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07:51 Hundreds stranded by snowstorm in southern Jordan (DPA)
07:43 Grenade thrown at Netanya mayor`s house, no injuries or damage (Israel Radio)
07:24 IDF sources criticize government decision to limit response to Qassams (Israel Radio)
07:18 Three U.S. soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Iraq (AP)
06:42 S. Korean foreign minister to visit U.S. over N. Korea`s nuclear weapons program (AP)
06:39 Jerusalem schools will open despite snowfall (Israel Radio)
05:35 Qatar votes against UN statement calling for end to war in Somalia (Reuters)
04:52 Renewed snowfall reported in Jerusalem (Israel Radio)
04:22 Israel to limit transfer of funds to bank accounts of security prisoners (Haaretz)
04:01 Security forces capture two Fatah men who escaped from Israeli prison (Israel Radio)
03:18 Egypt transfers thousands of rifles to Fatah in move approved by Israel (Haaretz)
02:48 Week of tributes planned to honor memory of ex-U.S. President Gerald Ford (Reuters)
02:24 J`lem municipality to decide whether to shut down schools due to snow (Army Radio)
01:48 IDF search for two Fatah men who escaped from Israeli prison (Israel Radio)
01:17 U.S.: Iran`s non-compliance on nuclear program will `worsen its situation` (Reuters)
01:08 2 bank robbers injure customer, security guard in Haifa suburb bank (Israel Radio)
00:43 3 Shi`ite Iranians seeking to convert to Judaism refused visas to enter Israel (Haaretz)
00:32 Iranian MPs oblige gov`t to revise cooperation with IAEA nuclear watchdog (Reuters)
00:25 Portuguese soccer star Luis Figo signs with Saudi Arabia`s Al Ittihad (AP)
Fancy work. WOW.
Updates
US military says 3 soldiers killed by roadside bombs
(07:21 , 12.28.06)
Aid moves to thousands displaced by Indonesia floods
(06:50 , 12.28.06)
Report: Schwarzenegger standing during ski accident
(06:40 , 12.28.06)
Studies in northern Golan Heights to be delayed due to inclement weather
(06:05 , 12.28.06)
Australia doubles its spy numbers since 2001
(05:11 , 12.28.06)
UN council splits again on plea to end Somalia war
(04:40 , 12.28.06)
Philippines: Most wanted militant may be dead
(04:00 , 12.28.06)
Annan optimistic but cautious about UN in Darfur
(03:28 , 12.28.06)
Second escaped Palestinian prisoner caught
(02:45 , 12.28.06)
Pakistani court delays ruling dropping terror charges against British suspect
(02:32 , 12.28.06)
US Capitol to pay high honor to late President Gerald Ford
(02:06 , 12.28.06)
One of escaped security prisoners caught
(01:46 , 12.28.06)
Murders are up in New York
(01:02 , 12.28.06)
Grenade hurled at Netanya mayor’s home
(00:47 , 12.28.06)
2 security prisoners escape
(00:42 , 12.28.06)
UK: 5 killed in helicopter crash
(00:29 , 12.28.06)
Somalia: "Stay Out," Kofi Annan Tells Somalia's Neighbours UN News
East Africa: President Bush Calls President Museveni Over War in Somalia Monitor
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Defence Move Justifiable - Somali Ambassador Ethiopian Herald
Somalia: Fundamentalists in Somalia Retreating in Disarray Ethiopian Herald
Somalia: Military Operation Does Not Target People of Somalia - Dr. Tekeda Ethiopian Herald
Ethiopia: Ethiopian, TFG Forces Routing Int'l Terrorist Forces in And Around Baidoa - Premier Ethiopian Herald
Ethiopia: Forced to Go to War - Premier Ethiopian Herald
Ethiopia: TFG Ministerial Council Prohibits Use of Somali Airspace, Territorial Waters Without Permission Ethiopian Herald
Eritrea: There is No Way Out After a Lie [opinion] Shabait
Eritrea: Talk About Somalia Becoming a Racing Ground Between Eritrea And Ethiopia Emanates From Ignorance About the Real Situation in Somalia - President Isaias [opinion] Shabait
Uganda: Government Still Committed to Somali Mission New Vision
Kenya: Ethiopia Urged to Cease Strikes Nation
Kenya: War Greatly Alarming Nation
Kenya: Ethiopia's Invasion Bodes Ill for Regional Peace [opinion] Nation
Somalia: Rising Militancy [analysis] East African
Somalia: Eritrea-Ethiopia Tension Fuelling Somalia's Crisis East African
Somalia: UN Food Aid Agency Suspends Air Delivery As Fighting Intensifies UN News
Somalia: We Will Attack Mogadishu Tomorrow - Dheere Shabelle
Somalia: UN Warns of Humanitarian Crisis As Aid Flights Suspended IRIN
Somalia: Annan Urges African Leaders To Help End Violence UN News
Somalia: Militias Create Insecurity After Islamists Retreat Shabelle
Somalia: Puntland Denies Killing Islamist Prisoners Shabelle
East Africa: UN Sizes Up New War in Horn of Africa [analysis] IPS
Somalia: UN Envoy Seeks Security Council Action Shabelle
Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Advance Closer to Mogadishu Shabelle
Somalia: Sports Ministry Re-Opened After 16 Years Vanguard
Somalia: More People Flee As Fighting Spreads IRIN
http://allafrica.com/somalia/newswire/
Meldt Ping for 12/28/06!
4 has it all set up...it's not hard to do if you know how to post a thread.
07:35 Dec-28-06
Sanctions Begin at Agriculture Ministry Today
07:17 Dec-28-06
PM: Americans Don’t Veto Negotiations With Syria
06:55 Dec-28-06
Israel Agrees to Transfer of Thousands of Rifles to Fatah
06:22 Dec-28-06
School Starts at 9:00 in Tzefat
06:20 Dec-28-06
School As Usual in Judah and Samaria
06:09 Dec-28-06
School Begins as Normal in Jerusalem
05:50 Dec-28-06
School Starts in North Golan Heights at 10:00
05:22 Dec-28-06
Hundreds Volunteer to Hang Saddam
05:01 Dec-28-06
Two Arab Prisoners Escape From Jail
03:28 Dec-28-06
This looks like a big dot to me!
Exclusive: Hizbullah paying terrorists for Kassam attacks
Herb Keinon and Yaakov Katz, THE JERUSALEM POST Dec. 28, 2006
Hizbullah is paying Palestinian splinter groups "thousands of dollars" for each Kassam rocket fired at the western Negev, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
According to Israeli intelligence information, Hizbullah is smuggling cash into the Gaza Strip and paying "a number of unknown local splinter groups" for each attack.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881992801&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter
Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) sources said the Islamist organization paid several thousand dollars for each attack, with the amount dependent on the number of Israelis killed or wounded.
"We know that Hizbullah is involved in funding terrorist activity in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank," a security official said.
"Palestinian terrorists get thousands of dollars per attack. Sometimes they are paid before the attack and sometimes they submit a bill to Lebanon afterward and the money gets transferred a short while later."
According to the officials, while Islamic Jihad was behind most recent rocket attacks - including the one on Tuesday night that critically wounded 14-year-old Adir Basad in Sderot - several splinter terrorists groups are also involved and have received direct funding from Hizbullah.
According to security officials, Islamic Jihad gets the money via its headquarters in Damascus while Fatah's Tanzim terror group and the Popular Resistance Committees receive payment from Hizbullah in Lebanon.
All of the money originated in Iran, the officials said.
Government officials said Hamas was not currently involved in firing missiles, but was doing nothing to stop those who were.
Also Wednesday, the IDF Operations Directorate relayed new orders to the Southern Command following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision earlier in the day to permit the army to once again target Kassam rocket cells.
This decision came after a meeting Olmert held with Defense Minister Amir Peretz, Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, and other senior security officials.
Following the meeting, the Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying that in light of the increase of rocket attacks, despite the cease-fire, "an instruction was given to the security forces to take pinpointed action against the launching cells."
At the same time, the statement said, Israel would continue to observe the cease-fire and to work with the Palestinian Authority to get it to take immediate action to stop the firing of the rockets.
Peretz told the cabinet on Sunday that there have been cases over the last month where the IDF spotted terrorists preparing to fire rockets, but - because of the cease-fire - did not act. The new policy would put an end to that situation.
In the past two weeks, OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yoav Galant has recommended taking much more extensive action inside Gaza to stop the rocket fire, but on Wednesday - according to government sources - he was resigned to accepting the new policy.
According to the IDF, troops will not be allowed to operate inside the Palestinian Authority except when provided precise intelligence concerning a specific Kassam rocket cell.
According to government officials, Olmert argued at Wednesday's meeting that the cease-fire had strategic value, and that Israel's policy of restraint had earned it "a lot of understanding and appreciation" around the world that would provide "leeway" in the future.
Israel, according to officials in Olmert's office, can afford to continue to observe the "overall parameters" of the cease-fire, and can always take more forceful action down the line.
These officials also said that even when Israel did employ more force in Gaza it was unable to stop the rocket fire, and that the 64 rockets that have fallen during the monthlong cease-fire were only one-quarter of the number of rockets fired in the month preceding the agreement.
Olmert has argued in recent days that a strong military response would only unite Hamas and Fatah.
Islamic Jihad spokesman Abu Hamza alluded to this when he expressed the hope that renewed fighting with Israel would help end internal Palestinian violence in the Gaza Strip.
A Kassam rocket hit near Sderot after the security meeting. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, with Abu Hamza saying it was a response to Israel's arrest of operatives in the West Bank, which is not covered by the cease-fire.
According to the new orders, the IDF is allowed to fire at Kassam cells before and after they launch rockets at Israel. The rules of engagement are dependant on intelligence, primarily on the location of the cell and whether there is a possibility that Palestinian civilians would be harmed. Terrorists often use urban areas to launch sites the rockets.
"We are aware of the sensitivity of the situation," said an officer in the Southern Command. "We do not want to cause diplomatic problems."
According to the officer, the IDF is also allowed to target Kassam launchers if no people are present. Based on the government decision, the IDF will continue to refrain from targeting Kassam workshops and will only fire at people if they are "ticking bombs" - terrorists on their way to, or in the midst of, an attack. Armed gunmen who approach the Gaza security fence were also, the officer said, legitimate targets.
"When there is a danger, we will not stand idly by but will open fire," he said. The IDF plans to utilize the air force to target the Kassam cells and launchers.
"The terrorists need to feel like they are being hunted," said one officer. "We intend to make that happen."
AP contributed to the report.
TANKS for the new thread,,,Good Job,99,;0)...
That dot took a whole bucket of paint...;0)
Somalia: ICU leaders resign as Ethiopian army nears the capital
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1759280/posts
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Ain't a Burka in Da' House...
Netanyahu: Hit Back Now
20:13 Dec 27, '06 / 6 Tevet 5767
(IsraelNN.com) Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu says it is time for Israel to stop its policy of restraint and hit back at the terrorists in the Gaza Strip. "Over fifty rockets have been fired at Israel since the imaginary ceasefire began", wrote former Prime Minister Netanyahu in his new Hebrew-language blog: "no other country in the world would have put up with incessant shelling of its towns and houses".
Opposition Chairman Netanyahu's blueprint for action includes taking over the areas used by the terrorists for launching the rockets; putting an end to arms smuggling into Gaza by capturing key sectors and implementation of a plan for toppling the Hamas government. Netanyahu demands that the government cease all negotiations and goodwill gestures until there is a complete end to Arab terror.
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Looks like Netanyahu has been reading FreeRepublic.
;-)
"Over fifty rockets have been fired at Israel since the imaginary ceasefire began",
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Hey There,,,TANKS for the link,,,This Sez It All...
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(ya' never know,;0)...
Some of Ed Morrissey's thoughts on the Ethiopian response to the jihadis:
"This loss crushes the reputation of the Islamists as dedicated to fighting to the death. They will if they see an advantage in it, and that advantage has been gained by Western reluctance to fight an all-out war against them. Ethiopia, after having been threatened by both a traditional attack from Somalia and a guerilla/terrorist war, responded with overwhelming force, and they crumbled. Somewhere there is a lesson for the West."
I can't post the link to Captain's Quarters because the edit button has disappeared from my tool bar. Why oh why did I click on updates?
Let's see if this works...link to CQ: http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/
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