Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders (3): Reactions in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria 07/15/2006 8:52:52 AM EDT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666170/posts MEMRI ^ | 7/14/06
The following is the third dispatch in the series on Iran and the recent escalation on Israel's borders. [1] During July 12-14, 2006, the Iranian, Lebanese, and Syrian media published articles and statements on the emerging conflict between Israel and Hizbullah. The following are excerpts: IRANIAN REACTIONS President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran is Doing its Best to Maintain a Constructive Approach to the Nuclear Issue; Any Problem Created for Iran in the Region Will Be Detrimental for Everyone In a telephone conversation with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said: "If the regime that occupies Jerusalem perpetrates the foolish...
Five Katyusha rockets strike Tiberias 07/15/2006 8:52:29 AM EDT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666169/posts Jerusalem Post ^ | Jul. 15, 2006 15:19 | Updated Jul. 15, 2006 15:43 | JPOST STAFF AND AP
Jul. 15, 2006 15:19 | Updated Jul. 15, 2006 15:43 Five Katyusha rockets strike Tiberias By JPOST STAFF AND AP For the first time since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the city of Tiberias, located some 35 kilometers south of the Lebanese border on the western bank of the Sea of Galilee, came under a rocket attack on Saturday. Tiberias is located outside the area that the IDF predicted would be hit by Katyushas. For Home Front Command safety information click here. Three of the six Katyusha rockets fired at the city by Hizbullah landed in residential areas, with one...
Rocket barrage hits Tiberias (22 miles from border) 07/15/2006 8:43:36 AM EDT · 6 replies · 138+ views
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666166/posts Ynet ^ | Latest Update: 07.15.06, 14:01 | Sharon Roffe-Ofir
Rocket barrage hits Tiberias (VIDEO) City hit for first time by Hizbullah rockets from Lebanon; eight people reportedly hurt in attack. 'We never thought Hizbullah would strike here,' resident says. Beaches cleared, residents ordered into secure rooms Sharon Roffe-Ofir VIDEO - A barrage of rockets fell on Tiberias, located some 35 kilometers (about 22 miles) from the Israel-Lebanon border, for the first time Saturday afternoon. Rockets landed in a number of sites in the city; one Katyusha struck a house, and eight people were lightly injured - two of them from shrapnel. Another rocket landed in an open field near...
Sharon missing from the fray 07/15/2006 8:26:47 AM EDT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666160/posts The Times ^ | 7/15/06 | Ian MacKinnon
ONE man is missing from the military crisis. Far from the sound and fury of battle on the Israeli-Lebanese border, Ariel Sharon lies in a coma in a clinic in a Tel Aviv suburb. The former Israeli Prime Minister, once a general and a war hero, has been on hand for almost every decisive moment in the country’s short history, but is absent from the fray. Instead, his sons Omri and Gilad and his wife, Inbal, take it in turns to watch over the 78-year-old in his bright room with its picture window in the Sheba Medical Centre. Close friends...
The Proxy War 07/15/2006 8:09:26 AM EDT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666154/posts Asharq Al-Awsat ^ | 7/15/06 | Amir Taheri
Until even a week ago the conventional wisdom was that there is not going to be another major war in the Middle East involving Israel. Now even the most optimistic observers are no longer sure. Meeting in Saint Petersburg this weekend, the leaders of the G-8 may try to stop a broader war, almost at the last minute. But, can they? The reasons why a broader war may be in the cards are not hard to fathom. Israel, facing what is a pincer operation by both Hamas in the occupied territories and the Hezbollah in Lebanon believes it is facing...
IDF : Missile that hit ship was Iranian 07/15/2006 7:48:46 AM EDT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666153/posts Ynet ^
A senior IDF officer said the ship was struck by an Iranian-made C802 missile, but he refused to say whether or not Iranian activists were behind the launching itself. The army said two C802 missiles were fired at the vessel; the first missed the ship and struck an Egyptian boat some 60 kilometers (37 miles) off the Lebanon coast. The stern of the ship was hit shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday night and a conflagration ignited on the helicopter landing pad. The hit also damaged the ship’s internal operating systems.
Europeans begin Lebanon evacuation 07/15/2006 7:21:38 AM EDT · 7 replies · 201+ views
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666152/posts DPA by way of the Bangkok Post ^ | 14JUL06 | Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Paris (dpa) - European countries had begun evacuating their citizens from Lebanon Saturday in the face of the ongoing military Israeli offensive and blockade on the country. Italy and Spain had already acted to move their citizens to safety, while Britain and France were preparing similar operations. The Italian Embassy in Beirut had helped 420 foreigners, including 300 Italians, to evacuate from Beirut by bus to safer areas in northern Lebanon, Italian state television reported. Some 1,300 Italians live in Lebanon, most of whom "have been living in the country for years and want to remain there," the embassy said....
Hizballah Brings out Iranian Silkworm to Hit Israel Navy Corvette 07/15/2006 7:21:36 AM EDT · 84 replies · 1,881+ views
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666151/posts DEBKA file ^ | July 15, 2006, 1:37 PM (GMT+02:00) | DEBKAfile Exclusive Military Analysis
Hizballah Brings out Iranian Silkworm to Hit Israel Navy Corvette DEBKAfile Exclusive Military Analysis July 15, 2006, 1:37 PM (GMT+02:00) The disaster that overtook one of the Israeli Navy’s state of the art warships, Ahi-Hanit, was thoroughly planned in advance by an enemy which managed to take Israel’s military commanders by surprise. It has shocked Israel’s military to a degree comparable to the profound effect on US forces of al Qaeda’s 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Aden. The Saar-5 class corvette, with a crew of 61 seamen and a 10-man helicopter crew, was hit Friday, July 17 at...