Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

8/11 Middle East Live Thread
Middle East Live Thread ^ | 8.11.06 | BurbankKarl

Posted on 08/10/2006 8:58:48 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

Love is a Battlefield

IDF soldier received heart shaped cookie somewhere near the Lebanon border...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; israel; middleeast; unres1701; waronmilitantislam
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 2,301-2,3202,321-2,3402,341-2,360 ... 2,721-2,735 next last
To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Batchelor asking it Lieberman will stay the course.

He is getting money from dems and republicans.

John Fund thinks he has a chance.

2,321 posted on 08/11/2006 7:25:47 PM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2315 | View Replies]

To: Protect the Bill of Rights

We do the "Cotton Eye Joe".....never seen a Chicken Dance. But I do know how to Polka! Great fun!


2,322 posted on 08/11/2006 7:26:37 PM PDT by Jrabbit (Scuse me??)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2318 | View Replies]

To: McGavin999

Yes, I did...I haven't seen the Israeli government or people getting on TV crying about needing the money to fix their homes...or pay their rent...

Gillerman didn't cry to the council about the displacment of millions of Israelis...

It is just what they do...they take care of their own.


2,323 posted on 08/11/2006 7:28:25 PM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2258 | View Replies]

To: All

From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.

re Ned Lamont.

The Shadow Party Defeats Lieberman
By Ben Johnson
FrontPageMagazine.com | August 9, 2006

THE SOROS PURGES have begun

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=23782


2,324 posted on 08/11/2006 7:28:56 PM PDT by SoCalPol (We Need A Border Fence Now)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2315 | View Replies]

To: All

05:27 UN ambassador Gellerman: A resolution alone will do nothing (Haaretz)

04:33 Rice calls on Iran, Syria to `respect the sovereignty of the Lebanese government` (AP)

04:31 Rice: U.S. to increase assistance to Lebanon to $50 million (AP)

04:29 Rice: `hard work of diplomacy` only beginning with passage of resolution (AP)

04:27 Kofi Annan plans to meet Lebanese, Israeli officials as soon as possible (AP)

04:24 Tony Blair says he plans to visit Israel, Palestine to address conflict (Reuters)

04:16 Columns of IDF tanks, troops and armored personnel carriers enter Lebanon (AP)

02:57 UN SEC. COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES (AP)

02:42 IDF says one soldier killed in fighting in southern Lebanon (AP)

02:18 7 killed, 22 wounded in IAF attack on refugee convoy in Lebanon (AP)

02:09 Rice: U.S. expects Israel and Lebanon to accept UN resolution (Reuters)

01:50 FM: IDF to keep moving forward in Lebanon until takeover by Lebanese army (AP)

00:51 Olmert thanks Bush for his concern for Israeli interests in Security Council (Haaretz)

00:42 Source: Lebanese gov`t moves to accept UN cease-fire resolution (Reuters)

00:40 PM`s office says expanded ground operation to continue `for now` (Haaretz)

00:19 Political source: Olmert informs U.S. of decision to accept cease-fire (AP)

23:49 OLMERT TO URGE GOV`T TO ACCEPT UN CEASE-FIRE PLAN ON SUNDAY (Haaretz)

23:19 Death toll from IAF strikes Friday across Lebanon rises to 17 (Reuters)

23:17 Iranian president blames U.S., U.K. for delay in reaching cease-fire (AP)

22:43 IDF sources: Despite UN talks, IDF operations proceeding `with full force` (Haaretz)

22:40 Witnesses: IAF strike on car convoy in S. Lebanon kills 2, wounds 8 (Reuters)

22:15 UN PLAN WOULD DEPLOY 15,000 PEACEKEEPERS AFTER IDF WITHDRAWS (AP)

22:13 Lebanese death toll rises to 15 on Friday (AP)


2,325 posted on 08/11/2006 7:30:42 PM PDT by 2111USMC
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2324 | View Replies]

To: del4hope

I hate to say this...but I have a BAD feeling, and it doesn't have anything to do with Aug. 22nd...that something is going to happen, soon.

Something that Britain or the US won't be able to stop..

I just think that regarless of what this resolution said, the Islamofacsist world sees that Hezbollah has put "them" in the spotlight..and Iran wants to deflect interest in their nuke program...

I may just be on edge because of this last month...but, I am just sayin...


2,326 posted on 08/11/2006 7:31:15 PM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2259 | View Replies]

To: TexKat

Thanks for the feeds.

I seriously doubt I'll ever be able to muster even the slightest respect for Dr. Condoleeza Rice again.

Aa far as I'm concerned, she's in the pile with Olmert, Annan, Clinton and Kerry.

It must be the air over at the State Department or something, the same thing happened to Colin Powell.

Casualties of war.


2,327 posted on 08/11/2006 7:31:18 PM PDT by jeffers
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2304 | View Replies]

To: La Enchiladita

Written by somebody who understands Bibi's Thudliness, no doubt...


2,328 posted on 08/11/2006 7:33:53 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2309 | View Replies]

To: bnelson44

Bush reinterated that Iran was behind this huh???

Well, I think he was letting Olmert know he screwed up..that he needed to take on Hezbollah...to get to Iran.

I am sure that Olmert had been told he would get whatever he needed re: weapons and time...if he just did his part.


2,329 posted on 08/11/2006 7:34:09 PM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2270 | View Replies]

To: jveritas

Thanks for doing the math and putting down what it means. A lot can happen in a month, especially if we get to the 23rd. ;-)

Pinz


2,330 posted on 08/11/2006 7:34:27 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez (Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2152 | View Replies]

To: Txsleuth

Hmmm...


05:27 UN ambassador Gillerman: A resolution alone will do nothing (Haaretz)


2,331 posted on 08/11/2006 7:34:41 PM PDT by conservativepoet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2326 | View Replies]

To: Txsleuth
Hello,

So it's not just me with a feeling that things are going to go to hell in a hand basket really soon. Hope to God I am wrong, and that the difficult personal issues I am dealing with are simply clouding my judgment. (But, it doesn't really seem that way...)

Still glad to be here, MOgirl
2,332 posted on 08/11/2006 7:36:09 PM PDT by MOgirl (Democrats: The Culture of Treason (and you know what I'm talkin about!))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2326 | View Replies]

Comment #2,333 Removed by Moderator

To: jeffers

Olmert Thanks Bush for U.N. Resolution

By NEDRA PICKLER, The Associated Press
Aug 11, 2006 8:51 PM

CRAWFORD, Texas - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert thanked President Bush on Friday for his work on a resolution to stop violence between Israel and Hezbollah, the White House said. It was the first direct talks between the two leaders since the fighting began.


The eight-minute phone call with Bush at his ranch in Texas was initiated by Olmert, said Frederick Jones, spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House.

Olmert endorsed a Mideast cease-fire plan that the United States and France proposed Friday at the United Nations.

"Prime Minister Olmert thanked President Bush for the work he had done on the draft U.N. resolution on the Lebanon crisis," Jones said. "The president expressed his view that the crisis was provoked by Hezbollah with the support of Iran and Syria and that we need to ensure that the reach of the Lebanese government extends throughout the country."

The agreement, which was unanimously adopted by the U.N. Security Council, calls for putting 30,000 Lebanese and U.N. troops along the Israel-Lebanon border, where Hezbollah militants have been fighting against Israel. It falls short of some of Israel's demands, including a strong mandate for the U.N. forces to take on Hezbollah guerrillas.

But Israel has been unable to defeat Hezbollah and was concerned about growing Israeli casualties, as well as international condemnation, if the war continued. The fighting has killed more than 800 people, destroyed Lebanon's infrastructure and inflamed tensions across the Middle East.

Bush has staunchly backed Israel in the fighting and the U.S. has been arguing Israel's interests during the U.N. negotiations. Olmert spoke repeatedly to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during the last four weeks but never directly to Bush until Friday.

Rice predicted that both governments would accept the agreement.

"We have heard from the government of Lebanon that they also believe that this is a resolution that can serve their interests," Rice said in an interview with CNN. "In fact, the interests of both the Israelis and the Lebanese now is to end the large-scale violence and to begin to lay a foundation for peace."

The White House had predicted that a previous draft it was pushing would come to a vote earlier in the week, but negotiators were forced to make changes to address objections from Lebanon and other Arab states.

"A lot of times diplomacy is a bit like a taffy pull, in that you think you may have something that seems to be right on the verge of being completed, and it just gets extended a bit," White House spokesman Tony Snow said. "As the president has pointed out, diplomacy can be a little bit messy and unpredictable."

http://www.examiner.com/a-215090~Olmert_Thanks_Bush_for_U_N__Resolution.html


2,334 posted on 08/11/2006 7:37:17 PM PDT by TexKat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2327 | View Replies]

To: Txsleuth

This year in January, I had bad feelings about March and August. March, Hubby was basically asked to retire. August, so far there's been a war and a "God, thank you for letting them catch it in time" attempt at terrorism. All along my feeling was about Iran, though. But we haven't gotten to the end of the month yet...


2,335 posted on 08/11/2006 7:37:28 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2326 | View Replies]

To: jeffers
And Jeffers said


I seriously doubt I'll ever be able to muster even the slightest respect for Dr. Condoleeza Rice again



I seriously think you ought to let this play out before condemning Condi or anyone. I am sure she was doing the President's bidding. It is not easy getting 15 countries to agree on anything and it happened. Diplomacy works in strange ways.
2,336 posted on 08/11/2006 7:38:14 PM PDT by casino66 (A beater of dead horses.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2327 | View Replies]

To: Jrabbit

All,

Thanks for all your info' everyone. This has been a most interesting, informative and debate filled thread these past few hours.

So now the ball is in Hezbollah's court. "Sing Ces't La Vie - and soon we will see". Will leave you in peace now, have stuff to do.

P.S. But wait - nearly forgot, there is one thing before I go. You want to see the front page of the print Daily Telegraph today 12.8.06. This is Murdoch's daily rag in Australia. It's headed up. "12 Days From apocalypse" What day is 12 days from the Apocalypse? August 22 2006!

According to Fiona Hudson, (the reporter in London) the date of planned bombing of multipe aircraft was August 22. Fiona does not mention the potential importance of this date on the Iran calendar.

All enough for one day? Think I had better chill out and get on with it.

Best to all.


2,337 posted on 08/11/2006 7:38:14 PM PDT by maytheforcebewithyou
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2317 | View Replies]

To: maytheforcebewithyou

BTTT


2,338 posted on 08/11/2006 7:38:38 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2337 | View Replies]

To: Txsleuth; SoCalPol

It's things like #2324 that are not helping this country. That bottomless pit of money is contributing to more than just adverse political candidates.

Thanks for the link SoCalPol.

I have to keep reminding myself that ultimate control is in God's Hands. Evil can't do anything outside His Will. And He will work it all for the good.


2,339 posted on 08/11/2006 7:38:59 PM PDT by del4hope (The LORD will be a refuge for His people-Joel 3:16)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2326 | View Replies]

To: conservativepoet

I'm totally confused.....Sheppie says Israel backed their tanks out of Lebanon....but the news is about intense fighting. Is Hezbollah still sending in rockets?


2,340 posted on 08/11/2006 7:38:59 PM PDT by Jrabbit (Scuse me??)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2331 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 2,301-2,3202,321-2,3402,341-2,360 ... 2,721-2,735 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson