BREAKING on FOX [Israel believes] Missile that hit Haifa was fired by Iranian Guard

[RDTF]

more to follow

[monkapotamus]

http://hotair.com/archives/top-picks/2006/07/13/report-israel-says-haifa-attack-was-staged-by-iran/

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Hotair now has the first video of Fox's report from earlier.

[combat_boots]

Time to read http://www.jpost.com and the ever-conspiratorial http://www.debka.com/ .

[RobinWWJD]

CNN MSNBC and Fox have confirmed it. It's very easy. There are Iranian National Guard troops in Lebanon; they fired at least one missle to Haifa. That equals 'Missle that hit Haifa was fired by Iranian Guard. duh.

[cmurphy]

Do a simple search of "Iranian Guard", and you'll find a lot of articles about Israel demanding that the Iranian Guard withdrawl from southern Lebanon. For instance, this article dated 06/03/2005 states:
"Israel has informed a number of countries, including the United States and France, that the demand for the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon, in keeping with the United Nations Security Council decision, will not be complete if it doesn't also lead to the departure of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps members, who have been in Lebanon for a long time and are providing assistance to Hezbollah's military wing."

Thus, it seems very probable that the Iranian Guard fired their own missiles from southern Lebanon. This is a very believable story (seems mostly likely to be true, although not yet confirmed). I'm sure that CNN and FoxNews are hesitating to print this story on their sites until further confirmation, as this would have HUGE implications. Once something is in print, it's hard to take back....

[Southack]

"Israeli officials are proceeding under the ASSUMPTION that the missile was fired by Iranian Republican Guard troops in Lebanon"

The assumption might be valid (very remote chance), but that's not a confirmation.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Nothing on Sky News in UK either, in written form.

Why would Fox say this stuff again, and not put it on their websites, again not fully committing? What is wrong with them?--and CNN for that matter. This is not a slow weekend morning with minimal staff onboard in New York City--they should be more or less in lockstep between their live broadcasts and sites.

[Aquinasfan]

There are Iranian National Guard troops in Lebanon; they fired at least one missle to Haifa.

So this guy want's all out war? He really is as insane as he's been portrayed.

[Perdogg]

Was the missile fired from Iranian soil??

[RDTF]

LGF says CNN reported it:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21523_Missile_Attack_on_Haifa&only

[silentknight]

link?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Thanks for your post. It is helpful. I think you could lose the 'duh', though, eh? ;-)

[InterceptPoint]

Actually, this regional war began when the Iranian Thugs took over our Embassy and Carter allowed this to happen.

Actually it was before that - when Jimmy the Peanut forced the Shah out and let the Islamic Thugs take over Iran. All of our problems in the middle east can be traced to that event.

[Kenny Bunkport]

Hugh Hewitt is reading this thread....

Hi Hugh!

[jimbo123]

It was fired by Iranian advisors to Hizbullah from southern Lebanon.

[Pox]

No. That missile's range designates it as not capable of hitting Israel from Iran. It was launched, presumably, from southern Lebanon.

[silentknight]

Little Green Football is posting it because it was posted on freepers - stories seem to spread fast these days.

[cmsgop]

The Source is Israeli Intelligence from them to CNN AND FOX

Thats It,believe it if you want too, But Dat Be Breaking News in My Book

[Raebie]

You can bet Mossad is not assuming. I'm sure they know who, what, when & where. It's just beginning to leak out, IMO.

[dogbyte12]

Iran better not get involved. It might be time to use some MOAB's on their Nuke program. It would give us a good excuse.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I found a link to what I heard on NBC tonite re: Iran in Lebanon....

http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/07/why_did_israel_.html

"Analysts say there are two possible reasons and they are not mutually exclusive. Israel wants to keep Iranian arms from getting in and Israeli captives from being flown out.

Beirut Airport has long been key to Iran's supply of all kinds of material to Hezbollah. Iran's Revolutionary Guard has supplied Hezbollah with more than $1 billion of supplies over the past 25 years, say U.S. intelligence officials, as much as $150 million a year during tense times. The majority of it is flown in on an Iranian 747 cargo jet that unloads at Beirut Airport, where Hezbollah agents pick it up and drive it to the Bekkah valley south of the Lebanese capital. Anti-aircraft batteries, Katyusha rockets, armored vehicles, small arms, anti-tank missiles, etc. have all been sent. Beirut is the only airport in Lebanon capable of handling that 747. The initial deployment was in 1982 with planes bringing in supplies as needed. By the 1990s the flights had fallen to a quarterly routine. With Hezbollah under fire in Israel, now would be a time to resupply."