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)

[rodguy911]

I'll work on it.

[oceanview]

McCain is "worried and nervous".

[oceanview]

yes, I just posted that up thread.

[defconw]

Jack Kemp on h&c.

[del4hope]

Hi there rodguy. Long time no see.

[defconw]

I sense sarcasm..........;)

[MOgirl]

"Ellis can't come up with a better lie than that?"


Hello,

Uh, uh, uh, nope. That is as good as it gets...

Glad to be here, trying to catch up, MOgirl

[jhp]

katushkas flying over jennifer griffin's head.

yea, i saw that too, pretty friggen intense, then seconds later you could hear the thump of outgoing IDF arty

[sofaman]

you're too darn smart...that settled that...sweet and succinct, thats our Tx

[Txsleuth]

I notice you used the word "annihilate" in your post.

GRRRRRRRR....did either of you happen to watch Biden on MTP this morning???

He was giving one of his smarmy, goofy, lectures...and he said the word "annihilate"...as anni - i - LATE...

One of those clenched jaws full fake teeth overpronunciation....I about threw my computer into the TV!!!

[Fitzcarraldo]

" Any Israeli aggression against Syria will be met with a firm and direct response whose timing and methods are unlimited..."

http://www.sana.org/eng/21/2006/07/16/47865.htm

Syria Vows Firm and Immediate Response if Israel Attacks

Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 03:00 PM

DAMASCUS, (SANA)-

Syria vowed on Sunday a firm and immediate response if she is attacked by Israel.

" Any Israeli aggression against Syria will be met with a firm and direct response whose timing and methods are unlimited," Information Minister Mohsen Bilal said.

The Information Minister stressed Syria's support to the Lebanese national resistance in defending the Israeli aggression, pointing out that the Israeli enemy is the big loser and the resistance will triumph.

" Syria condemns the Israeli comprehensive aggression on the sisterly Lebanese lands and precisely monitors what Lebanon is witnessing as will as she strongly backs the Lebanese people," Bilal added in a statement.

Dr. Bilal asserted that the resistance is a legitimate and holy right, stressing the necessity of distinguishing between resistance and terrorism.

He indicated to the big Israeli inner confusion, clarifying that Israel is facing a new era in its history due to the resistance strikes that targeted inside Israeli

" Israel doesn’t expect such strikes which constitute a success to the national resistance and its policy."

" Israel represents the organized state terrorism, occupation and usurpation which constitute the higher type of terrorism," Bilal said, adding : " Israel is the only outlaw side under the shadow of the superpowers' double standards,"

" While the international legitimacy resolutions are applied on some countries, Israel violates all the UN Security Council resolutions, agreements and understandings that Israel itself ,in advance, had accepted ." Bilal said, stressing that " Israel had foiled all the peace efforts including the Arab Peace Initiative of Beirut Summit,"

The Minister went on to say: "The victory will be in the side of the right and the triumphant will be the resistants who fight for the sake of the right, justice and freedom".

"We will struggle by all means for the restoration of the right and the establishment of the Palestinian independent state with Jerusalem as its capital." Bilal concluded, emphasizing the Palestinian refugees right to return home.

H.Zein/ Ghossoun

[del4hope]

Hi there Fudd. Me too, I had no media access whatsoever. We were camping. I was a little edgy wondering what was going on in the MEast.

[Fudd Fan]

Bolton is also on "Is Larry King Alive" right now.

[Lil Flower]

some on this thread that are deliberately dense

Well when you can't win arguement, just start throwing insults.

[defconw]

Is he gone already? I see John Bolton.

[jhp]

McCain is "worried and nervous".

i briefly caught that on CNN, worried and nervous about what? regional escalation, elaborate if you could

[sofaman]

moi? never! nice to have you here, kiddo...now we need Ali and PTD and we're good to go...

[Fudd Fan]

If "worried and nervous" means pompous and arrogant, then I agree.

[oceanview]

yes, McCain is done.