Posted on 07/31/2006 9:38:15 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
The wife and father of kidnapped Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser, Karnit, holding a wedding photograph, and Shlomo Goldwasser arrive at Heathrow Airport in London, Monday July 31, 2006. Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers on July 12, triggering an Israeli offensive against Lebanon that has killed hundreds of people, mostly civilians.
Lebanese: IDF forces in Baalbek(IDF Setup Position for AMBUSH)
Lebanese sources report that the Israel Air Force dropped off IDF forces in position for an ambush in Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
The IDF has neither confirmed nor denied the report at this time. (Roee Nahmias)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3284945,00.html
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you make the Most High your dwelling—
even the LORD, who is my refuge-
10 then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him
and show him my salvation.
Psalm 91
wotchoo talkin' about Willis?
read that"every man for himself" lol,,,NO command and control !!!
Nuclady reported that at the beginning of the press conference, Tony said they were tired and had just gotten back yesterday, so maybe that is why he was off his game.
Witnesses in Baalbek said they saw dozens of IAF helicopters hovering over the city and said it was on alert against a possible troop landing.
Early Wednesday, Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV reported the group's guerrillas were fighting IDF ground troops west of Baalbek. The broadcast said fighters were involved in a "confrontation with an Israeli unit that landed near Al-Hikma Hospital west of Baalbek."
The IDF would not comment when asked about the Bekaa Valley operation. Israel Radio reported briefly on the Baalbek operation quoting reports from Lebanon with no local comment.
bttt
As to my posting last year about Isaiah 14 29-33, I figure that this will not open up to the big one till Gaza gets waxed by a "cloud from the north".
But if that happens, hold on to your hats, this is going nuclear.
Lebanese: Abduction of senior Hizbulllah member foiled
Lebanese army officials say special IDF forces fail in attempt to kidnap Hizbullah High Council member Sheikh Muhammad Yazbek from hospital near Baalbek; gun battles reported at scene
Roee Nahmias and AP
Lebanese army and security officials said early Wednesday that special IDF forces attempted to kidnap Sheikh Muhammad Yazbek, a member of Hizbullah’s High Council and one of 12 senior organization members, near Baalbek in the west Bekaa Valley.
According to reports, the operation began with at least six rapid air strikes, after which IAF choppers attempted to land ground forces in the city’s western sector.
A Lebanese army outpost in the town of Shlifa, west of Baalbek, was also attacked.
The Lebanese officials estimated that the IDF forces planned to kidnap the sheikh from the Dar el-Hichma hospital, located north of Baalbek; Yazbek was reportedly surrounded by other senior Hizbullah members.
Current reports say the kidnapping attempt failed and gun battles are taking place at the scene.
Flares held aloft by parachutes lighted the night sky to a daytime brilliance, a Lebanese official said.
It was also reported that Israeli jet fighters attacked targets in the city of Hermel, 75 miles north of the Israeli border in the Bekaa Valley, and Hizbullah said it attacked an IDF outpost in the Shebaa Farms on the border.
Meanwhile, Al-Manar aired images of what it said was “booty” left behind by IDF forces near Kila in south Lebanon. The photos released were of two-way radios, shoes, canteens, and other military equipment. It is not clear when the photos were taken.
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So now we have fighting taking place north, south and west of Baalbeek,
I wonder what is happening east of the town.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intiqad.com%2Fview.php%3Fid%3D9229&langpair=ar%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
Gag me with a spoon
Here's a little more from DEBKA (I know about sourcing problems, but might fill in details of event already reported by several sources)
DEBKAfile reports: A fleet of helicopters drops large Israeli special forces Tuesday night at the Shiite village of Shraifa west of Hizballah’s E. Lebanon stronghold of Baalbek
August 2, 2006, 12:44 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Hizballah’s Beqaa commander Muhammad Yazbek is reported by DEBKAfile’s exclusive sources as having converted the Dar al Hikmeh Hospital in the village into the headquarters for his staff. Israel troops who made for this target are engaged in heavy clashes around the building.
Lebanese witnesses report an unprecedented number of Israeli warplanes over the Beqaa valley Tuesday night and aerial strikes against five Hizballah positions near Baalbek. From the Mediterranean, Israel naval artillery pounded Hizballah rocket sites on the Lebanese shore.
DEBKAfile’s senior military sources report Israel is going all out Tuesday night in an effort to finally overwhelm Hizballah on all fronts and generate conditions for the deployment of a multinational force in South Lebanon.
http://www.debka.com/
IDF's planning to hide under sand colored blankets, where Hezbies can't see 'em, then pop up to shoot at rocket trucks coming over from Syria.
I got this straight from a brother in law who knows the Libyan Foreign Minister, who's been on the hotline with Damascus.
It's an ambush, fer sure.
;-)
I still don't trust any report that is mostly supplied by Hezbollah since they've been staging and salting the news reports so intensely, even if AP is willing to carry it.
I'm surprised to hear that. Not disbelieving, just surprised.
It would seem the media would understand the importance of accurate time/date stamped photographs. Although, now that I think about it, why should they be concerned? They aren't accurate with their verbal reporting, no reason to think they are accurate with their photography either.
And I trust debka just a little bit more than Hez....a little bit.
LOL I try to compensate by being amusing while I'm dragging everyone off-topic. ;-)
But I'm back now and probably need to spend an hour just catching up....
Bought lots of pretty hippie-like fabric for skirts for my baby girl. :-) More hems to sew while I follow the news!
Pinz
Why kidnap him? Doesn't make sense.
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