Posted on 07/15/2006 11:24:32 PM PDT by 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)
Then that may have been Fr. Biondi. He was supposed to speak at the Notre Dame graduation ceremonies. SLU is a Jesuit university. I could wish that a priest would be an example of courage and strenght and acceptance of God's will. I am sometimes disappointed. This may be one of those time :(
You keep saying "end of discussion" in your posts, but you never end it. Knock it off and let it go!
When someone replies with a comment to me, I will respond. Even if it comes after I really want to stop debating. When the replies to me stop, then I will also, so if you want me to "knock it off" (as if I would listen to you anyway, whoever you are), don't respond to this.
I thought this was a capitalist society?
why can't I have them all? what is this?
distribution of the men?
what up with the sudden interest in communism?
;-)
(ducking and rinning for my life)
Oh...didn't you know...Jack Kemp is THE authority on Middle East foreign policy......./sarc
Look, you! Don't be greedy! :)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/739094.html
Last update - 02:17 17/07/2006
By Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz Correspondent
The fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah, which is backed by Syria and Iran, has still not reached its zenith. The Israel Defense Forces' operational plans against the Shi'ite organizations have not yet been carried out. The next two days are the most critical and a lot depends on whether Tehran decides to take a chance and authorize Hezbollah to launch long-range missiles with more powerful warheads. This is a capability Hezbollah still retains, despite the heavy blows it has suffered in the IDF air strikes.
On Sunday, Israel bore witness to the use of more powerful rockets against Haifa, which killed eight people and injured dozens more. The Syrian-made 220 mm rocket has a warhead weighing more than 50 kilograms. Hezbollah was supplied with these rockets as the Syrian armed forces were receiving them off the production lines. The decision to give Hezbollah the rockets was made when it was concluded that the group would be considered part of the Syrian army's overall emergency preparedness.
The risk to Iran is not military, but rather that Hezbollah would suffer such damage that it would no longer be counted as the sole external element of Iran's Islamic Revolution. It is difficult to assess what the Iranian leadership will decide. If it does opt for aggravating the situation, it will certainly encourage the Syrians to become involved in the confrontation, but all indications suggest that Damascus is not eager to get dragged into war.
Israel is also not interested in a third front, so long as Syria does not intervene in the fighting on the side of Hezbollah.
Another option is that Iran will decide that it is not advantageous for Hezbollah to launch "one too many" rockets at Israel's civilians. In the past 24 hours, there has been a slowing in the air strikes against Lebanese national infrastructure. Now attention is focused on Hezbollah infrastructure, including rockets, positions and bunkers, in southern Lebanon, the Beka'a and Beirut.
From a military standpoint, the mobile Fajr rockets pose a special problem because they are more difficult to locate and destroy. On Sunday, the air force concentrated on attacks against regular Katyusha rockets whose range is shorter and many of which have already been launched against towns in the Galilee. But the presence of some 600 Hezbollah storage bunkers, a third of which were prepared for the longer range rockets, makes the task difficult.
Israel will also try to target the 12 most senior members of Hezbollah, who are hiding in bunkers deep in the Dahiya quarter in southern Beirut. These men are strategic targets and they include Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, Ibrahim Akil, Imad Mughniye and others. These senior figures constitute the group's equivalent of a General Staff and its political-diplomatic cabinet.
One of the reasons for the repeated attacks against Dahiya is that the Hezbollah's top headquarters are situated there. The area is described by IDF as a "terrorist center" and although the aim is not to harm civilians, the IDF hopes that the permanent residents will leave their homes so that they will not be hurt. A total of 40 targets have been marked in Dahiya, some linked by underground tunnels; one of them is a subterranean factory for special types of ammunition.
LOL Must of missed the conciliatory part, it's a very long thread. Take care of yourself and your family!
Madison
04:35 Oil surges back toward record highs after weekend of Middle East violence (Reuters)
04:13 13 killed, including 8 soldiers, in renewed overnight IDF attacks in Lebanon (AP)
03:21 EU foreign ministers discuss diplomatic options in effort to end Mideast violence (AP)
03:14 Suicide bomber strikes a Shiite cafe in northern Iraq, killing 26 (AP)
02:53 New Zealand makes plans to evacuate nationals from Lebanon (AP)
02:22 Witnesses: Three Lebanese soldiers die, 7 missing in IAF strike in north Lebanon (AP)
01:40 At least five injured in IAF airstrike on PA Foreign Ministry in Gaza City (AP)
01:28 IAF strikes Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City (AP)
01:12 Witnesses: IAF strikes Tripoli, Lebanon`s second-largest city (AP)
01:05 Witnesses: IAF repeatedly strikes Hezbollah strongholds in eastern Lebanon town (AP)
Oh.and John McCain (on Larry King) is nervous...and worried...
Hey eeeve! The gang is all here, well almost.
LOL! YOU ROCK!
I am eating sushi
;-)
with Rush...
;-)
In advance, I'm sorry, sorry, sorry . . . :-)
I thought that was George Mitchell? Gag me! He phoned in to FNC, but I have not had to look at his face.
that's the one...thank you. I might have to invoke the rule that makes a pic post obligatory when mentioning Ms Banderas' name...I have to think about that.
Ditto.
ROFL!
not greedy..... just a capitalist!
;-)
Lol!
WOAH!
GREAT POST!
;-)
LOL!
HEY THERE~
tell deffie I can have all the men if I want them....
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