8/10 Middle East Live Thread

Middle East Live Thread ^ | 8/10/06 | BurbankKarl

[BurbankKarl]

An Israeli soldier avoids dust as a military helicopter prepares to land on the Israel-Lebanon border August 9, 2006 to evacuate troops injured in fighting in southern Lebanon.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It's a great time, too, with the press focused on the airplane plot...

[SE Mom]

He even mentioned that yesterday...they were speculating in the studio what it would be THIS time..

[Knitting A Conundrum]

One impacts people in the every day...one they only see about on tv...

[harwood]

Algeria grants Chavez Arabic citizenship

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=ar%7Cen&u=http://alsaha.fares.net/sahat%3F128%40200.hPzhfzSicyP.0%40.2cc148bb&prev=/language_tools

[Cindy]

TODAY'S UPDATES AND RECAP:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1681050/posts?page=50#50


http://www.ynetnews.com
http://www.jpost.com
http://www.haaretz.com
http://off-topic.internet-haganah.com/
http://www.foxnews.com

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=israel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=2006israelwar

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=jihad

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.memri.org/iran.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=syria
http://www.memri.org/syria.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=lebanon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=gaza

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hezbollah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hizballah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hizbullah

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hamas

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=alqaeda
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=alqaida

[Allegra]

Qatari Airways flight hijacked in Jordan?

Anybody hearing about this?

[harwood]

Passengers took him down..Arrested..just breaking

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Welch in Israel In Last-Ditch Diplomatic Effort
17:45 Aug 10, '06 / 16 Av 5766

(IsraelNN.com) American State Department Middle East envoy David Welch returned to Israel Thursday in what appears to be a last ditch effort to reach an agreement on a draft resolution to be presented to the United Nations Security Council.

Welch flew to Jerusalem instead of Washington, after visiting Beirut, as the gap between France and the United States widened. Israel is delaying a widening in offensive in southern Lebanon pending the outcome of the attempt to reach a diplomatic breakthrough, but time is running out. The Arab League has intensified pressure on France that a resolution include a call for Israel to withdraw all its troops from Lebanon, leaving it to the un-trained Lebanese army to patrol the area, where it has not operated for more than 20 years.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=109733

[harwood]

'He was carrying a rope'....

??????

[dmartin]

By doing that...the terrorist has won. (IMO)

The terrorist wins by blowing up the plane with 200 people on board. We win when we rid our country or the world of the vermin. The idea that we should go on about our business or the terrorists will have won seems to suggest that we can hope this all goes away. Not that your suggesting it. Just my response when I hear this phrase uttered by government officials.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It's getting harder and harder for a self-respecting terrorist to get a good hijacking going nowadays...the passengers just don't want to be sheeple in the air any more...

[harwood]

Qatar is a major target for these nuts I fear...

[jhp]

Hopefully this trip by Welch is just pro forma and by this time tomorrow Israel will have taken the gloves all the way off

[Allegra]

'He was carrying a rope'....

What network are you hearing it on? We picked it up off of Al Arabiya.

My Arabic is improving just watching these news reports and getting translations.

[SlayerOfBunnies]

Doh. Who else read that as "Allegra grants Chavez Arabic citizenship"?

Time to clean my contacts.

[harwood]

Chavez demands Qatar cut ties with Israel

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=ar%7Cen&u=http://alsaha.fares.net/sahat%3F128%4074.uPfAfbQMcyA.0%40.2cc14854&prev=/language_tools

[SE Mom]

Whoa...good for them!!!

[Allegra]

LOL! Fear not - the only thing I wuold be inclined to grant Chavez would be a dirt nap.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Well, they've had their Thursday to work on it. Night is fast approaching, the media's attention is on the major airports in Britain and the US.

May the good Lord kick them in the pants to do the right thing.

[harwood]

I'm just trolling the islamo-forums