7/16 Middle East Live Thread

To: oceanview; bnelson44; BurbankKarl

Afula, Nazrat Illit, Migdal Haemek and Jezreel Valley bombed Sunday night shortly after 11:00 p.m. Attack first of its kind on valley area; frightened citizens report they heard alert signals, followed by blasts; apparently no wounded or damages Sharon Roffe-Ophir

Valley under fire: Afula, Nazrat Illit, Migdal Haemek and Jezreel Valley communities were bombed Sunday night shortly after 11:00 p.m. The attack was the first of its kind on the valley area. Frightened citizens from around the area reported that alert signals sounded in the town, followed by the echoes of rocket blasts. The rockets apparently landed in open areas.

Earlier, at 10:15 p.m. rockets were fired towards Shomra in the Western Galilee. The rockets landed in open areas, but sparked a fire near the town. Fifteen soldiers were lightly injured from smoke inhalation.

Southern Front

The army assessed that Hizbullah was focusing efforts on attacking during daylight hours to increase the likelihood of hitting civilian populations, hence the brief abatement in attacks Sunday evening.

Shortly afterwards rocket barrages landed near Ramat Yishai east of Haifa, officials say. No one was injured and no damage was reported.

Liat, a resident of Migdal Haemek, told Ynet, “We heard the alarm, and then came the blasts. We’re sitting in our secured room, we don’t know when we can come out. We’re close to Nahalel Junction, and so far we haven’t heard any ambulance sirens or police. I hope no one was hurt.”

An Afula resident, Liora, said she heard two explosions. “We live in lower Afula. It didn’t sound close, but we heard them. The alarm started on the second hit. We’re sitting in the protected room, the kids are sleeping, and I guess we’ll sleep the night here. I experience the Scuds (during the Gulf War) from Ramat Gan, but it’s still very unpleasant.”

Liron Cohen, 22 from Nazrat Illit hear the sirens too. “We went into the secured area – a hallway with no windows, and after 15 minutes we came out to see what happened. We heard explosion but didn’t see anything. Everyone here is panicked. I don’t know if I’m going to work tomorrow, because I work in Afula. They haven’t informed us of anything yet,” she said.

Magen David Adom reported that medical teams were in the field to ascertain there were no wounded. So far no casualties have been reported, MDA spokespeople said. Security forces are searching the area, and residents were requested to take shelter in protected areas.

1,921 posted on 07/16/2006 3:30:08 PM PDT by TexKat

To: roses of sharon

That reporter was good wasn't he? He believes Hezbollah has had enough, their rocket attacks have been reduced from 300 yesterday, to 30 today. And their rep in the Leb gov is asking for a cease fire.

Did I hear that correctly?

For the umpteenth time, Israel better not stop now, b/c they will have to do this all over again in the future. If they except a cease fire there is no way Lebanon or the international community will force Hizbullah out of Southern Lebanon no matter how degraded they are

1,922 posted on 07/16/2006 3:30:08 PM PDT by jhp

1,923 posted on 07/16/2006 3:30:18 PM PDT by Godzilla (Evil can be defeated when the good are unafraid.)

LOL, MSNBC starting to sound like NASA, during a shuttle launch.

I like it when the anchor feigns listening and reading something "hot off the wires"!!!

It's good tho.

1,924 posted on 07/16/2006 3:30:25 PM PDT by roses of sharon

Ha! Senator Allen calls Arafat a "reptilian, corrupt, terrorist."

I love straight-talking Senators. That's the nicest thing one can honestly say about Arafat.

I always thought he was more ratlike than reptilian, but it's all in the eye of the beholder, I guess.

1,925 posted on 07/16/2006 3:30:30 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (Liberals aren't having so much fun now that the rabbit has the gun. --Ann Coulter)

Under a Lebanese passport, it would be easy for them to come here.

1,926 posted on 07/16/2006 3:30:37 PM PDT by Jezebelle (Our tax dollars are paying the ACLU to sue the Christ out of us.)

Senator Dodd is a dumba** saying we need to negotiate with these idiots. What does negotiations get us lets see, 200 Marines dead in 1983, world trade center bombing in 93, US Barracks bombed in 96, 2 US Embassy's bombing in 98, USS Cole bombed in 2000, and 9/11. Negotiations get us no where. Destroy them before they destroy us.

1,927 posted on 07/16/2006 3:30:38 PM PDT by FloridianBushFan (I support National Security. I SUPPORT HR4437 . Katherine Harris for Senate)

1,928 posted on 07/16/2006 3:30:44 PM PDT by Txsleuth

“The war is no longer that of Lebanon. It is an Iranian war”, Jumblat told the Arabic satellite station al-Arabiya

Now that is an interesting observation.

1,929 posted on 07/16/2006 3:31:09 PM PDT by Bahbah (Democrat Motto: Why not the worst)

Fox: Israeli warplanes bomb Palestinian foreign ministry in Gaza.

1,930 posted on 07/16/2006 3:32:05 PM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)

To: Miss Marple; hipaatwo

I really like Allen.

I need a break for a bit, my head hurts from all this. Then finding out Weesly Clark is Jewish is enough punishment for me for a while..LOL

placemark

1,931 posted on 07/16/2006 3:33:01 PM PDT by hipaatwo

1,932 posted on 07/16/2006 3:33:10 PM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)

Hello,

LOL, I just typed a long and totally uneducated response to your post. Then I read it and deleted it. What the hell do I know about Jewish Liberals?

Glad to be here, MOgirl

1,933 posted on 07/16/2006 3:33:29 PM PDT by MOgirl (Democrats: The Culture of Treason (and you know what I'm talkin about!))

David Lee Miller of Fox is in Gaza City. They are en route to the scene. The building was still standing but has suffered severe structural damage.

1,934 posted on 07/16/2006 3:34:31 PM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)

Jewish Liberals are just like non-Jewish liberals....educated, smart, and totally devoid of any common sense whatsoever...

1,935 posted on 07/16/2006 3:34:57 PM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)

Everytime I see the name of Tripoli...I think of the Marines....and start humming

Yeah, me too. I bet a lot of others do too...........

1,936 posted on 07/16/2006 3:35:15 PM PDT by united1000 ("The price of greatness is responsibility. " Sir Winston Churchill)

Are you going to start a new thread this evening?

1,937 posted on 07/16/2006 3:36:00 PM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)

I agree completely, the Israeli reporter was just giving new info I hadn't heard tho.

But as I said on Fri, as soon as the US and the UN swoop down on Israel for more "peace talks", ie, postponing the inevitable, this conflict will slow in 2 wks.

Americans and other world citizens are willing to take the Islamic cults roaming the globe murdering innocents.

What they cannot take is war on TV everyday, (its icky), and paying over $2.00 a gallon of gas.

Sad what we have become.

1,938 posted on 07/16/2006 3:37:02 PM PDT by roses of sharon

To: FloridianBushFan

Dodd's summary was composed of: "It's Bush's fault".

Never mind the brainwashed terrorist idiots Bush has to deal with abroad, Bush's main problem is dealing with brainwashed terrorist appeasing idiots that reside in the US Congress and the courts.

1,939 posted on 07/16/2006 3:37:38 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)

To: roses of sharon

I am sorry...but that NASA sound got on my nerves.

1,940 posted on 07/16/2006 3:37:41 PM PDT by Txsleuth

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