8/1 Middle East Live Thread

Middle East Live Thread ^ | 8/1/06 | BurbankKarl

[Fitzcarraldo]

02:22 Hezbollah and Lebanese sources: Israeli unit surrounded near Baalbek (DPA)

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I did a project on the Lebanese civil war, but I am not a ME expert, although I keep up on it.

[conservativepoet]

02:22 Hezbollah and Lebanese sources: Israeli unit surrounded near Baalbek (DPA)

[Peach]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but what the heck happened to Blair? He wants us to "use our values" (whatever that means) as well as force in fighting terrorism. Oh, yeah. That's work. /s

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2295604,00.html

[Dog]

I don't believe a word of it..

[conservativepoet]

Yea, I think we're getting Hezzie speak.

[Quix]

Could you or someone PLEASE repost these verses with modern geographic place names added for the geographic areas mentioned?

[sofaman]

Hezbollah and Lebanese sources...I see...

[ScaniaBoy]

Looking for someone..

See post #830

[RDTF]

aah ok. I just wanted to tell you (and all) about a great book that I am reading right now - It's called:

A Peace to End All Peace - The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin

Excellent account of how and why the allies took an empty map and created the middle east after WWI.

[petercooper]

bttt

[Dog]

Nice dream..

[Mo1]

Speaking of France .. have ya seen this?

They way Kerry talks .. truth be told he would never have helped France in WWII



Kerry Cares About France’s ‘Attitude’ of the United States (VIDEO)
http://www.exposetheleft.com/2006/08/01/kerry-colmes-2/

[dinasour]

> Tony's on the LEFT COAST.

Oh really. And as someone been yakking a lot about a certain "surprise" tomorrow.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

This all started in a story right after the news about the fighting broke out. And it's been reitereated through at least 3 or news services, none of which have confirmed it, just passed it on.

Here's the sequence on Haaretz:


02:22 Hezbollah and Lebanese sources: Israeli unit surrounded near Baalbek (DPA)
01:55 IDF: House bombed in Gaza used by Hamas to store weapons (Reuters)
01:53 Palestinian sources: Israel carries out air strike on house in central Gaza (Reuters)
01:49 Hezbollah denies reports that IDF snatched patients from Baalbek hospital (AP)
01:46 Al-Jazeera: IDF aimed to reach Hezbollah official in Baalbek hospital (Agencies)
01:45 Rice sees ceasefire in Lebanon in matter of `days, not weeks` (AP)
01:44 Shimon Peres: IDF operation in Lebanon could go on for `weeks, not months`
01:43 Hezbollah spokesman: IDF commandos trapped inside Baalbek hospital (AP)
01:34 Hezbollah`s chief spokesman: IDF troops battling guerrillas near Baalbek hospital (AP)
01:33 Witnesses: Hospital near Baalbek burning after hit in IAF strike (AP)
00:54 Al-Manar: Hezbollah fighting IDF troops on the ground west of Baalbek (AP)
00:30 Lebanese army official: Israeli air presence over Baalbek `unprecedented` (AP)
00:26 HELICOPTERS PUT DOWN IDF COMMANDOS NEAR BAALBEK (Haaretz)

Arutz, I believe, ran a story about how there were at least 5 targets of interest around Baalbek that were receiving air attack.

[redgolum]

Just got done with supper (iced tea, no wine this time).

So the scuttlebutt is that Syria is going to attack..

Big question is "Attack with what?" There regular units can't stop or slow Israel. But they have a lot of rockets that aren't good for much but unconventional warheads.

[ScaniaBoy]

No update on JPost - still has not confirmed the story.

[Peach]

JOHN KERRY, US SENATOR: For three years or more, this administration did not engage with France, Great Britain, and Germany in the effort to keep Iran from having nuclear weapons and our absence from that had a profound impact on their attitude.

Okay, I'll admit. I loathe this guy even more than Clinton.

[RDTF]

that's one loaded ticker! Wow. Thanks!