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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
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To: Txsleuth

I"m getting a late start here again this morning...

I wonder if these 2 articles are related to yesterday's decisions:

"30 Tanks Wiped Out in Lebanon" (here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681777/posts)

and
"Computerised weaponry and high morale " (here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1842276,00.html).

New information and developments need new strategies???

Pinz


401 posted on 08/11/2006 8:08:26 AM PDT by pinz-n-needlez (Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
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To: AliVeritas

i'm not exactly sure what post of mine you are replying to.


402 posted on 08/11/2006 8:09:09 AM PDT by jhp
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

I must disagree with you here. Militarily itmay be seen as a stalemate, but politically and in the region it will be percieved as a huge Hezbollah victory ... and they will gain from this.

The loss of men and material that Hezbollah has suffered, the commodities of warfare, can easily be replaced in the postwar aftermath and the political success it will gain is incalculable.

Hezbollah will rearm, gain in Lebanese political power, as well as gain in the eyes of the Muslim "street" across the region and they will remain in South Lebanon. Do you really expect a U.N. or Lebanese Army to remove them? They will filter back into the area and rearm. The Lebanese Army will not do a thing to stop them and the U.N./French will be mired in it's own bureaucratic mess to do anything either.

The buffer zone will be a pipe dream, Hezbollah will not be disarmed and may grow much stronger in the rearming phase, and who know about the two soldiers captured early on. It sounds like there may be a prisoner swap which was one of Hezbollah's goals all along.

Game, set, match.


403 posted on 08/11/2006 8:09:27 AM PDT by Mac94
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To: Txsleuth

Nazrallah is already claiming victory over Israel. I don't remember what site this was on but I think I saw it yestserday.

This is truly disgusting. I just can't believe that Israel is going to surrender to the UN...and Hezbollah.


404 posted on 08/11/2006 8:09:37 AM PDT by RouxStir (Refreshingly Offensive, with Hints of Cohiba and Auchentoshen.)
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To: Txsleuth

new info on latest UN proposal..deal DOES NOT disarm hezballah..they will worry about that later...2000 UN troops...2500 frrnh troops...and 10,000 leb troops in S leb.


405 posted on 08/11/2006 8:10:19 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: pinz-n-needlez
I just heard on Fox News that one of the terrorists sisters (those arrested in the Heathrow incident) says that her brother met numerous times with GEORGE GALLOWAY!

Boy, oh, boy, I would pay cash money to see that guy arrested and thrown in prison!

406 posted on 08/11/2006 8:10:22 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)
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To: Mac94
The buffer zone will be a pipe dream, Hezbollah will not be disarmed and may grow much stronger in the rearming phase, and who know about the two soldiers captured early on. It sounds like there may be a prisoner swap which was one of Hezbollah's goals all along.

If the govt. of Lebanon/Hezebola was "smart" they would make a spectacle of disbanding Hezebola and then simply absorb Hezebola assets and personnel into the Lebanese defense forces.

407 posted on 08/11/2006 8:12:05 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: AliVeritas

18:11 Three rockets land in Haifa suburbs; several treated for shock (Haaretz)
18:04 EU urges UN, Israel, Lebanon to find speedy solution to Middle East violence (AP)


408 posted on 08/11/2006 8:13:11 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Colorado Doug

Isn't that the profile of the devil in the smoke??!??


409 posted on 08/11/2006 8:15:13 AM PDT by Godzilla (OK, who stopped payment on my reality check?)
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To: Mac94
You're right, if Olmert pulls back now Nasrallah wins and the next time he pulls something you won't hear a peep out of the Sauds or the Egyptian government condemning them. They will become a huge powerhouse in the region. They're going to upset and realign the power balance...such as it is in the whole region. So what if Israel killed half their force?...foot soldiers are a dime a dozen to these guys and they can always be replaced. By a factor of 10 if Isarael quits now! Hizbollah still has missiles and rockets and is still attacking Northern Israel.

What a damned shame...Olmert is pissing away a golden opportunity and Israel's civilion population will pay dearly soon.

410 posted on 08/11/2006 8:15:49 AM PDT by pgkdan
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To: pinz-n-needlez

I would guess that the Israeli military would HAVE to develop new strategy after finding out how those bunkers and tunnels are made..and all of the sophisticated anti-tank weapons...

BUT, I see this as just a normal adjustment to conditions on the ground of any war...

But, it does for sure speak to why Israel is frustrated that OUR State Dept. is trying to keep some weapons from them that could be used to get around that problem.

BTW...if I were Gillerman, any resolution would HAVE to include a systematic destruction of every single bunker and tunnel, along with the weapons, in south Lebanon...because if the Hezzies are supposed to be GONE, and the Lebanese have not intention to attack Israel..they are not necessary...if they balk at that demand...all bets are off.


411 posted on 08/11/2006 8:16:03 AM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
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bookmasrk


412 posted on 08/11/2006 8:17:15 AM PDT by pgkdan
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To: CAluvdubya

Next to Hiroshima, that has to be the most famous plume of smoke ever. Rooters must be so proud.


413 posted on 08/11/2006 8:17:24 AM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: janetjanet998

THUMBS way down on that proposal!


414 posted on 08/11/2006 8:17:38 AM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
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To: Miss Marple
"I just heard on Fox News that one of the terrorists sisters (those arrested in the Heathrow incident) says that her brother met numerous times with GEORGE GALLOWAY!"

If true, it would prove the leftists are working hand-in-hand with the terrorists.

415 posted on 08/11/2006 8:17:38 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Miss Marple

I don't know who is worse, George Galloway, or Cindy Sheehan..hmmmmm.


417 posted on 08/11/2006 8:18:58 AM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
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To: Txsleuth



FOX NEWS ALERT:

OLMERT NOT HAPPY WITH DRAFT RESOLUTION. SENDS INFO TO MILITARY TO PREPARE FOR THE GROUND INVASION


418 posted on 08/11/2006 8:19:30 AM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: pgkdan

I think we'll all pay soon if he does this. Don't forget that the Hezzies are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iran. The only way I can see this to be a good thing is if it is to retrieve Israel's forces so they can be ready for something else that may be on the horizon.


419 posted on 08/11/2006 8:19:48 AM PDT by livius
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To: Txsleuth

FOX reporting Olmert not pleased with the new resolution..ground war may be back on...

My seat belt broke.


420 posted on 08/11/2006 8:19:59 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-pray for Israel))
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