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Lebanese army launches surface-to-air missles at Israeli jets
Kuwait News Agency ^

Posted on 05/26/2010 8:31:10 AM PDT by jhpigott

BEIRUT, May 26 (KUNA) -- The Lebanese army announced on Wednesday that it launched surface-to-air missiles at Israeli fighter jets that had violated the Lebanese airspace.

A statement issued by the army directorate said that the two Israeli jets penetrated Lebanese airspace over the town of Kfar Kila in the south, heading to Shaka town.

(Excerpt) Read more at kuna.net.kw ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: air; army; fighter; fighters; israel; israeli; jets; launches; lebanese; lebanon; missiles; surface
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To: Grunthor

Isreal may be gauging the air defenses of Lebanon-Hezzoballah.


41 posted on 05/26/2010 8:53:14 AM PDT by AU72
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To: AU72

It makes perfect sense to do so.


42 posted on 05/26/2010 8:55:54 AM PDT by Grunthor (Faster than the speed of smell.)
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To: AU72

gauging their air defenses and doing the job that UNIFL is supposed to be doing - monitoring the flow of weapons to Hezbollah over the Syrian border


43 posted on 05/26/2010 8:55:56 AM PDT by jhpigott
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To: Grunthor

That’s something I doubt we’ll ever know for sure.


44 posted on 05/26/2010 8:56:58 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: Grunthor

Israel, like it’s neighbor Lebanon, is so narrow that it’s possible to stray out of your airspace while making an over-wide turn.

If the Lebanese what their airspace respected then they need to sit on those @ssholes in Hezbollah. The writ of the Lebanese government doesn’t extend beyond the Litani river.


45 posted on 05/26/2010 8:57:04 AM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: bsf2009

Present!


46 posted on 05/26/2010 8:59:18 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: ducttape45

God also knows what the US will do.


47 posted on 05/26/2010 8:59:19 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: RobRoy
>>>> "It is like watching a train wreck in slow motion. We are at the part just before they actually hit. There will be blood." <<<<

I also have the distinct feeling that many events of this past decade have been intentionally orchestrated to simply desensitize the population so that it no longer reacts in shock or in fury or in outrage, or ANY reaction at all, ... kind of like programmed "learned helplessness" on a grand scale.

48 posted on 05/26/2010 8:59:23 AM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: SJackson

For your ping list in case you haven’t seen it.


49 posted on 05/26/2010 9:00:30 AM PDT by JoyjoyfromNJ (Psalm 121)
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To: varon

And his bump-and-run approaches.


50 posted on 05/26/2010 9:01:03 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

That whole area has been handed down from one administration to another for quite a while. Each admin just hopes it can get through it’s time and pass it on to the next.


51 posted on 05/26/2010 9:02:27 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: Professional

I bet of those 3000 Germans turned over to Russia, only a handful ever saw Germany again.


52 posted on 05/26/2010 9:06:10 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Don't think of work as 5 days on, 2 days off. Instead think 4 nights on, 3 off.)
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To: Grunthor

Oh please, name one good reason why they should be shot at for overflying their airspace thats probably smaller than Los Angeles anyway. Especially since Lebanon frequently allows itself to be used as a missile and terrorist mission launching point.

They have clearly forgone their right not to be overflown. Not to mention,, a violation of airspace alone is not a justification to shoot. That was the Soviet argument for shooting down KAL 007.

Hell, if a Cuban fighter appeared over Florida, it wouldn’t be shot down. It would be intercepted, and challenged, yes,,, but not automatically shot at.


53 posted on 05/26/2010 9:09:10 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: DesertRhino

“Oh please, name one good reason why they should be shot at for overflying their airspace...”

Whose airspace? You did say one.


54 posted on 05/26/2010 9:10:10 AM PDT by Grunthor (Faster than the speed of smell.)
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To: Scythian

“Israel is so small I’m amazed they can even fly jets without constantly being in sombody else’s airspace?”

Correct.


55 posted on 05/26/2010 9:11:11 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: bsf2009

From the golf course or a WH party with JayZ?


56 posted on 05/26/2010 9:11:17 AM PDT by jazminerose
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To: jhpigott

More recon...


57 posted on 05/26/2010 9:11:17 AM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: ducttape45

Cool thanks, will read now and let you know later, great stuff, thanks


58 posted on 05/26/2010 9:11:59 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: GeronL

Little more than a fireworks show for the savages.

High tech version of shaking your fist at a plane.

FWIW, they use their old, crappy, SAMS for savage-appeasement purposes. They have real ones they are saving back.


59 posted on 05/26/2010 9:12:50 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Rebelbase

Yes, the Germans basically knew it was a death sentence. On Wikipedia, they have all sorts of historical data on Russian prison camps, and their mortality rates by various years in the war. There is also some fascinating information about each and every single German POW camp. I stumbled across this stuff last night. Wikipedia is awesome. I’ve also enjoyed the complete summary of each and every U Boat.


60 posted on 05/26/2010 9:18:03 AM PDT by Professional
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