8/2 Middle East Live Thread

8/1 Middle East Live Thread ^ | 8/2/06 | BurbankKarl

[jeffers]

10:39
Iran`s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledges to stand in support of Lebanon
(AP)





Well, well well...look what the cat's drug in.

We've been waiting on you, furface.

Time for you to step out from behind your pawns and let's do this thing.

We're ready, are you?

Let's rock.

;-)

[AdmSmith]

While we are waiting in the trenches, it would be time well spent reading about the ideology that is driving the Iranian government

http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_15612.shtml

[Allegra]

OK, that's just downright scary. :-)

[bwteim]

Thanks, Karl. When do you sleep?;)

[Timeout]

Greg Palkot just reported that a man named "Hazballah" was among those captured at that hospital. He couldn't confirm whether it was the Hezbian leader or whether it's a coincidence. Prayers up, Israel!

[AdmSmith]

Lebanese report: Hezbollah planted disabled children in basement to die

http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_15612.shtml

[Woodman]

Your reading way too much into the cartoon. It was meant to personally insult and P!$$ off Rice and/or Israel. The Arabs think that our personalities are as fragile as their and that this is a direct shot at their enemies. How stupid and petty that is just shows that they are desperate and losing at this time.

[wildcatf4f3]

Munich olympics...I thought that was lower than low.....it wasn't until recently that I realized, Of course, the Olympics, thee Icon of Western Civilization, Greece, Mt Olympus, Polytheism, everything jihadis hate....they got no class , ya know dat, no class atall.

[fatima]

Well there is always a surprise around the corner.What the government createth it can take away as in the Internet.Going back to 911 I am in visual and audio info-non-profit.The average person needs to see and hear.I put together ideas that will help people come to a conclusion.As you, I do don't need the audio or the visual. People look to me for my thoughts because they trust me so I posted it on our poor little website .

[Allegra]

We're ready, are you?

Wait! Let me outta here!

;-)

[Peach]

Good morning. Stay safe, Allegra.

FNC: Hezbollah rocket hits West Bank for first time.

[Jezebelle]

If that's true, he's hallucinating and is going to get his people killed, not that he gives a rat's patoot.

[Miss Marple]

I am waiting for more information on that story. Thanks for posting it.

[Jezebelle]

LOL! :>

[bwteim]

"Pawns". Le mot juste.

[Dog]

So are there any updates on that raid last night..

[Jezebelle]

Hard Place, meet Jacques Chirac. He'll always do bidness wid ya'.

[AdmSmith]

a man named "Hazballah" was among those captured at that hospital. He couldn't confirm whether it was the Hezbian leader or whether it's a coincidence.

The name of the fuehrer of Hezbollah is Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. A Sheikh is the elder of a tribe, lord, revered old man, or Islamic scholar. Sayyed is an title given to people accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet.

No, I would not put any significance to the name "Hazballah". However, the IDF arrested several hezbollah members at the Dar al-Hikma hospital that is (was) financed by the Iranian Imam Khomeini Charitable Society.

[stopem]

Good morning, thanks for the ping!

[ScaniaBoy]

HALUTZ: CAPTURING GUERILLAS WAS NOT INITIAL GOAL

Aug. 2, 2006 13:14 | Updated Aug. 2, 2006 13:19
By JPOST.COM STAFF

"The operation harmed those that had threatened us," IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz commented on Tuesday night's Baalbek raid.

Halutz spoke of the raid that lasted several hours and involved both air and ground operations.

"The final outcome of the operation is not yet quite clear because we collected materials that must be analyzed," the general said on Wednesday afternoon.

"I have no doubt that more advantages from this operation will be discovered," the general continued, "this was part of the larger-scale operation, and we will continue such actions if necessary. Capturing people was not our initial objective."

The IDF captured five Hizbullah guerrillas and killed at least 10 in a commando raid in Lebanon, Halutz said. He confirmed that the five were being questioned.

Asked in an Associated Press interview who was captured in the raid, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said "tasty fishes" were among those seized.

Hizbullah denied those captured belonged to the guerrilla group.

"Those who were taken prisoner are citizens. It will not be long before the (Israeli) enemy will discover that they are ordinary citizens," Hizbullah said in a statement broadcast on its Al-Manar television.