7/14: Middle East Live Thread

7/15/06 | me

[BurbankKarl]

Israeli gunners cover their ears as an artillery piece fires into southern Lebanon from a position on the border near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, Friday, July 14, 2006.

[redgolum]

I was wondering where that nut was hiding.

Expect him to make some threats soon.

[Chuck54]

I can hear him now "Let my people go!"

I saw Geraldo that night and thought he was auditioning for the role of Moses in a remake of The Ten Commandments.

[processing please hold]

YEARS, without Julian Phillips on F & F.

Vacation??

He was let go, I believe.

[JustaCowgirl]

I thought Colonel Hunt was going to 'Zidane' Colmes today.

Now THAT I would pay good money to see! Maybe I need to keep an eye on that show after all.

[Lil Flower]

I don't know

[monkapotamus]

[WayneM]

1) What exactly is Israel "occupying," according to all the Arab-leaning spokespeople.

Israel

2) Did anybody besides me notice that whenever questions were ask, they all said about the same thing, that Israel was the agreesor, that Israel was occupying Palestinian lands, and that the only way it was going to stop was to have an INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE?

Same old crap. The best way to have peace is for Israel to wipe out the terrorists and their supporters.

[Jorge]

That's the scary part about this whole thing (to me at least!)--the countries involved are willing to destroy Israel and don't care--would be "martyred" in fact--if they were destroyed in doing it.

And they will be.

But God has promised to preserve Israel, and we all know God NEVER lies.
We can rest assured.

[daybreakcoming]

where's Geraldo?

Oh homemom....ssssssssssshhhhhhhhhh. I'm worried they may bring Shep back on for the night shift.

[Howlin]

So I haven't lost my mind or my intelligence.

Thanks, I needed the confirmation.


(As an aside, they really, really, really *aren't* occupying anything at all, are they? -- JUST TO BE POSITIVE)..LOL)

[StJacques]

"I need to find a good map."

Here's a good "political" map. It's the CIA one at the University of Texas. A little too large for some tastes but very good in my opinion. This is a "pop-up" link.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/lebanon_pol_2002.jpg

I'll try to find a good "land surface features" map in a sec.

[Txsleuth]

I guess we are going to have to watch CNN Intl. by default..

Default of Fox News not spending the money to put overnight reporters on this story...lol

BTW..I was listening to Hugh Hewitt for a minute..and he was interviewing the despicable Mark Halperin..who has written a book..

But, I thought I heard Halperin say something to Hugh like.."I heard you were going to be ON tomorrow..the thought being that since it is Saturday, that things will really ratchet up by the Israelis??...I don't think it will happen..."

SO..I don't know if that means Hugh will be having a show this weekend or not..but it is worth checking his website tomorrow..for fans of Hugh.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"I didnt say he instituted it, the President has to sign the bill from Congress."

You didn't? You could have fooled me.

Here's your quote:

"Well, if the President pulled the trigger on the draft,"

[Arizona Carolyn]

We were out to dinner, missed H&C.. Col. Hunt choked on Alan's comments last night, what happened tonight?

IMO Alan Colmes increasingly belongs on MSNBC, not on Fox.

[DocRock]

Col. Hunt didn't say that Bush should go to Jerusalem... he was speed talking and said that the G-8 should be canceled and that Bush should come home because he was the leader of the free world.

[kcar]

FoxNews just reported that the Hezbullies (Iran's roxy army) are happy to have "open war" with Israel. Why are these Iranians such gelded cowards?!

[TexKat]

Israel's army chief, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, said Hezbollah has rockets that can reach as far as 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) or more, which would bring more Israeli cities, such as Hadera, within range. (AP)

Hezbollah rams Israeli warship with drone, 4 sailors missing in action

By israelinsider staff and partners

July 15, 2006

After hitting an Israeli warship with an unmanned aircraft rigged with explosives, Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets at Israel's navy blockading Lebanon but missed its target and struck a civilian ship, the Israeli army said early Saturday.

The attack on the warship off Beirut's Mediterranean coast could indicate Hezbollah has added a new weapon to the arsenal of rockets and mortars it has used against Israel.

Searches were under way to find four Israeli sailors who disappeared in the attack, Israeli military officials said. The warship, which suffered heavy damage and was set on fire, was towed back to the Israeli port of Haifa.

After the fire was extinguished, it became clear that four soldiers were missing. Their families were notified soon thereafter.

Israel Defense Forces teams, with the help of planes, helicopters and additional vessels, were searching for the missing troops at the site of the blast. The ship was towed back to Israel.

The incident occurred at around 8:30 P.M., causing a fire close to the helicopter landing pad onboard, Haaretz reported. The ship's steering mechanism also sustained some damage.

Several hours after the vessel was hit, an Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman acknowledged that the damage was worse than originally thought.

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[kcar]

Er, Iran's proxy army...

[Txsleuth]

LOL...I still have my map on the wall of Iraq and Afghanistan from when those wars started...up goes Israel, Syria and Lebanon.