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

Posted on 08/01/2006 9:58:32 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

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To: RasterMaster
Warn people (re: your link), plz.

One of those photos is REALLY GROSS. Sheesh, Freepers, don't eat breakfast or lunch and then see that particular one (nothing left of the top part of a Qana toddler). Wow. It's war I know and who is responsible, but Yikes.

561 posted on 08/02/2006 8:41:14 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
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To: AliVeritas

placemark.


562 posted on 08/02/2006 8:41:31 AM PDT by little jeremiah
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To: AliVeritas

Someone ought to tell this commander that over 100 rockets fell in Israel today, most of which are 12 range kaytushas. If the security zone is all areas south of the Litani River (approx 20 miles from the border) then the 12 mile range kaytushas should not be landing in Israel

IDF: We'll control security zone by Thursday



Some 200 soldiers of elite units raid Baalbek area Tuesday night. Senior officer says in press briefing that 15 similar operations have been carried out inside Lebanon so far. Hospital raided by forces serves as Hizbullah's 'outpatient clinic,' place for meeting with members of Iranian Revolutionary Guards
Avi Cohen



In a press briefing Wednesday, a senior officer at the General Staff spoke about the operation in which 200 soldiers of elite units raided the Baalbek area in Lebanon . Ten terrorists were killed in the operation around the hospital in Baalbek, all of them armed and wearing bullet-proof vests.


The officer was asked whether the operation at the hospital was aimed at locating intelligence information on the kidnapped soldiers,
who may have been treated there before being moved elsewhere, but he refused to answer the question.


According to the officer, the Israel Defense Forces has so far carried out 15 similar operations, also 120-130 kilometers away from the border. Referring to the continuation of the war, he said that "the operational goal will be reached tomorrow morning – an operational control of the traditional security zone in the central region."



Israel at war - full coverage



The officer said the operation in Baalbek was planned last week to meet two objectives:



1. To deal a blow to the Dar el-Hikma hospital, which was used to cover up Hizbullah and Iranian Revolutionary Guards activities.



2. The second aim was in the Sheikh Habib neighborhood where weapons were seized and five Hizbullah terrorists were nabbed from a building situated about five kilometers from the hospital.



The hospital served as an outpatient clinic for Hizbullah .



"The minute the soldiers arrived they came under fire. There were very few people. Soldiers found disks, computers and encountered armed men. A number of cars arrived at the scene but the forces neutralized them," the officer said.



Multi-operational value



A search of the building led soldiers to weapons.



"The operations have a multi-operational value. They give us a good intelligence picture. Tonight five Hizbullah members whose ages range from 20 to 54 were kidnapped and their names are known to us," the officer said.



The officer added that the operation was not carried out to nab specific Hizbullah members.



The officer said other secret operations are taking place in Lebanon but refused to give details. He said the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are smuggling weapons to Hizbullah and in some cases they operate some of these weapons on behalf of the Shiite group.



The officer said despite a decrease in attempts to smuggle arms from Syria to Hizbullah, activities along the Syrian-Lebanese border are being monitored closely.



(08.02.06, 18:07)

Source Ynet


563 posted on 08/02/2006 8:41:49 AM PDT by jhp
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To: CAluvdubya
That would be interesting to know. It does appear that they have "stock" bodies that they run around for the media. Wonder if we can get this guy on it.


564 posted on 08/02/2006 8:43:07 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (There are no trophies for winning wars. Only consequences for losing them.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

that one still bothers me. Sure looks like a recently beheaded child and not fake


565 posted on 08/02/2006 8:43:38 AM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: AliVeritas

Good morning-
At work only have a sec- any word on who the commandos grabbed last night at that hospital?


566 posted on 08/02/2006 8:44:57 AM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: RDTF

definitely merited a "Barf Alert"


568 posted on 08/02/2006 8:45:51 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
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To: AliVeritas

Morning Ms Ali...how are we on this fine Hannity Freedom Concert Wednesday???


569 posted on 08/02/2006 8:50:34 AM PDT by sofaman (To Kofi Annan, and his fellow Jew-haters, "Never again!")
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To: CougarGA7

Happy birthday, Coug!


570 posted on 08/02/2006 8:50:51 AM PDT by Allegra (FReeping LIVE! from "the other war zone.")
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To: AmericaUnited; bnelson44

I never heard a claim that rocket launchers were ON this particular building. But that they were nearby is what I heard. I guess I'm behind on what point is being made that now IDF is saying no launcher ON the building.


572 posted on 08/02/2006 8:51:31 AM PDT by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: Allegra
Thank you. :-)

To bad I'm working, but my wife just called and said she has started marinating the steaks. Come on 5 o'clock.
573 posted on 08/02/2006 8:53:16 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (There are no trophies for winning wars. Only consequences for losing them.)
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To: CougarGA7

Grisome (sp?) would have if figured out in no time! LOL The Hezzies would never let an honest person near those bodies.


574 posted on 08/02/2006 8:54:58 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (What's so hard to understand about the word illegal?)
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To: sofaman

Morning sofa. Are you going to the concert?


575 posted on 08/02/2006 8:56:11 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (What's so hard to understand about the word illegal?)
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bttt


576 posted on 08/02/2006 8:58:58 AM PDT by Godzilla (OK, who stopped payment on my reality check?)
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To: txrangerette

That was the original impression I was aware of too. Launcher not ON the building, but right next to it.

Although, truthfully, I'm to the point where it doesn't matter where the launcher was, how long those kids had been dead or whether the pictures were staged- most likely we know they died as a result of bombing, being held from escaping the hot zone, etc.- who knows - but the clearest fact that remains is that the Hezzies have purposefully put children in harm's way with no regard for life or death in order to pursue their agenda. And then the sickos hold up their pitiful little bodies like trophies. No decent peoples parade around their dead like these mongrels do. One last thing- the Lebanese government COULD have sent their faux military to these zones to evacuate these people, but apparently they've done nothing but guard banners of Condi Rice. They're partners in these crimes.


577 posted on 08/02/2006 9:03:49 AM PDT by hegemony
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To: Teufelhunde

How much creedence I myself give to these postings is proportional to the amount of traffic it generates. This post is getting a frightening amount of page views.


578 posted on 08/02/2006 9:05:07 AM PDT by harwood (Ann Coulter: Future SCOTUS nominee!)
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19:05 Rockets land in Nahariya area; no reports of casualties (Haaretz)

18:59 Siren sounding in Haifa (Haaretz)

579 posted on 08/02/2006 9:09:30 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Teufelhunde

very hard to read,,,seems disconnected,,,,?,,,,sleeper-cells ?,,I wonder if there are any,,,why have they not acted,???


580 posted on 08/02/2006 9:09:37 AM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (cochon de lait nasrallah LOOK,,,UP IN THE SKY,,,,,IT'S A BIRD,,,ROH ROW,,,,)
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