Posted on 08/01/2006 2:48:27 PM PDT by mojito
Lebanese army and security officials said Tuesday night that a major IDF operation was underway against suspected Hizbullah positions near Baalbeek in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, with one officer saying the IAF presence in the air above the ancient city was "unprecedented."
The operation began with at least five rapid air strikes.
"The extreme, unprecedented number of aircraft indicates the possibility that the Israelis are planning to land troops, but we cannot yet confirm that," said one security official.
Flares held aloft by parachutes lighted the night sky to a daytime brilliance, the official said.
Hizbullah's al-Manar television said IAF helicopters were taking heavy guerrilla fire but had not landed any commandos.
Israeli helicopters also attacked a target 15 kilometers west of Baalbek, starting a huge fire, witnesses said.
Earlier Tuesday, the IAF struck three Hizbullah bunkers in the western zone of southern Lebanon.
Warplanes also hit Hizbullah fighters battling with soldiers near the border as the guerrillas fired mortars into Israel.
I think the main reason for taking the valley is for strategic reasons. It is a known smuggling/supply rout for weapons and ordinants etc from Syria.
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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) greets Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at the presidential palace in Baabda near Beirut August 1, 2006. Iran and Lebanon's key ambassadors grinning like jackasses. Back slapping each other over the publicity coup the MSM fell for head over heels in Qana. The 'massacre' of Lebanese Christians was set up by Hezbollah terrorists. They may even blown up the building themselves. Slime of the earth. They deserve to rot in hades with each other forever.
"Yazbek was reportedly surrounded by other senior Hizbullah members"
Is this telling us he wasn't sick, but they were hiding out in a hospital?
bump for later tonight
That appears to be the case... it looks like the Hizzy's have their military headquarters inside the hospital.
And are by now, all dead men hopefully...
Wanna bet the terrorist cheerleading media will neglect to report that the Hezbo leadership have their military headquarters in a hospital?
I seem to recall 'professor' Murtha lecturing that the U.S. can't sustain a 2-front war. What is his advice to Syria? Can they sustain their current 2-front war?
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I seem to recall 'professor' Murtha lecturing that the U.S. can't sustain a 2-front war. What is his advice to Syria? Can they sustain their current 2-front war?
"don't surround them unless you seek martyrdom and it's reward of 72 smelly and unmarriable old crones."
A very informed and intelligent poster on another thread gave us this information, and I see no reason to doubt it.
Why such an odd number, 72?
Because it is only part of the 'legend'. The true story is that upon dying in glory for Allah, the Islam will find himself in heaven on a bed with 100 sheets.
On 72 of them will be perpetual female virgins (perpetual,remember that), and on 28 of them will be perpetual male virgins.
Total=100.
(The next part is IMHO only, and can be accepted or ignored as you see fit.)
The extremist-Islams apparently don't want to know that by decree of their God, they are 28% gay.
What their God didn't mention is that they have to deflorate permanently the 28 males before they can have a go at any of the females.
He will tell them, right after they hear him say, "Welcome to Hell!"
You can be sure that anything that a "Lebanese source" or a "Hizbollah spokesman" says that is picked up by the the wire services, or broadcast on al Jezeera is nothing but propaganda.
"said one security official on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information."
MSM codewords for "give us the scoop, we protect our sources."
I see that repeated so often lately that it must be a macro on their keyboards.
agreed....
And squeeze off another round into anything that doesn't. Remember, an ounce of lead is worth a pound of C-4 strapped to a Islamo-Fascist-Inbred-Goat Humping-Cretin.
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