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Netanyahu: Hamas has obtained anti-aircraft missiles
Haaretz ^ | Latest update 19:53 18.10.10 | Haaretz Service and The Associated Press

Posted on 10/18/2010 12:13:20 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl

Gaza's Hamas rulers have obtained anti-aircraft missiles, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, in a potentially game-changing development that could threaten the Israeli air force's ability to strike at the Islamic militant group.

Israeli aircraft have long dominated the skies over Gaza, striking suspected Hamas military installations and assassinating dozens of wanted militants. The Israeli air force played a key role in a fierce three-week offensive in Gaza early last year, which began with airstrikes that killed hundreds of Hamas fighters.

Speaking to his Likud Party, Netanyahu disclosed that Israel's aerial freedom has been compromised by the new weaponry in Gaza, presumably smuggled into the area through tunnels connected to neighboring Egypt. He said any future peace agreement would have to include security arrangements to deal with the threat.

Israel believes that despite its military offensive and Egypt's stated goal of halting arms smuggling, Hamas has managed to restock its arsenal with longer-range missiles that can strike the heart of Israel.

Netanyahu's assessment was the first time an Israeli official has openly said Hamas also possesses anti-aircraft weaponry, though intelligence officials have privately suspected that was the case.The security problem is not just the new rockets that will enter the area and will threaten city centers. "I don't know if you know this, but today we are struggling to fly near Gaza because they have anti-aircraft missiles there", Netanyahu said.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: bibi; gaza; hamas; israel; netanyahu
All the people who urged Israel to get out of Gaza should get together and go bowling with the folks who voted for Obama.
1 posted on 10/18/2010 12:13:23 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
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To: BARLF; jazminerose; Kiss7; NordP; Big_Monkey; Patriot Babe; conservative cat; 444Flyer; ...
This is the Bibi ping list.


2 posted on 10/18/2010 12:15:59 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl (G-d Bless President Bush. He kept us safe.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

I have always loved Bibi, but it’s time for him to stop kowtowing to Imam Obama and tell the the guy to go to hell. The Imam will not be satisfied until the Mediterranean runs red with Jewish blood, and if Bibi doesn’t return to his militant ways of old, that may soon start to occur.

If it costs Bibi the next election, so be it. Better than continuing to kowtow and costing Israel her existence.


3 posted on 10/18/2010 12:22:47 PM PDT by hampdenkid
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To: Cinnamon Girl

And I’m sure they’ve deployed them so counter battery strikes would destroy orphanages, schools for the disabled, and mosques exclusely for blind old widows.


4 posted on 10/18/2010 12:22:47 PM PDT by Sax
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To: hampdenkid

Haven’t seen Bibi kowtowing to Ozero lately, have you?


5 posted on 10/18/2010 12:24:26 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl (G-d Bless President Bush. He kept us safe.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
עזה, בום
6 posted on 10/18/2010 12:26:05 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: Cinnamon Girl

” Haven’t seen Bibi kowtowing to Ozero lately, have you? “

HELL no!


7 posted on 10/18/2010 12:27:37 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: Sax

...and baby milk factories.............


8 posted on 10/18/2010 12:29:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
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To: hampdenkid

Correct! This is really the huge - outrageous - failing of Obama.

And what about Hugo Chavez seeking nukes from Russia? Undoubtedly the weak Obama will let his good friend Hugo go nuclear.


9 posted on 10/18/2010 12:29:25 PM PDT by Obadiah (I can see November from my house!)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

I like the fact that he refused to cave to Imam Obama’s demands to freeze settlements — BUT, I think we have reached such a critical point that Bibi now needs to speak out on the nefarious effects of Obama’s continued catering to Hamas and the other Palestinian radicals. I know that’s a lot to ask, but remember the words of Burke: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men remain silent and do nothing.”


10 posted on 10/18/2010 12:33:53 PM PDT by hampdenkid
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To: Cinnamon Girl

The first question that crossed my mind when I read of this was; “Did Obama sell them to Hamas?”


11 posted on 10/18/2010 12:52:43 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

If we had any balls, we’d paint Stars of David on B-52s currently mothballed at Davis-Monthan, fly them to Israel, load them up with bombs, and let the IAF run ‘Arc Light’-style carpet bombing raids on Gaza until the Hamas camel-f’ers cry uncle.


12 posted on 10/18/2010 1:07:59 PM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

OK, Bibi, time to take off the gloves. Kill bomb magnet Fatima and all her grandkids, too. This shiite is out of control.


13 posted on 10/18/2010 1:16:58 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Great Season Tampa Bay Rays! Now, kindly send Carl Crawford to Boston.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
Start the artillery blanket at one end...1/2 mile from the border...and work it all the way to the Egyption border.

Then follow with APCs and Tanks. Shoot everything that moves.

14 posted on 10/18/2010 1:57:15 PM PDT by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
Fortunately, Israel has anti-Hamas nukes.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

15 posted on 10/18/2010 2:12:56 PM PDT by The Comedian (They Live. We Sleep.)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; dervish; ...
Thanks Cinnamon Girl.
16 posted on 10/18/2010 3:38:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

He knows the effect of that smile ... just look at his eyes twinkle. Arrrrgh!


17 posted on 10/18/2010 6:48:29 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I love the smell of napalm in November. Cue the Wagner music ...)
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