Majd al-Krum. Some of these locations have never before come under attack. The Nahariya regional hospital has moved its wards to underground, bombproof facilities. The train service to the town is suspended. Summer schools and camps, also shops, are closed across northern Israel. The education ministry has cancelled all summer school trips to the affected region. Summer schools and camps, also shops, are closed. The education ministry has cancelled school trips to the north.
But this is Debka.
What's wrong w/ Debka???
Well, a broken clock is still accurate twice a day. In Debka's case, their clock is digital and doesn't even have that advantage.
Nobody remembers their story on how Israel was being invaded by 10,000 Iraqi troops through Jordan?
In short, Debka = BS and belongs in General/Chat.
LOL... a Sears poncho.
Verified headline at Jpost.. www.jpost.com.
I think some of it is accurate, although I recall a story a few years back that said Bin Ladin's motorcade was being followed.
Like the NYT or Commie News Network? ;-)
Information on FNC: Hezbollah taking kidnapped Israeli soldiers to Iran.
Granted, but this report of 90 injured has been widely confirmed by US and Israeli media. The on-the-ground account is what makes it valuable, I think.
Debka was also one of the first to report troops/Special Forces movements in Iraq long before March '03.
Does Iran really want in this?
OMG...what an "in your face" provocation!
Seemingly. And I say let's give it to them. They want it, they'll own it.
Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel.
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For just one sad example: I remember a Debka story several years ago telling how three Al-Qaeda separate terror cells had just departed ("our sources say") from somewhere in Afghanistan to (target forgotten), told in such detail that likely nobody in Al-Qaeda would know all that information, and with enough information that nobody but top leadership would know.
And you know what? Not a one of those terror cells made the attacks. They didn't even show up on the news as having been thwarted. "Our sources" is, in my experience, Debkaspeak for "Manny in the backroom is making this up for us."
Then there's yesterday's Debka story headline about somebody being flown from Iran to Syria in a special military plane. What was tho thpecial about that plane, or what the significance of the speciality was, never entered the story. This is serious journalism?
Yeah, talk about "hot potatoes".
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