Posted on 07/15/2006 5:35:46 AM PDT by Solson
I thought this could be a new thread for today. BurbankKarl's thread did well yesterday.
IDF: It could be weeks until Hezbollah rocket attacks subside (Reuters)
He seemed a little taken aback at first, didn't he? You could tell he's used to saying what he wants and no one calling him on it.
Hizbullah Leader Promises "Surprises"
00:20 Jul 16, '06 / 20 Tammuz 5766
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
In a speech broadcast on Friday night, Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah encouraged the people of Lebanon and promised Israel "surprises," one of which he cited as he spoke.
Nasrallah called upon the Lebanese people to remain steadfast in the face of military strikes from Israel, but also in the face of "US, international, and Arab support." He said that he believes the Lebanese people will remain "ready to sacrifice," promising "another victory" and declaring that Hizbullah fighters, and God, "realized the victory in 2000." Nasrallah was referring to then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak's decision to withdraw Israeli troops from a security zone in southern Lebanon, which Israel patrolled in conjunction with the now-defunct South Lebanese Army.
"To the Zionists," the Hizbullah leader continued, "I will no longer say: if you hit Beirut, we will hit Haifa. You have changed the rules of the game. You wanted an open war, an open war is what you will get. It will be a full war - Haifa and beyond Haifa, and beyond Haifa."
Employing Islamic rhetoric, Nasrallah taunted Israelis: "You do not know who you are fighting. You are fighting the sons of Mohammad and the prophet's family.... We have faith not possessed and unrivalled by anyone else on earth. You chose war with people proud of their history and who have great abilities."
Turning to Arab leaders, the terrorist leader declared, "We are adventurists. We didn't bring to our country anything but victory and pride. This is our history. We know your history. In 1982, we proved we were the sane ones. We never counted on you, we count on ourselves and God.
"The surprises will begin. This is the first surprise. Right now, the Israeli war ship at sea, look at it now, it's burning," Nasrallah concluded, after his men had carried out an unprecedented missile attack on a navy vessel operating off the coast of Lebanon.
One sailor was killed in the attack and three others are listed as missing-in-action as of Saturday night.
IDF sources confirmed that the attack on the navy was unexpected, saying that the military was unaware that Hizbullah was armed with the Chinese C-802 anti-ship missile that struck the vessel. The missiles were assumed to have been provided by Iran.
On Saturday, Israeli planes bombed Nasrallah's private home, as well as the Hizbullah headquarters in Beirut. A senior IDF officer said that a previous bombing raid in Beirut led to the collapse of an 11-story building, the rubble of which blocked the exit of a bunker where Nasrallah was hiding.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=107398
SEE..that is the problem...
Iran, Syria see North Korea throw the UN resolution back in their faces...and nothing happens to N. Korea..
SOOOOOO..why wouldn't they ratchet it up in Israel??? They are seeing that nothing would happen to them either.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150886009191&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Jul. 15, 2006 23:16 | Updated Jul. 16, 2006 0:50
'Israel has a window of opportunity to hit Hizbullah'
By HERB KEINON
Israel believes it has a 48-72-hour "window of opportunity" to pound Hizbullah and damage its operational capabilities before the world steps in and stops the fighting, senior diplomatic officials in Jerusalem said Saturday night.
Hey sofa, I sent you FRmail earlier.
Had News on very early this am re Tiberius.
Am glad it is being repeated over and over that Iran & Syria pulling the strings and with what happened in India the other day, a few may get a clue you can't talk to these people and not going away anytime soon.
Am glad sofalad is leaving soon. BTW, how did the pass port story turn out.
I can't stand George Mitchell!
both of them
Was it the lack of sunshine or did he look a little pale around the gills? BTW, notice when they walked out on the patio for a photo opt he had a wine glass with a clear liquid (vodka?)....
They say Shep starts yeeling on the set when it gets hot and he wants the air conditioning on. I'll bet he just doesn't want his make up to run and his hair to go limp! (okay sofa, I set you up a good 'un!)
That's the idiot! What a knucklehead, always takes a pillow to a gun fight.
BARF...
She's feisty and doesn't worry about mixing it up with stupid guests.
So glad I don't watch CNN.
Oh..goody, goody...Greta is coming in tonight for a special Middle East show...
I wonder if she will have her "generals"??
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Will she include the latest from Aruba? /sarc
I wonder if that is the same "Aaron" that reports on John Batchelor's radio show?
00:55 Hezbollah`s Al-Manar TV: IAF strikes southern suburbs of Beirut (AP)
00:55 PM Olmert and Defense Minister Peretz paid visit to northern command (Haaretz)
00:36 IDF warns Lebanon army, says `won`t hesitate to strike` those striking at it (Reuters)
00:06 Warship hit by Hezbollah missile makes it to Ashdod port under its own steam (Ch. 1)
00:01 IDF Home Front Command: Summer day camps in Haifa canceled Sunday (Haaretz)
23:57 Israel denies Palestinian claims that IDF tanks entered Gaza (AP)
23:51 Palestinians: IDF tanks enter northern Gaza Strip (AP)
23:29 Yehudit Itzkovitch, 57, and Omer Pashov, 7, named as victims of Meron strike (Haaretz)
23:11 Russian Pres. Putin says thinks Israel seeks `wider goals` than release of soldiers (AP)
Last 2 hours of Haaretz News Ticker headlines for us behind the what's happening curve:
01:06 IDF: It could be weeks until Hezbollah rocket attacks subside (Reuters)
00:55 Hezbollah`s Al-Manar TV: IAF strikes southern suburbs of Beirut (AP)
00:55 PM Olmert and Defense Minister Peretz paid visit to northern command (Haaretz)
00:36 IDF warns Lebanon army, says `won`t hesitate to strike` those striking at it (Reuters)
00:06 Warship hit by Hezbollah missile makes it to Ashdod port under its own steam (Ch. 1)
00:01 IDF Home Front Command: Summer day camps in Haifa canceled Sunday (Haaretz)
23:57 Israel denies Palestinian claims that IDF tanks entered Gaza (AP)
23:51 Palestinians: IDF tanks enter northern Gaza Strip (AP)
23:29 Yehudit Itzkovitch, 57, and Omer Pashov, 7, named as victims of Meron strike (Haaretz)
23:11 Russian Pres. Putin says thinks Israel seeks `wider goals` than release of soldiers (AP)
23:08 Rockets land in Kiryat Shmona and Carmiel, causing no casualties (Haaretz)
23:05 Arab immigrants in Athens pray, protest outside Israeli embassy (AP)
23:04 Jewish Agency to move children from north to aliya centers far from strikes (Haaretz)
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