7/16 Middle East Live Thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666163/posts ^ | 7/16/06 | me

[BurbankKarl]

09:19 MDA: More than 20 people hurt in Katyusha rocket strike in Haifa (Channel 2)

09:16 Residents of Acre, Haifa and its suburbs told to enter bomb shelters (Israel Radio)

09:15 Tenth Katyusha rocket lands in Haifa (Israel Radio)

09:15 Explosions heard in Rosh Hanikra (Israel Radio)

09:11 Katyusha rockets hit Acre and suburbs around Haifa Bay (Channel 2)

09:06 Report: Three to five explosion heard in central Haifa (Israel Radio)

08:47 Chirac: Forces threatening Lebanon`s security, sovereignty must be stopped (AP)

08:41 Sgt. Tal Amgar killed on Navy ship to be buried 16.00 Sun. at Ashdod cemetery (Itim)

08:39 Chirac calls for `show of moderation` in Lebanon, says cease-fire needed (Reuters)

08:37 IDF denies report of air raid on power station south of Beirut (Haaretz)

08:36 Hezbollah says it fought off attempt by IDF ground forces to cross Lebanese border (AP)

08:35 Bush urges Israel `to be mindful of the consequences` of its military actions (AP)

08:19 Jewish man arrested after threatening to stab Palestinians in J`lem`s Old City (Itim)

08:15 Al Manar: Nasrallah to give an interview later Sunday to prove he`s well (Israel Radio)

[prairiebreeze]

...the Navy has admitted that because it did not know that Hezbullah had the C-802 missiles made in China, and upgraded in Iran, the Hanit's missile detection system was off. The IDF said that they have learned the lesson and that ships in Lebanese waters will have their missile detection systems on from now on.

They had their detection systems turned off?? Yeesh....

[BurbankKarl]

Yes...it was turned off....state of the art technology.

[Luke21]

I don't agree with the guy you are arguing with either, so I just ignore him. But the ultimatum he cites was up on Drudge all day yesterday.

[TexKat]

AP - Sun Jul 16, 3:54 PM ET Syrians tour the streets of Damascus Sunday, July 16, 2006, in their car waving the flags of the Lebanese Hezbollah Party in a show of solidarity. The picture of Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, is seen in front of the car. Nasrallah on Sunday made his first appearance after days of clashes with Israel, saying his group had 'complete strength and power' and suggesting it would continue attacking civilian areas. Hezbollah had 'no choice' but to hit the northern Israeli city of Haifa with rockets Sunday after Israel struck civilians in Lebanon, Nasrallah said. (AP Photo/ Bassem Tellawi)

[mtbopfuyn]

They look like State Dept employees and family to me

That's what I thought too even though the msm denied it would be State Dept.

[prairiebreeze]

It never pays to get cocky.....

[Peach]

Shep Smith in Israel? If there's anything that will make the Israelis want this over with, it's to get rid of that Drama Queen.

[michigander]

Cancelled due to lack of interest???

[BurbankKarl]

Man, Cutlass Supreme! Pimp my ride. And a Buick Century. Now you know where Cars 4 Causes sells their vehicles.

[mtbopfuyn]

Man, I need to mow my grass too...heat index is 105.....any volunteers?...

There's a guy advertizing on Craig's List who is doing lawns for free. Says he needs the exercise to lose weight (cough, don't we all).

[mystery-ak]

lol....could be,,

[TexKat]

Reuters - Sun Jul 16, 3:45 PM ET Israeli police officers and Ultra-orthodox Jewish rescue workers from Zaka survey the scene following a rocket attack on Haifa July 16, 2006. Israel said it planned to raise the alert level in the commercial capital Tel Aviv on Sunday following a barrage of Hizbollah rocket fire on Haifa that killed eight people and wounded a dozen. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)

Lebanese Red Cross workers search for survivors in a building hit in an Israeli air raid on Zebqine, 85km south of Beirut. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the United States is readying plans to evacuate thousands of its citizens trapped in Lebanon, under attack from Israel since Hezbollah militants captured two Israeli soldiers.(AFP/Moustafa Hammoud)

[mystery-ak]

Says he needs the exercise to lose weight (cough, don't we all).


So do I, but I'm afraid I'll have a heart attack first....;)

[prairiebreeze]

Condi spent 4 years as national security advisor. She knows the threat, and I also hope her time at State doesn't warp her or her priorities.

The President will be criticized no matter what he does or doesn't do. Some will say and have said he should've left the G-8 and gone to Israel. They'll want a special envoy sent over.

So far he's not interferring with the Israeli's, which is good. And our military is planning for all eventualities behind closed doors to be sure.

Can you imagine the hectic work going on even to try to get our people out of Lebanon? Round the clock, I'd wager.

[petercooper]

That looks like an '82 Cutlass, and I think I see a Carter/Mondale bumper sticker on it...

[Txsleuth]

The Sunday thread is basically the same old, same old, with the addition of a lot of comments like are on this thread..

There have been a lot of crossover posters..to both threads.

TWO LIVE threads...with breaking news is the BEST thing about Free Republic...IMHO>

[wildcatf4f3]

hey, they were trying to save energy. Ever hear of GLOBAL WARMING???!!!

[michigander]

Reminds me of that, now dead, goof in his Great Satan tennis shoes.
We HATE America!!!

[bvw]

Permit me a little reading between the lines reading of a professional liar's words:

MOUSTAPHA: No, Syria does not provide military training or military equipment to Hezbollah in Lebanon. [Double negative, eh? "No, they do not" means "they do" but sure sounds like a no.] This is not the issue. [Diversionary feint]

It's [that is the Aran propagandists and allied fifth columnists in media and politics] always trying to ignore the big elephant [the GOP, with its natural predilection to simple honesty] in the room. The big issue is that, right now, while we are talking, Israel is committing atrocities [Hey, John Kerry! This is a appeal to the old anti-Viet Nam war crowd.] in Lebanon.

[mtbopfuyn]

They don't have canned goods there? 36 cans fit nicely in a milk crate. An upside down milk crate makes for a nice end table or foot stool, etc., and are easily stacked taking up only a foot of floor space.