8/1 Middle East Live Thread

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

[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.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

He's been calling for an immediate cease fire every day for the last 20 days...

[bwteim]

Good post here:

Hezbollah's Iwo Jima Delusion (excellent read!)
The American Thinker ^ | 8/1/2006 | Michael Lopez-Calderon
Dark Skies

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675667/posts

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Prager rocks!

An excerpt:

The history of "world opinion" regarding the greatest mass murders and cruelties on the planet is one of relentless apathy.

Ask the 1.5 million Armenians massacred by the Ottoman Turks;

or the 6 million Ukrainians slaughtered by Stalin;

or the tens of millions of other Soviet citizens killed by Stalin's Soviet Union;

or the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their helpers throughout Europe;

or the 60 million Chinese butchered by Mao;

or the 2 million Cambodians murdered by Pol Pot;

or the millions killed and enslaved in Sudan;

or the Tutsis murdered in Rwanda's genocide;

or the millions starved to death and enslaved in North Korea;

or the million Tibetans killed by the Chinese;

or the million-plus Afghans put to death by Brezhnev's Soviet Union.

Ask any of these poor souls, or the hundreds of millions of others slaughtered, tortured, raped and enslaved in the last 100 years, if "world opinion" did anything for them.

On the other hand, we learn that "world opinion" is quite exercised over Israel's unintentional killing of a few hundred Lebanese civilians behind whom hides Hezbollah – a terror group that intentionally sends missiles at Israeli cities and whose announced goals are the annihilation of Israel and the Islamicization of Lebanon. And, of course, "world opinion" was just livid at American abuses of some Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. In fact, "world opinion" is constantly upset with America and Israel, two of the most decent countries on earth, yet silent about the world's cruelest countries.

[Miss Marple]

Seems like there is a definite slow down in the reporting.

I will check in later. I need to get some work done.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

16:26 Palestinians in Gaza lash out at Egyptian president in pro-Hezbollah march (AP)
16:00 IDF: 4 Hezbollah gunmen killed near south Lebanon village of Ayta a-Shab (Haaretz)
15:42 Wife of soldier abducted by Hezbollah visits London seeking support for release (AP)
15:32 Organization of the Islamic Conference to press for Lebanon cease-fire (Reuters)
15:17 2 Palestinians killed in IAF strike in northen Gaza (Reuters)
14:56 EU draft statement includes call for immediate cease-fire in Lebanon (Reuters)
14:55 Lahoud: If IDF invades, Lebanese army will join Hezbollah in fighting (Itim)
14:53 FM: Int`l force could enter south Lebanon if Hezbollah is not uprooted (Israel Radio)
14:13 Palestinians: IAF strike in Gaza kills 16-year-old boy, wounds four others (Haaretz)
13:36 Peretz to Israelis: Despite drop in rocket strikes, don`t travel to north (Haaretz)
12:50 EU Presidency: Israel`s Lebanon offensive `unlikely to bring military success` (AP)


----this one is noteworthy:
14:55 Lahoud: If IDF invades, Lebanese army will join Hezbollah in fighting (Itim)

[jhp]

sure does seem a little slow, here's this from Ynet

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284753,00.html

Basically an IDF general said they will need 2-6 weeks to "clean" southern lebanon. If this conflict last up to 6 weeks it increases exponentially the chances that this conflict will spready into Syria or even Iran

[mewzilla]

He's been calling for an immediate cease fire every day for the last 20 days...

He'll get it. Just not the way he wants. Hopefully.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

ynet


Updates
Gen. Eiland: We won't succeed in disarming Hizbullah at this time
(16:33 , 08.01.06)
Minister of education talks with student representatives about conditions of those studying on confrontation line
(16:06 , 08.01.06)
Major General Amidror: IDF needs two to six weeks to 'clean' Lebanon
(15:33 , 08.01.06)
Fatah orders members to be on alert in case of escalation
(15:26 , 08.01.06)
EU draft statement calls for immediate Middle East ceasefire
(15:25 , 08.01.06)
Ben Eliezer: We won't leave Lebanon so long as we don't ensure change on the ground
(15:17 , 08.01.06)
Palestinians: Woman killed by shell in northern Gaza
(15:12 , 08.01.06)
Iranian foreign minister: Zionist entity 'losing against resistance'
(15:06 , 08.01.06)
IDF: Rocket launchers in northern Gaza targeted, soldiers waited for youths to leave
(15:00 , 08.01.06)
Report: Palestinian teenager killed by IDF shell in northern Gaza
(14:35 , 08.01.06)
Iranian parliament chairman: Security Council's ultimatum worthless
(14:29 , 08.01.06)
Kiryat Ata: Aid center opened for shock victim
(14:19 , 08.01.06)
8,130 immigrants arrived in Israel in first half of 2006
(14:11 , 08.01.06)
Olmert meets with family of kidnapped soldier, Eldad Regev
(14:06 , 08.01.06)
High Court allows group to visit Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av
(13:48 , 08.01.06)

[Knitting A Conundrum]

This is the front line on the war for Western Civilization.

Shame most of the western civilizations don't realize that.

[AliVeritas]

BTW, Kofi's having an emergency breakfast meeting... at his house. No comment.

Forgive if already posted.

[jhp]

I didn't hear that, but sounds like it would be a good way to cut off and trap whatever Hizbullah fighters remain in southern lebanon. Not a lot of noise from Hizbullah at the moment. I have a hard time believing they are unable to launch anymore rockets after having fired 150 on sunday, wonder what they are up to

[jhp]

The only way the masses in the west are going to realize the seriousness of this struggle is for some terroritst organization or NK or Iran to light off a nuke in a western city that kills 100s of thousands

[JewishRighter]

OH! I just noticed that the part of Israel showing in the map is labeled "Palestine". Ahabs think all of Israel is "occuppied". This is not about a two-state solution.

[Allegra]

but otherwise Iraq is almost off the radar, except for criticism of the Iraqi government for failing to "condemn" Hezbollah.

Yes, we were hoping that with Iraq out of the news, the terrorists would figure there was no point in pulling any of their nasty stunts. Their MSM cheerleaders are otherwise occupied.

Unfortunately, it appears they are making every attempt to get back in the news.

[RouxStir]

"Shame most of the western civilizations don't realize that."

It's not just Western civilization...it's civilization period. However, like dinosaurs, it's time for a few cultures to die out in the process. The French are the first that come to mind in that category.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

If Europe was all there was to it, I'd be tempted to say "They are getting what they deserve." But it's not, so we can't.

[sofaman]

Kofi, the Jew-hater, is working very hard. Meetings, meetings, and more meetings...all those meetings for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I don't know how the man keeps such a grueling schedule....(/s)

The man's a joke. In fact, the UN's a joke, with the EU right behind them.