7/25 Middle East Live Thread

Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/25/06 | me

[BurbankKarl]

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice salutes a US Marine as she walks towards a helicopter upon her departure from Beirut after meeting with Lebanese officials.

[harwood]

Any news of Syria mobilizing?

Hizbollah site:

Syrian ministers call on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon

Bwahahaha!!

[tcrlaf]

Several "Martyrdom Announcements" on Shiachat, this is a recent example...

Today, 04:02 AM Post #812
"Verily the Party of God will be Victorious"

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The Islamic Resistance happily announces two martyrs of its heroic combatants
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful:
"Think not of those who are slain in the way God as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord"
Allah the Almighty is Right.

With pride and vigor, the Islamic Resistance would like to happily announce two martyrs of its heroic combatants. They are:
1) Martyr Mohammad Yusuf Asaili
Born in Teeri in 1978
Married
Joined the ranks of the Islamic Resistance in 1995
Received several courses of military training
Obtained the commendation of his eminence the Secretary-General
Victory comes from no one but Allah the Almighty
2) Martyr Mustafa Ali Zilzli
Born in Deir Kanoon El-Nahr in 1977
Joined the ranks of the Islamic Resistance in 1994
Received several courses of military training
Obtained the commendation of his eminence the Secretary-General
Victory comes from no one but Allah the Almighty
The Islamic Resistance


Source:Special July 24, 2006. Date: 25/07/2006 Time 09:56

[jhp]

check the map in post #639, Metula is the northern most point in Israel, where abouts is El Jabel (is it the same is Beit Jbail)

[redgolum]

LOL! In other words, Syria really doesn't want to die right now.

Good news. That means that this will be over without turning into WWIII.

[AliVeritas]

re: pizz keeper forces

Did they look anything like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPsehkTZb8Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sD48vXqt2k

[bwteim]

I did not know that you can send food to IDF...
http://pizzaidf.org/AboutUs.htm
"Sending pizza to our soldiers provides them a much needed moral boost by demonstrating support from around the world and at the same time providing people outside of Israel with a way to express their solidarity with Israel and her soldiers. See some pictures of the pizzas being delivered."

http://pizzaidf.org/

also
http://burgeridf.org/
"In addition to pizza from our well known PizzaIDF.org site, we are giving you the opportunity to send Burgers & Soda* to our beloved active duty soldiers. This includes soldiers on regular military service as well as those who have temporarily left their homes, families and jobs to serve the Jewish people as Miluim (Reserve Duty) fighters."
"All our deliveries are coordinated with the security forces
and thus pose no security risk."
"We deliver your burger order right up to the soldiers out in the field: jeep and foot patrols, roadblocks, army bases and on guard duty."
"With your order, we include your personal message to the Israeli soldiers. Our soldiers love to know that they have support from all around the world. We have included a selection of messages that people have written to the soldiers. Please read them and we are sure that you will be inspired as much as we are! It is without doubt as tremendous an experience for us to give out the burgers and soda as it is for the soldiers receiving them, in the knowledge that people everywhere support them."

[jhp]

Syria ups Israeli attack alert status - Israeli military radio

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JERUSALEM (AFX) - Syria has increased its alert status for an Israeli attack, Israeli Defence Force (IDF) military intelligence chief General Amos Yadlin said, cited by Israeli military radio.

Yadlin gave the information at a parliamentary meeting of the foreign affairs and defence committee.

Meanwhile, in a public radio broadcast today, Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz affirmed that Israel has no intention of launching a preemptive attack against Syria.

According to parliamentary sources, at the committee meeting, Likud MP Yuval Shteiniz called on the army to immediately mobilise two reserve divisions to prepare for the possibility of Syria entering Israel's ongoing conflict over Lebanon, or any other development.

"The fact that most of Israel's regular army are currently engaged in fighting in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip creates a dangerous situation, as, in the event of Syria entering the conflict, the Israeli army will be unable to immediately cope with the Syrian threat", the Likud MP added.

newsdesk@afxnews.com afp/joy

[BurbankKarl]

This is what the MSM was parroting in the first days of the war....they said that it was a "long established procedure" for kidnapped Israeli soldiers to be taken and then ransomed for 1000 terrorist prisoners....


>>>Nasrallah comments about it being thier "Right" to Kidnap israeli's....

[BurbankKarl]

There has been a US plane landing every 30 minutes since Saturday in Israel


>>>As I understand it, this is not a new deal just expedited delivery (USPS Express Mail?) of what is a previously approved but Israeli-deferred deal:

[redgolum]

Aw nuts. Syria is trying to mobilize.

There goes the neighborhood.

[Dinah Lord]

good finds. pinging for later perusal.

Thanks - Dinah

[AliVeritas]

Old Oil related, may be of use.
Exmar to Use Iranian Carriers to Ship LNG (6/2006)

http://www.marinelink.com/Story/ShowStory.aspx?StoryID=203438

Iran Spending Mlns Of Dollars On Oil Storage Ships (7/7)
http://framehosting.dowjonesnews.com/sample/samplestory.asp?StoryID=2006070701020007&Take=1

[harwood]

Hizzy propaganda alert:

Israeli sources: Israel reconsidering use/role of its tanks after huge losses

[tcrlaf]

From ShiaChat, sourced to AP:
Hezbollah envoy: War on Israel to widen
By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press WriterMon Jul 24, 8:45 AM ET

Hezbollah's representative in Iran struck a defiant tone Monday, warning that his Islamic militant group plans to widen its attacks on Israel until "no place" is safe for Israelis.

Hossein Safiadeen also reinforced earlier threats by Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah to widen the scope of attacks, which have included unprecedented missile strikes deep into northern Israel.

"We are going to make Israel not safe for Israelis. There will be no place they are safe," Safiadeen told a conference that included the Tehran-based representative of the Palestinian group Hamas and the ambassadors from Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Authority.

"You will see a new Middle East in the way of Hezbollah and Islam, not in the way of Rice and Israel."

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Beirut on Monday while en route to Israel. Rice met with Lebanese Prime Minister Faud Saniora about the surge in fighting along the southern border in the last two weeks.

Rice told him, "Thank you for your courage and steadfastness."

Safiadeen's comments reflected the deep opposition within Hezbollah to the efforts to broker a truce, including apparent attempts by Arab powers to pressure Syria into ending its support for Hezbollah, leaving Iran as the group's lone major backer.

Iran and Syria are the main sources of funds and equipment for Hezbollah, which was founded in the early 1980s and took inspiration from Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Syria said Sunday it was willing to work with the United States and others to press for an end to the worse Arab-Israel battles in 24 years — but set conditions that Israel is unlikely to accept. Those conditions include a broader regional peace initiative that would discuss the return of the Golan Heights, which was captured by Israel in 1967.

Arab powerhouses Egypt and Saudi Arabia also were pushing Syria to end its support for Hezbollah fighters, Arab diplomats in Cairo said.

Safiadeen told The Associated Press he "had no news" about Syria considering withdrawing its support for Hezbollah, which touched off the crisis July 12 with a cross-border raid that captured two Israeli soldiers.

"We will expand attacks," he said. "The people who came to Israel, (they) moved there to live, not to die. If we continue to attack, they will leave."

Israel claims Iran has supplied Hezbollah with long-range missiles, which have hit the port of Haifa and other places. Iran denies the charges but does not hide its high-level support for Hezbollah.

"This war will be remembered as the beginning of the end for Israel," Safiadeen said.

And the world bitches because Israel has to defend itself???

[casino66]

At the bottom of a BBC Online article entitled "Gaza offensive 'disproportionate," there is a solicitation for residents of Gaza to tell the BBC how the Israelis have caused them hardship.


Do you live in Gaza? Have you been affected by violence in the region? Send us your experiences using the form below. If you are happy to speak to us further please include contact details.
This should correspond with: "Do you live in Israel? Have you been affected by missiles targeted at your neighborhood by terrorists?"

Objectivity. Source: Newsbuster.org.