Posted on 07/28/2006 11:26:26 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Israeli soldiers rest at an artillery position in northern Israel, next to the Lebanese border, Friday July 28, 2006.
Updates
IDF soldier seriously injured in Bint Jbeil (09:14 , 07.29.06)
IDF hits over 60 Hizbullah targets (09:11 , 07.29.06)
Solana confident UN will push for international force in Southern Lebanon (08:28 , 07.29.06)
Annan plans meeting for potential contributors to international force for Lebanon (07:58 , 07.29.06)
Japan ground troops to mark official end to Iraq mission (07:23 , 07.29.06)
Bint Jbeil battle: 6 Soldiers lightly to moderately injured (05:28 , 07.29.06)
Moscow pushes Iran to respond to incentives deal (05:10 , 07.29.06)
Canada winding down Lebanon evacuation (05:08 , 07.29.06)
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades group says killed Yakir settler (05:06 , 07.29.06)
Bush apologizes to Blair over failure to declare planes carried missiles for Israel (05:02 , 07.29.06)
IAF strikes 60 targets in Lebanon (04:58 , 07.29.06)
1 dead, 5 hurt in Seattle Jewish center shooting
I feel the same way about wishing I had paid attention the the world around me..but, like a lot of women my age, I was busy being a MOM...and working.
I don't remember watching too much TV during that time. Too tired.
(meaning late at night)
Just an educated guess without any military/security training or background.
I did pay a lot of attention back then...and I still never understood how we could deploy with such stupid rules of engagement...
to add to my post 738, the war in Lebanon in the early 80s was so bad that I remember when you refered to something that was a mess, you would say, it looked like downtown Beirut
I remember that (wink)
See, that's what I need to learn about...the big picture. So much research to do and so little time.
That is what I read earlier in the thread...hmmmmm
Of course, no cable TV news...grrrrrrrr
Yep, I got the TV back at 11pm tonight. Hubby fell asleep. I really need to set up my computer in another room, with another tv...lol! But I do ALOT of reading online when he's got the remote and I can't watch the news.
Did you know back then that it was Caspar Weinberger that called off the attack? Did you even know that an attack had been planned...and then called off at the last second?
07:22 Sirens sound in Nazareth, Afula and Migdal Ha`emek (Channel 2)
07:19 Katyusha rocket lands in open area adjacent to Nahariya (Haaretz)
07:15 12 Katyusha rockets land in open areas near Kiryat Shmona (Haaretz)
07:07 Siren sounds in Haifa (Channel 2)
06:58 Rockets land in Upper Galilee, Western Galilee; casualties unknown (Haaretz)
06:57 Sirens heard in Tiberias (Haaretz)
www.haaretz.com
It's awfully "busy" over there this morning.....
nazerath and afula are well away from the border right? must be longer range ones
I was in college then...spent a lot of time researching history, but also a lot of time digging bits and pieces about American foreign policy out of the local government repository library...wasn't as conservative as I am now, but fast getting there from an honest study of history. I did a major project on the Lebanese civil war about that time for a class on political geography. That's when I learned it was a real mess with no simplistic answers period, except the growing pan-Arabist movement was going to be trouble. And there were injustices done by multiple sides, and I had no idea where they were going to get enough consensus to get restabilized.
Well, Syria and the well-fanned flames of hatred of Israel gave them enough consensus to get moving past the violence, but it has resulted in what you see today.
I think Nazareth is 40 miles from the Lebanon border. So, yeah, would imagine a longer range one. Unless they got REALLY lucky with those Katyushas. But since they have to be firing from a ways away from the border....I guess the longer range ones.
i just glanced at the 7/27 and 7/28 threads...niether has this many rocket reports so early
I wish they'd have some LIVE news on now!
Did you know back then that it was Caspar Weinberger that called off the attack?
I see that statement on many quick stories on the subject.
It depends on who is behind the statement and if and how the entire beckground is given.
Your post 753 is a good in a nut shell statement.
What was going on was so complex, not a simple way to explain.
And a big part of it goes back tothe Ottoman Empire and then to France and how it took over Lebanon at the end of WWI, and how it left its colony. Many things have deep roots...Choices made now may have unforseen consequences for our grandchildren.
ynet
Updates
Sirens heard in Carmiel, Afula, Rosh Pina and Western Galilee
(07:25 , 07.30.06)
2 additional rocket barrages fired at Kiryat Shmona area
(07:20 , 07.30.06)
Siren heard in Haifa area, Carmiel
(07:02 , 07.30.06)
Katyusha rockets land in Galilee; no injuries reported
(07:00 , 07.30.06)
IDF struck 40 targets in Lebanon overnight
(06:30 , 07.30.06)
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