Posted on 07/18/2006 1:01:24 AM PDT by RWR8189
A senior Israel Defense Forces officer told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday that IDF troops had leveled land inside Lebanese territory extending up to one kilometer from Israel's northern frontier.
The objective is to prevent the reestablishment of Hezbollah guerilla posts along Israel's border.
Earlier Monday, Defense Minister Amir Peretz said that Israel intends to create an unmanned buffer zone in south Lebanon, from where Hezbollah has been pounding Israel with rockets for the past six days.
"One of the aims of the [military] operation is to establish a security area in Lebanon, without the presence of IDF soldiers," Peretz said.
IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz told the committee that Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has been in an underground bunker since the start of Israeli air strikes targeting the group's stronghold in Beirut.
"Sheikh Nasrallah is hiding in a bunker in Beirut beneath the ruins of the of the Shi'ite neighborhood. He and his aides have not seen sunlight since the start of Israel Air Force strikes last Thursday," he said.
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"Sheikh Nasrallah is hiding in a bunker in Beirut beneath the ruins of the of the Shi'ite neighborhood"
and the minute his ugly mug pops up...BLAMO!
they're going to have to do better than that if they want to stop the long-rangers
Can't the land simply be flattened again and outposts remade?
I say tell all civilians to get out of the lower 50mi of Lebanon...and then use a number of battlefield neutron weapons to kill everything that lives in that 50mi band. Shake and repeat as necessary.
"I say tell all civilians to get out of the lower 50mi of Lebanon...and then use a number of battlefield neutron weapons to kill everything that lives in that 50mi band. Shake and repeat as necessary."
The consequence of doing that, would be what? do you suppose.
And we can't foresee completing a fence along our southern border for 10 or 20 years.
If we were half as industrious as the Israelis, we'd have a totally inpenetrable border with Mexico within a year.
Israel intends to create an unmanned buffer zone in south Lebanon, from where Hezbollah has been pounding Israel with rockets for the past six days.
I dont like the Metric system lets make it an even 3 Miles?
That's a good point. I didn't even think about how fast a job that is. Go Israel!
That's a good point. I didn't even think about how fast a job that is. Go Israel!
Good.
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em, Down Hezbullies.)
They must be waiting for the Lebanese army. Do you suppose it is made up of barbers and hairdressers like the Belgian army is?
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I suppose they could patrol it by air. Announce it is a "no man zone" and anything found within the zone is subject to being bombed or shot, then patrol by air.
Also, I would presume they have access to some of the same technology we have, they can seed the area with sensor that would pick up people moving around.
Then if they find anyone in the zone, drop a bomb on them.
Would it be 100%? Who knows, but would you really want to travel across open territory knowing that your movements can be picked up, and a bombed dropped on you the minute you are detected?
Think clear field of fire.
Yup.
"Sheikh Nasrallah is hiding in a bunker in Beirut beneath the ruins of the of the Shi'ite neighborhood"
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Nah he is in Syria by now.
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