I checked Haaretz. It IS scrolling across their ticker. -Cindy
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23:20 Explosives-laden drone seriously damages Israel Navy ship off Beirut(Haaretz)
Haaretz ^ | 14July2006 | Haaretz
Posted on 07/14/2006 1:27:59 PM PDT by Btrp113Cav
Just flashed on haaretz... If this is true, then Hezbollah is definately using iranian made equipment... who would think terrorist could have access to UAV bombs?
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Vermin.
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Hezbollah: We're ready for 'open war'
Associated Press ^ | July 14, 2006 | ZEINA KARAM
Posted on 07/14/2006 1:51:37 PM PDT by brain bleeds red
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah's leader said Friday that his group is ready for "open war" with Israel, and as his words were broadcast, guerrillas attacked an Israeli warship that had been firing missiles into southern Beirut.
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Speaking defiantly in an audiotape on Hezbollah's Al-Manar television less than an hour after missiles struck his headquarters and home, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah addressed Israelis and said they must take responsibility for their actions.
"You wanted an open war, and we are heading for an open war," he said. "We are ready for it."
"The surprises that I have promised you will start now. Now in the middle of the sea, facing Beirut, the Israeli warship that has attacked the infrastructure, people's homes and civilians — look at it burning," Nasrallah said.
"It will sink and with it will sink scores of Israeli Zionist soldiers. This is just the beginning," he warned.
Al-Jazeera reported the Israeli military was searching for four missing troops from the ship. Israeli officials would not immediately comment on the Arab broadcaster's report; an army spokesman said earlier the ship had apparently been struck by a rocket but that the damage was minor and no one was injured.
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If true, that upped the ante.