Posted on 08/02/2006 9:37:48 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
IDF photo of Israeli troops heading over border for tonight's patrol
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200 missiles hit Israel as battle rages in Lebanon
Khamenei calls for Muslim resistance against US, Israel
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Exactly. I am reaching critical mass in terms of believing the rumors, accusations, bloviating, etc. that the media is reporting. Everything is suspect.
I'm watching it on C-Span 1. It is good that Mark Dayton won't be in the Senate next year. At least half of the senators are not up to the job and he is clearly one of them. Dayton says the Iraqis have obviously completely failed, when will we see some evidence of success and, if we don't, what will we do.
Yep, and I have a hunch Putin would throw in with them too even though he has his own problem with them.
Posted 08/03/06 11:06
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, SEOUL
North Korea has been building new underground missile bases along its east coast, targeting Japan and U.S. military facilities in Japan, a report said Aug. 3. Some 200 Rodong missiles with a range of up to 2,200 kilometers (1,360 miles) and 50 SSN-6 missiles with ranges of 2,500 to 4,000 kilometers are at the new bases, the state-run Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) said in the report carried by Yonhap news agency.
“The new bases clustered along the east coastal line are for medium- and long-range missiles targeting Japan and U.S. military bases in Japan,” read the report by Yun Deok-Min, an IFANS arms control expert.
“Combined with its nuclear weapons, North Korea’s ballistic missiles provide it with a powerful deterrent.” North Korea has also constructed new underground missile bases deep in mountains near its border with China, to avoid outside attacks, it said.
The communist nation set off new alarm bells in the region with its July 5 test-firing of seven ballistic missiles which splashed in the Sea of Japan (East Sea). In 1998, it test-launched a missile over Japan.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned the latest missile tests and adopted a resolution imposing weapons-related sanctions on Pyongyang.
North Korea is said to have a large stockpile of short-range Scuds and medium-range Rodong missiles. It has also tested long-range Taepodong missiles which are in theory capable of hitting U.S. soil.
Sales of missiles and missile technology were believed to be a main source of hard currency for impoverished North Korea, the report said.
North Korea has earned $150 million a year from its missile business, according to the report which cited no sources.
Pyongyang has allegedly sold a total of 500 Scuds to Iran, Libya, Syria, Egypt, and Yemen; a small number of Scuds also to Vietnam and Sudan; and 50-100 Rodong missiles to Iran, Pakistan and Libya, it added.
A Scud missile is said to sell for $2 million, a Rodong for $4 millionl, and a Taepodong-2, the most advanced type, is expected to sell at around $20 million, it said. Nort Korea is locked in a standoff with the United States and its allies over its nuclear weapons development which Pyongyang says is for self-defense.
Pyongyang’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper on Aug. 3 warned against Japan’s recent U.S.-backed military buildup which it said “is aimed to mount a preemptive attack” on North Korea.
Japan invaded Korea in 1910 and occupied it until the end of World War II in 1945.
At this point, what is so bad about a "Civil War" in Iraq?
IMO, it could pull down a major obstacle in our having to use restraint in dealing with this 3 year old insurgency.
While reading that article I was thinking that the Lebanese Army NOW knows how the Marines felt back 1983...when they were sitting ducks...not even allowed to have ammo in their rifles...
Yes...I believe I heard a "sigh/laugh" when Hillary finished her campaign speech, and it was time for Rummy to "answer to her"...LOL
Senator Dayton on the other hand, gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "blithering idiot"
18:31 UN: Lebanon oil spill spreads to Syrian coast (Reuters)
Think they were tying to drum up pity for the poor Lebanese?
No problem....Glad to help my fellow Freepers....
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Zelzal 2 is the one that can reach Tel Aviv.
Maybe a civil war is just what Iraq needs. God forbid.
LOL
Civil War in Iraq is what we've been trying to avoid for three years.
18:43 Netanyahu: Iran has missiles which could reach Britian (AP)
I thought the Zelzal 1 could get pretty close to TelAviv and the Zelzal 2 could even hit as far south as Dimona
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