7/15 Middle East Live Thread

7/14 Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/16/06 | Various

[Solson]

I thought this could be a new thread for today. BurbankKarl's thread did well yesterday.

[RDTF]

Breaking:


http://www.jpost.com/


IDF deploys Patriot missiles in Haifa

[hipaatwo]

Now they are saying it was a Cambodian ship with 12 Egyptians onboard but all were rescued. I think it was the ship that was hit yesterday at the same time the Israeli ship was hit.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

bookmark

[RDTF]

disregard - whoops sorry I pasted the wrong one! lol

[JustaCowgirl]

Correctly stated, it is the most forceful response by Israel to attacks on it and its citizens in 24 years.

Exactly. The MSM don't care to interpret it correctly, although I'm merely stating the obvious.

[hipaatwo]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1666163/posts?page=382#382

[oxcart]

AP News Alert


© 2006 The Associated Press

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Witnesses say Israeli aircraft have attacked central Beirut for the first time in the four-day offensive.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4049132.html

[TexKat]

Israel Smashes Hezbollah Strongholds

[KJC1]

Thanks for that update.

[sissyjane]

>>can live in filth thinking their bathroom is clean. <<

Been there-Done that with my three...The smell alone will kill 'Ya!

[ohioWfan]

Seems like MSNBC is the network to watch about this.

CNN lies and Fox neglects.....

[Txsleuth]

AMB..Gillerman on Fox NOW...he is good.

[RDTF]

look at this!

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150886007440&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Jul. 15, 2006 18:55
'Washington D.C. more dangerous than Tiberias'
By JPOST.COM STAFF


A couple of American tourists visiting Tiberias on Saturday, noted that in spite of the two rocket attacks on the city, they were still safer there than in Washington D.C., where they live.

They told Army Radio that the crime rate in the American capital was more dangerous than the rockets that have been falling on Tiberias.

[defconw]

Idiot Alert

Chavez: U.S. support for Israel to lead to Holocaust Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday that U.S. backing of Israel is responsible for flaming tensions in the Middle East and putting the world on course toward another "Holocaust." "The fundamental blame falls again on the U.S. empire. It's the empire that armed and supported the abuses of the Israeli elite, which has invaded, abused and defied the United Nations for a long time," Chavez said in a speech during a military act in Caracas. "I'll seize this opportunity to condemn categorically and fully the aggression that the Israeli elite is carrying out against innocents over there in the Middle East," he said. Chavez was referring to a new explosion of Mideast violence this week as Israel Air Force war planes began striking Lebanon after Hezbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others Wednesday in a cross-border raid into Israel. In response, Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets at northern Israel. The Venezuelan leader charged that Israel is using excessive force. "Are we going to bomb cities and tell them that we won't stop bombing until they return the soldier? That's crazy," he said. "Worse, it's craziness with nuclear bombs. (The Israelis) have their weapons of mass destruction and nobody criticizes them, nobody says anything because the empire is behind them," Chavez said. Blaming the escalation on Washington's undue influence, Chavez said: "The U.S. empire's desire to dominate has no limits and that could take this world to a real Holocaust. May God save us." Chavez is one of the most ferocious critics of U.S. foreign policy, even though his oil-producing country remains closely tied to the United States, its top market, through billions of dollars (euros) in annual crude sales. The White House said Friday that United States President George W. Bush would not press Israel to halt its military operation in Lebanon. White House spokesman Tony Snow said, when asked whether Bush had agreed to a request from Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora that he rein in the Israelis, "No. The president is not going to make military decisions for Israel." Snow told reporters that Bush had spoken by telephone to Lebanon's prime minister among other Middle East leaders. He said Bush believed the Israelis have the right to protect themselves, but should limit "so-called collateral damage not only to facilities but also to human lives". Snow said Siniora had suggested a cease-fire, which Washington favored, but thought would be hard to pull off. "It is unlikely that either or both parties are going to agree to that at this juncture," Snow said. A leading Senate Republican on Friday urged U.S. restraint in supporting Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah, citing the problems it may cause in the war in Iraq and efforts to disarm Iran. Senator John W. Warner, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, issued a written statement Friday calling on the Bush administration to "think through very carefully how Israel's extraordinary reaction could affect our operations in Iraq and our joint diplomatic efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue. "This is a very critical time for the U.S. in the Middle East, and the Israeli actions will certainly have an impact beyond Lebanon and Gaza," Warner warned.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738183.html

[cibco]

Russia is trying to pull their "ME buddies" bacon out of the fire.

[RDTF]

the next PM, I betcha

[debg]

ARAB LEAGUE FAILS TO REACH CONSENSUS ON REGIONAL CRISIS

Cairo, 15 July (AKI) - Leaders attending an emergency Arab League summit on Saturday appeared to have failed to agree on a final single joint declaration. The summit issued three separate statements - on the conflict in Lebanon, the crisis in Gaza and on the prospects for peace in the Middle East. According to pan-Arab satellite TV station al-Jazeera attempts to draft a single final declaration were jeopardised by a clash between Syrian foreign minister Waleed Moallem and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Saud al Feisal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud.

(Excerpt) http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.321431656&par=

[ohioWfan]

All things considered, that's a pretty decent article.

[defconw]

Other FReeper's have confirmed that I heard it correctly, send the ambulance for Bob.

[KJC1]

Fouad Siniora:

"This criminal machine" continuing to kill...killing and destroying from south to north...reigning around the clock destruction. I think of you one by one, the children, the mothers, the elders."

Live Address from Lebanese PM on CNN right now....still going on.