Posted on 04/23/2008 6:26:31 AM PDT by jhpigott
(IsraelNN.com) Arab media have reported that IDF jets attacked several targets in southern Lebanon Wednesday, including the cities of Nebatiyeh, Tyre and the western Bekaa Valley. Lebanese anti-aircraft positions fired Israeli aircraft, but all IDF servicemen are believed to have returned safely to Israel.
The IDF will not comment on the incident.
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big deal?
this is potentially huge news . . . there is alot of tension on the northern Israeli border, large portions of the Syrian and Israeli armed forces are reported to have mobilized to the area in the past few weeks and “war” has been all the talk in Israel as of late.
If this report is true and the IAF has conducted bombing runs over multiple southern lebanese cities and the bekka valley, yea, i’d say this could get ugly in a hurry
I get the feeling that the IDF not commenting means a) There is more to come or b) There were assests on the ground involved and they want time to get them out.
Uh guys,
The link leads to a “bad request”, have any other media outlets confirmed this?
this looks like a concerted effort to go after . . . something.
this looks like a theater wide operation, not just some isolated attack on something the Israelis spotted during recon
military censors?
i’m still sitting here at my computer looking at the window i opened up on the article
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/145372
Harretz reported lebanese army firing on IAF jets
15:14 Lebanon: Army fired at IAF jets flying low in south, but no hits reported (DPA)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/ShowTickers.jhtml
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The expected result of the UN's refusal to accomplish their mission of preventing Hizbollah from rearming. There are more missles in Lebanon now, of better quality, than there were prior to the last wa.
[link to www.jpost.com]
IAF jets circling in low altitude over Lebanese airspace, were attacked with anti aircraft fire from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), Israeli Radio quoted the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV network as having reported on Wednesday.
The Israeli airplanes were not damaged according to the report.
The IAF routinely flies over Lebanese airspace in order to collect intelligence, but clashes with the LAF anti-aircraft do usually not occur.
The IDF has not confirmed the incident.
-this is a tacit admission that something happened. mentioning the fact the LAF hardly ever fires on the IAF to me speaks volumes. Ordanance was definetly expended, it may have only been from the ground - up, but something induced the LAF to fire
Choosing a side, perhaps with Syrian encouragement they'll take a more active role.
looks like they’ve put the article back up
so which is it . . . did the IAF put steel on target??
Nearly completed bunkers and ammo dumps, stuff Syria can’t admit exists, so Hezb will reply, if there is one.
Hezbollah has got to have something cooking up their sleeve. To just sit back and take the assasination of Imad and these attacks today (if they in fact occured) is not their modis operandi.
This is going to come to ahead at some point. Maybe not today, tomorrow or next week . . . but eventually this is going to be resolved. Too much unfinished business from the last go around back in 06’
Remember when Israel & the Phalangists supported each other? Man, that worked out well. Now the Maronites even join Hezbullah.
Forgive my hazy memory, lots going on here, but didn’t Iz roll up a Hezbollah op last week? Uhhh...aviation threats publicised, and some ...bombers(?) nabbed at the border?
How soon can Hezb mount plan B?
i think the aviation threat actually turned out to be some misquided amatuer pilot who was at the wrong place at the wrong time . . . as for the bomber nabbed at the border, i’ll have to look that one up, i don’t recall seeing that one
who knows how long it would take for them to kick off plan B, but I know if they wanted to they could light off plan C in the amount of time it takes for Nasarallah to relay the order to the rocket crews to commence firing
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