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7/15 Middle East Live Thread
7/14 Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/16/06 | Various

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; islam; melivethread; middleeast; muhammadsminions; rebelyell2; ww3; wwiii
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To: sofaman

I'm telling you Baghdad Bob has found a new job!


1,861 posted on 07/15/2006 10:47:01 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (What's so hard to understand about the word illegal?)
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To: janetjanet998

IDF Special forces are already in Lebanon...I have no doubt..


1,862 posted on 07/15/2006 10:47:05 PM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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To: CAluvdubya

My eyes are getting blurry, I think I'm going to bed. I have to get some stuff done tomorrow, but will check for the new thread....


1,863 posted on 07/15/2006 10:47:16 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Arizona Carolyn

night AC...sweet dreams


1,864 posted on 07/15/2006 10:47:45 PM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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To: Arizona Carolyn
Also, what about the two members of their cabinet that are members of Hezbollah? They would have to go, but weren't they elected? Gets very complicated, doesn't it?

This isn't perfect, but take a look at what the government is comprised of right now. (after Talif)

My guess would be there would be about 27 Hezbollah members in the Parliament. But they have all the arms so they have the power.

Parliament of Lebanon Seat Allocation
Confession Before Taif After Taif
Maronite 30 34
Greek Orthodox 11 14
Greek Catholic 6 8
Armenian Orthodox 4 5
Armenian Catholic 1 1
Protestant 1 1
Other Christians 1 1
Total Christians 54 64
Sunni 20 27
Shi'a 19 27
Druze 6 8
Alawite 0 2
Total Muslims 45 64
TOTAL 99 128

Source: Wikipedia

1,865 posted on 07/15/2006 10:48:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: CAluvdubya

Mrs S telling me that the Sofalas will call tomorrow am...doesn't think he'll call tonight..


1,866 posted on 07/15/2006 10:48:37 PM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Nope, but I never had any doubt that the changes there were appearance only changes for the DUmb who can be easily DUped. "Former" KGB....yea, right! I'll bet he ran the show and still has secret dossiers on all his politcal rivals just like the Clintons did (Slick went to "study" in Moscow, didn't he?).


1,867 posted on 07/15/2006 10:48:54 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("Big Tents" you get Clowns & Circus Freaks! The road to HELL is paved with LIEberals!)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Good night! Think I finish Trading Spaces (that's as "deep" as I can think, now)


1,868 posted on 07/15/2006 10:48:59 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (What's so hard to understand about the word illegal?)
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To: sofaman

I'll bet we've already got boots on the ground over there!


1,869 posted on 07/15/2006 10:50:02 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("Big Tents" you get Clowns & Circus Freaks! The road to HELL is paved with LIEberals!)
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To: sofaman

Bet she's right. Remember, he's on an adventure! Don't you just love the way the young ones think!


1,870 posted on 07/15/2006 10:50:26 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (What's so hard to understand about the word illegal?)
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To: cmsgop

Few things I miss about California, but oh Newport had the best Resturants around.. Did you ever eat at Sids Blue Beat? I think it's gone now, but oh did he have the best steaks and garlic bread around.. I know the Crab Shack is still there...


1,871 posted on 07/15/2006 10:51:07 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: CAluvdubya

yup...he's having a grand old time..


1,872 posted on 07/15/2006 10:51:25 PM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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To: RasterMaster

probably...wouldn't be surprised if we have boots on the ground in Israel too...


1,873 posted on 07/15/2006 10:52:07 PM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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To: sofaman
Is it 8:30 over there yet? I can't sleep till we hear from your son and rebel_yell again. Prayers for both!

I will just sit here and hit refresh till I fall over 8-)
1,874 posted on 07/15/2006 10:52:37 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (John 16:...33In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.")
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To: RasterMaster
Yes, he did -- his lost years when he was supposed to be in England as a Rhodes Scholar.

Okay off to bed for real this time -- see you all tomorrow...

1,875 posted on 07/15/2006 10:53:53 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT

Mrs s thinks that he'll call tomorrow am...doesn't think that he'll call tonight, dang it..


1,876 posted on 07/15/2006 10:54:35 PM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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To: sofaman
Israel intensifies air raids on Hezbollah's stronghold
Xinhua, China - 41 minutes ago
BEIRUT, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Israel intensified its air strikes on Hezbollah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut with a new wave of bombings early on ...
Civilians slain as Hezbollah cries war
Taipei Times, Taiwan - 2 hours ago
Israeli air strikes killed at least 27 civilians yesterday as Israel battered Lebanon for a fourth straight day to punish it for letting Syrian and Iranian ...
Refugees' hardships: Scared and broke, Lebanese seek sanctuary as ...
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 2 hours ago
(07-16) 04:00 PDT Beirut -- As Israeli fighter jets screamed overhead and the resounding booms of bombs and shells echoed across the city Saturday, Ahmad Nanou ...
News Roundup
Monsters and Critics.com, UK - 3 hours ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 15 (UPI) -- The government declared martial law in the northern part of Israel Saturday as Hezbollah militants kept up a barrage of ...
Israeli jets drop anti-Nasrallah leaflets on Beirut
People's Daily Online, China - 3 hours ago
Israeli warplanes early Saturday dropped leaflets on Beirut, depicting Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah as a cobra and threatening to strike out at the ...
relatives anxious over Lebanon
BBC News, UK - 3 hours ago
Lebanon has been bombed for several nights by Israel. Two Royal Navy ships have been put on standby for an evacuation of British ...
Israel Steps Up Assault on Beirut Suburbs
ABC News - 3 hours ago
UN peacekeepers remove the bodies of citizens who were killed when Israeli warplanes targeted their vehicles, on the main road near the southern border village ...
Israel strikes Beirut, Lebanese PM calls for aid
CTV.ca, Canada - 3 hours ago
Explosions rocked Lebanon's capital as Israeli warplanes struck central Beirut for the first time Saturday, killing at least 33 people. ...
Canadians stuck in Lebanon told to stay indoors
CTV.ca, Canada - 3 hours ago
The Canadian government is advising its citizens in Lebanon to stay indoors and limit their movements as much as possible, as Israeli forces hammer away at ...
Lebanese PM Calls for Ceasefire; Israeli Air Strikes Continue
Voice of America - 4 hours ago
By Challiss McDonough. Israeli air strikes in Lebanon killed at least 32 people on Saturday, and residents in the heavily targeted ...
US diplomatic options limited in Israel-Lebanon conflict
CNN - 5 hours ago
By Elise Labott. President Bush and the first lady stop over in Germany on Friday en route to the G8 summit in Russia. WASHINGTON ...
Israel Steps Up Assault on Beirut Suburbs
ABC News - 5 hours ago
With the sun setting over the Mediterranean Sea an Israeli air strike hits the center of the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon Saturday, July 15, 2006 as ...
Spirits Are High in Syria’s Capital as Leaders Openly Show ...
New York Times, United States - 5 hours ago
By KATHERINE ZOEPF. DAMASCUS, Syria, July 15 — The mood here in Syria’s capital was defiant, even gleeful, on Saturday as Hezbollah ...
Israeli strikes pound Lebanon
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 6 hours ago
An Israeli army artillery piece fires into southern Lebanon from a position on the border near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel. Israel ...
Get ready to flee Lebanon, thousands of Britons told
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 6 hours ago
By Colin Freeman in Beirut and Sean Rayment. France is ready to remove its nationals and the United States announced yesterday that ...
Voices from the conflict
BBC News, UK - 6 hours ago
Ordinary people in Lebanon, Israel and the occupied territories are increasingly affected by the conflict. I work in a DVD rental and services shop. ...
Iran blamed as Lebanon battle broadens
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 6 hours ago
Iran was thrust to the forefront of widening conflict in the Middle East last night when Israel and America blamed it for supplying the Lebanese militant group ...
Israel Steps Up Assault; Death Toll Rises
Forbes - 7 hours ago
By SAM F. GHATTAS , 07.15.2006, 06:10 PM. Israel intensified its air assault on Lebanon on Saturday, striking Hezbollah strongholds ...
Israel Steps Up Assault; Death Toll Rises
Forbes - 7 hours ago
By SAM F. GHATTAS , 07.15.2006, 06:33 PM. Warplanes bombed Beirut's southern suburbs again in the early morning darkness Sunday, witnesses ...
Hezbollah 'more powerful' than Lebanon
Bangkok Post, Thailand - 7 hours ago
By Weedah Hamzah, dpa. Beirut (dpa) - Lebanon's anti-Syrian government appeared powerless Saturday as it reeled under the weight ...
Lebanese Leader Calls for Cease-Fire as Fighting Enters 5th Day
Bloomberg - 7 hours ago
July 16 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora called for a cease-fire backed by the United Nations as Israeli warplanes struck Lebanon dozens of ...
Lebanese Premier wants truce, Israel attacks for 4th day
Monsters and Critics.com, UK - 8 hours ago
Beirut/Tel Aviv - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Seniora called Saturday for an immediate ceasefire as Israel continued to pound its northern neighbour. ...
News Roundup
Monsters and Critics.com, UK - 8 hours ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 15 (UPI) -- Israeli air strikes hit central Beirut and targets near Lebanon`s border with Syria Saturday as Hezbollah forces escalated ...
Lebanese family uprooted by Israeli air strikes still back ...
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 9 hours ago
By Nada Raad. BEIT MERY, Lebanon - Hussein Dakroub woke up this Thursday at four in the morning to the sound of Israeli warplanes ...
Iran and Syria's Role in Mideast Crisis
FOX News - 9 hours ago
This is a partial transcript of "The Big Story With John Gibson," July 14, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST ...
Iran denies having any soldiers in Lebanon
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 10 hours ago
Iran's embassy in Beirut issued a statement late Saturday denying Iran had any troops in Lebanon, disputing an Israeli claim that 100 Iranian soldiers helped ...
Israel Widens Scope of Attacks Across Lebanon
New York Times, United States - 9 hours ago
METULA, Israel, July 15 — Israel expanded its reach to northern Lebanon on Saturday, conducting airstrikes against coastal radar installations it said were ...
Who is Hezbollah?
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 10 hours ago
By John Walcott. Iran began trying to export its brand of Islamic rule to Lebanon soon after its own Islamic Revolution in 1979. ...
A region in conflict
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 10 hours ago
By John Walcott. Israel has been fighting its Arab neighbors off-and-on, but mostly on, since it was declared an independent state in 1948. .

1,877 posted on 07/15/2006 10:56:00 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: KJC1
Yes, it has been a while since your visit. I hope you are well. Plenty of excitement here to keep the cobwebs from forming. I've been traveling on business almost non-stop since April. In fact I'm off to Bahrain Tuesday for more business chats. I am really looking forward to putting up roots in Riyadh and have some type of normalcy. Of course, trips to Dubai are a safety valve allowing me to indulge in some fine pork and cold beer but compound life in Riyadh has its perks: private bowling alley, golf course, swimming pools,indoor tennis, movie theater, work-out room and billiards. The local Tammimi grocer (Safeway in USA) now carries fresh USA beef so I have had plenty of opportunity to grill up very tender T-Bones and sirloins.

Stay well.
1,878 posted on 07/15/2006 10:56:19 PM PDT by PrinceOfCups (Available Space)
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To: Arizona Carolyn
Sids Blue Beat

No,can't say I remember that one,The Crab Cooker,Bob Burns,Newport Turtle and the BBC and CANO's and of course Toni Roma's, Those were the Best, but there are so many, and Props to the Rusty Pelican
1,879 posted on 07/15/2006 10:56:29 PM PDT by cmsgop ( President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Must Purify Himself in The Waters of Lake Minnetonka)
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To: BurbankKarl
"relatives anxious over Lebanon"

I guess we aren't concerned about Israel...could it get any more blatant? Typical of the British Broadcorping Castration..

1,880 posted on 07/15/2006 10:58:02 PM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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