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)

[Miss Marple]

Yes, he did. So now we have the situation where Weasely made more sense than Beirut Bob.

I think I will have a glass of wine.

[Paul R.]

Not to mention Germany. The Allies incinerated, what, something like 40,000, mostly civilians, in the firebombing of ONE city (Dresden, I believe?)

Give the Axis powers of WW2 "proportionate responses" and Hitler might have had the A-Bomb first - what a lovely thought.

[RasterMaster]

Did you see the explosion clip Fox is playing? Looks like secondary explosion (like they hit a weapons cache) rather than a gas storage tank.

[mystery-ak]

I think the General looks like a cadaver, especially with all that makeup on....he was on a cover of some mag in 04, he was pastey white, looked like he was dead.....

[Miss Marple]

Well, the Rats think that if you SAY something, it makes it so. That is why they keep complaining that Bush doesn't "talk" enough. To them, talking is the big deal.

[RDTF]

I missed that map - maybe they'll show it again

[FloridianBushFan]

I saw that to. But have not heard of any attacks on Tel Aviv.

[oceanview]

my only point was - if you determine the cause for the whole course of a war, based only on the event that started it, and then try to judge what is a "proportional response" - that's the logical comparison to what Bevalqua was saying.

if that were true - then all the "winners" in any war, are automatically the bad guys. since by definition, the winners always use "excessive force" against the losers - that's why they win.

[RDTF]

I already am!

[Miss Marple]

This is the third time I have heard MikeNorman on Fox this afternoon, and he keeps emphasizing that the oil prices are due to speculation, which Congress and the President can break.

[yield 2 the right]

Like Bob Hope and Joseph(Joe)Paul DiMaggio had to deal with before they both died some time later after the early obituaries.

[MOgirl]

Hello,

We are living in bizarre times, that is for sure. No wine here, but a Bud Select is in my immediate future...

Glad to be here, MOgirl

[hipaatwo]

Iran is benefiting from the rising price in oil. I bet that's some of the reason they started this.

[RasterMaster]

Looks like Jason Preistly from 90210....

[Jezebelle]

Don't make more of Chirac having an occasional lucid moment than is deserved. He's the same REM (Rapid-Eyebrow-Movement) lying, thieving, treacherous, corrupt surrender monkey he's always been. His only concern is oil prices.

Ooh-la-la!

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[Miss Marple]

Late 30's/early 40's, dark hair, goatee, glasses.