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Lebanon offers ominous warning
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | August 19, 2006 | Mark Coultan Herald Correspondent in New York

Posted on 08/18/2006 3:31:57 PM PDT by Perdogg

ALTHOUGH it is not clear who won the battle of southern Lebanon, the conflict is unlikely to have advanced America's standing in the propaganda battle. Television pictures this week showed a banner over the rubble of a Lebanese building saying "Made in the USA".

An article in The New Yorker by the award-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that the US was aware of, and approved, Israel's plans before the start of the war on July 12. The article has gained wide currency in the Middle East - not surprising, given the closeness of the US and its chief ally in the Middle East.

(Excerpt) Read more at smh.com.au ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; 22aug; hersh; iran; israel; lebanon
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1 posted on 08/18/2006 3:31:58 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
that graphic is a classic! Boom! Out of the park!
2 posted on 08/18/2006 3:34:40 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand ("These formidable people....will die for Liberty")
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To: Perdogg
a banner over the rubble of a Lebanese building saying "Made in the USA".

"Made in the Islamic Middle East"


3 posted on 08/18/2006 3:38:12 PM PDT by My2Cents (A pirate's life for me.)
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To: Perdogg
the award-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh

Are we suppose to be impressed by this?

4 posted on 08/18/2006 3:38:42 PM PDT by My2Cents (A pirate's life for me.)
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To: Perdogg
...award-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh ...

Oops, there went your credibility, Markie.

5 posted on 08/18/2006 3:39:00 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: My2Cents

Yeah, yeah, so you can type faster than I can. 8^)


6 posted on 08/18/2006 3:40:00 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: the invisib1e hand
Fight wars to win or don't bother.

That goes for Iraq or Lebanon.

7 posted on 08/18/2006 3:40:48 PM PDT by zarf
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To: Perdogg

Seymour Hersh's informants, and their passing of office rumors demonstrate why a thorough housecleaning is needed at State and DOD. What he reports is always third hand from his informants and most of what they report is gossip from what someone overheard in conversations about "possibilities" between people two and three times removed from actual policy decisions.


8 posted on 08/18/2006 3:41:51 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Perdogg
An article in The New Yorker by the award-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that the US was aware of, and approved, Israel's plans before the start of the war on July 12.

Yeah, so? Maybe now everyone will understand they are messing with the world's owner of the most weapons.

9 posted on 08/18/2006 3:42:46 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: Perdogg

Would someone throttle Hersh?


10 posted on 08/18/2006 3:43:21 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: zarf

Agreed. Its time to admit this is a religous war. Islam advocates the subjigation of infidels.

The western world is to civilized for its own good. Too fat and happy to defend itself from slaughter.


11 posted on 08/18/2006 3:43:23 PM PDT by ChinaThreat (s)
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To: Perdogg

Hersh was on CNN last week demanding a congressional investigation into the Bush admin. (Cheney and Neocon's -- Neocon is code for Jews), backing of Israel. Hersh said his sources said Bush was less in favor of giving Israel the go-ahead, but Cheney was behind it.)


12 posted on 08/18/2006 3:44:49 PM PDT by hershey
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To: Perdogg
...the rubble of a Lebanese building saying "Made in the USA".

You want "Made in the USA?". I'll show you "Made in the USA".


13 posted on 08/18/2006 3:47:11 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: hershey
Seymour is part of the group that includes Larry Johnson who says the London Airline Plot was only an alleged Plot.....

His argument and the evidence against it is on this thread:

BBC: Terror police find 'martyr tapes' ~ 'Terror plot' inquiry spanning UK

14 posted on 08/18/2006 3:51:37 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: DuncanWaring

The Islamonazis deserve far more than Dresden got.


15 posted on 08/18/2006 3:51:43 PM PDT by datura (Molon Labe)
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To: ChinaThreat
Another of the leftie clown commentators over here:

'War' doesn't describe threat to America

16 posted on 08/18/2006 3:54:17 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Perdogg
How long will it take the Christians and Druze to really get tired of this stuff. I think that they are scared stiff of Syria and Iran.

Get rid of Iran and Syria will will change in a real hurry.

17 posted on 08/18/2006 3:54:50 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (This space for rent.)
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To: datura
How about this?
Hiroshima after
18 posted on 08/18/2006 3:59:11 PM PDT by Ingtar (Prensa dos para el inglés)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

lol. The title, at any rate, is correct. The word 'war' barely begins to describe it. See my blog in tagline.


19 posted on 08/18/2006 4:04:59 PM PDT by GeronL (flogerloon.blogspot.com -------------> Rise of the Hate Party)
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To: My2Cents

I still can't get my head around those pictures...that attack...and those bastards praying to mecca all over this city, just to piss us off.


20 posted on 08/18/2006 4:11:28 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand ("These formidable people....will die for Liberty")
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