7/31 Middle East Live Thread

7/30 Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/31/06 | BurbankKarl

[BurbankKarl]

U.N. PWNED

[maryz]

When Israel stops aggression, Hebzollah attacks could also stop

"Could" also stop? Is this anything like "Pigs may whistle, but they've poor mouths for it"?

[wildcatf4f3]

"Iran is a great civilization and stabilizing nation...."

unlike france

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Hizbullah senior members involved in kidnapping of soldiers in 2000 killed




Among Hizbullah members killed in fighting with the IDF was Jihad Atiya, responsible for logistics in southern Lebanon. The IDF has the names of 200 Hizbullah members killed during battles.


Atiya was involved in the kidnapping of three IDF soldiers from the Har Dov area in 2000. (Hanan Greenberg)


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284261,00.html
(07.31.06, 16:43)

[Semper Vigilantis]

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled 7/31 Middle East Live Thread, Lizarde wrote: 16:43 Witnesses: Explosions heard near Beirut airport (Sky News)

work accident?

Hisbowelah making more 'innocent victims' for the cameras?

[Peach]

I really think Israel has put Hezbollah in a box. Israeli troops are conducting ground forces inside Lebanon and if they are fired on by Hezbollah, the air war continues.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

17:02 Afghan President Karzai condemns Qana strike, calls for immediate cease-fire (AP)
16:50 IDF: Hezbollah fired mortars near Kiryat Shmona, not rockets as initially thought (AP)
16:46 Red Cross: Rescuers find 25 bodies in rubble of 3 south Lebanese villages (Reuters)
16:43 Witnesses: Explosions heard near Beirut airport (Sky News)
16:25 Pakistan: Security Council failure at reaching cease-fire undermines UN authority (AP)

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Mortars don't count, I guess....

[Fitzcarraldo]

Fatwa in Jordan in support of Hizbullah

[Knitting A Conundrum]

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it shall grievously hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will come together against it.

Zechariah 12:3

It seems a particularly intense clustering of opinion this time around, fanned gleefully by all the major press services. These verses keep popping up in my head.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

All a reporter knows really is how to dig up information, and write intelligibly enough for their editors. But they are not even good generalists. I'm always seeing how they botch something because they are ignorant. But they so often think they know it all....

[tsmith130]

Jeb and Dubya up now!

[RDTF]

Hey there- at work and only have a second - anything happen overnight?
many thanks-