Posted on 07/13/2006 10:08:43 AM PDT by dan_s
Edited on 07/13/2006 10:42:45 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Just a headline on British Sky News
UPDATE:
I understand what you're saying, but Israel didn't start this. They should finish it, however.
Oh, I agree that Iran and Syria are pulling the strings. I was just going by what the Israeli government was saying in regards to Lebanon harboring terrorists. It may not itself be anti-Israel, but it does tolerate those who are violently anti-Israel. I think I heard that Lebanon is about 30-40% Christian which is down from what it used to be, but still a good chunk of the population.
The other night on Iraq the Model, all the defenders of Israel on the BBC boards were Iraqis from Iraq.
Unbelievable, isn't it? On another thread, they are claiming that Israel is using some chemical on their rockets that eats people alive (kinda).
The 240-millimeter Fajr-3 missile has a range of some 25 miles, and the 333-millimeter Fajr-5 missile has a range of about 45 miles. Production of the Fajr-3 missile, with an estimated range of 45 km, was estimated to have started in 1991. Iran had for some time been manufacturing the Naze'at (Iran-130), similar to the Shahin series. Fajr-3 has the same caliber, range and warhead weight as three known North Korean systems. The Fagr-5 missile, which is launched from a mobile platform, reportedly has a range of between 60-70 kilometers. The missile was constructed by the Iranians, reportedly with help from North Korea and China.> Like the Katyusha rocket and the Scud missile, however, at the limit of its range it is accurate only within a radius of around one kilometer. There are unconfirmed though plausible reports that Iran has tested a chemical warhead for the Fajr-5.
In early 2001 it was reported that Hizbullah had set up a belt of mobile multi-barreled rocket launchers and truck-mounted missiles along Israel’s northern flank ready to go off the moment Israel launched a large-scale military offensive against Lebanon. The Japanese-made Isuzo truck launchers carry Fajr-3 (Arabic for dawn-3) projectiles, a third generation of Katyusha rockets with a 60-kilometer range manufactured by Iran's air force industry.
Oh definitely!
Me, too. It's very frustrating and the radio station I listen to has had the emergency broadcast thing on three times this morning. If it wasn't for FR, I don't know what I'd do.
Carolyn
Thanks. That's part of the reason why I don't like to see comments about leveling Lebanon, or turning Beirut to glass.
The range has expanded. As of today, all of Israel, with the possible exception of small areas of the Negev, are in missile range of the terrorists.
Thanks for that info!
I'm listening to Rush's guest host.
You?
we need to be praying for Israel!
Cr@p. She'd be over making a toast with the ragheads.
It's time to get the big war started so can can get it over with and return to some kind of global normalcy. Every day we talk and talk and more innocent people die. Every day we talk the enemy plots, plans, and gets stronger. Abolish Islam now.
Gas would jump even if the Middle East suddenly became totally calm...or at least it seems that way lately!
Looking at the map on post 117 Haifa is about 25 miles from the border. Well outside of the longest rage of the Katyusha that I know of.
Excellent map. Highlights Israel's geographic vulnerability. They can't let the West Bank go Gaza. Life in Israel would begin to resemble Beirut in the '80s.
If the Pali's can't control themselves they may have to be forcibly removed. It's their choice.
Here, too. Might be some white knuckles at various HQs around the world.
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