7/29 Middle East Live Thread

Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/29/06 | BurbankKarl

[La Enchiladita]

I am hoping that -- during his meeting with Rice -- Olmert wears a little ear piece into which Netanyahu speaks.

[Txsleuth]

I think that since Cindy canceled an appearance in New Hampshire to jet off to JORDAN for a peace conference..I wouldn't be a bit suprised to see her try to go to IRAN to meet with that looney leader...and embrace him.

[VirginiaMom]

I heard just the last part....thought I heard her say that Israel had invaded into Southern Lebanon dozens of times over the last 25 years since UNIFIL had been there. I was distracted at the time, so may have not heard correctly. I do remember thinking she just could NOT have her facts right if that's what I heard her say.

I had never seen this Fox reporterette before.

[Txsleuth]

LOL

[Bahbah]

I'm just hearing on Fox some "expert" advancing the lone wacko theory for this guy, Haq. Nothing to see here, move along.

[casino66]

"He said it was not an Iranian-made "Zilzal" rocket, which has a range of about 210 km (130 miles) and would have put the Israeli commercial capital Tel Aviv within reach." The 'he' is a police spokesman. This is from a Reuters article.

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060728/2006-07-28T200930Z_01_L28814474_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-MIDEAST-ROCKETS-DC.html

[casino66]

Perhaps she is suffering the effects of her 'fattening fast'.

[La Enchiladita]

Israel crisis is part of broader struggle: President Bush

Reuters Saturday, July 29, 2006 21:00 IST

WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush on Saturday cast the Lebanon war as part of a broader struggle against terrorism and said a strategy to end the violence there must address the threat posed by Hizbollah. Amid mounting concern over civilian casualties in the fighting between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was headed to Israel to discuss the terms of a proposal for a UN Security Council resolution calling for a negotiated truce.

[sofaman]

keep your powder dry, txie....waiting to see how this plays out....Pres Bush is running interference for Israel. He has said that the status quo is not an option. Israel cannot waste the POTUS' support. They can't allow him tyo go out opn a limb for them and leave him dangling...something is afoot.

Not sure yet what it is, but time will tell. I'm waiting and watching and taking to the reports coming out of Israel with a big pinch of salt.

A report saying that Israel will not insist on Hezbollah being disarmed, doesn't pass the smell test.

[Tree of Liberty]

Thank you! I'd forgotten about the Zilzal.

[sofaman]

first 3 reports....

[Txsleuth]

OH..I love you!

YES..that is exactly what I heard...new reporterette...and when she said Israel had "invaded" Lebanon a dozen times since UNIFIL had been there...I thought I didn't hear right...

When I came to this thread..and I didn't see anybody post about that ...I assumed I heard wrong.

Thanks, I think, although I HATE that report.

[roses of sharon]

Maybe this battle was lost, but this was an EXCELLANT test to see who sides up with who, definitively.

Obviously Kofi and the UN were totally exposed in leaving their soldiers on the border to protect Hez from Israel, and his transparent faux claims of horror that some were killed.

And Lebanon gov, press, and most of its citizens were exposed as a complete supporters of Hez.

And the world has admitted now that Iran and Syria were behind it all.

Its time for new thinking, strategies, planning, to defeat the cults and their backers.

[sofaman]

French FM can go p*ss up a rope...methinks that France has not yet cottoned onto the idea that they are irrelevent...

[Pepper777]

"" Cell phones are the best thing the Israeli's could ask for. They are easy to monitor and perhaps that is how Israel is able to give a warning to suspected targets. Who knows, perhaps NSA is intercepting and relaying the info.""

You might be right. I read a post on yesterday or the day before's live thread about spies in Lebanon who were working for Israel. The post said 60 had been executed recently. I don't recall a link to the information, but it sure sounded interested. I fell sorry for any spies in Lebanon who have been caught by the Hezbulls. I doubt they would spare using any means of torture.

If the spy story was true - Prayers for their safety.

[La Enchiladita]

Song from Israel: Yalla Ya Nasrallah

[Txsleuth]

ah...there you are, talking me down again.

I was doing okay about this until that (false?) report that Israel had agreed NOT to expect Hezbollah to disarm or leave.

This is going to be a nerve-racking weekend, for sure.

Thanks for the "pep talk".

[La Enchiladita]

Crap. Your propaganda posts are irritating, to say the least.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Then don't read them.