7/16 Middle East Live Thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666163/posts ^ | 7/16/06 | me

[BurbankKarl]

09:19 MDA: More than 20 people hurt in Katyusha rocket strike in Haifa (Channel 2)

09:16 Residents of Acre, Haifa and its suburbs told to enter bomb shelters (Israel Radio)

09:15 Tenth Katyusha rocket lands in Haifa (Israel Radio)

09:15 Explosions heard in Rosh Hanikra (Israel Radio)

09:11 Katyusha rockets hit Acre and suburbs around Haifa Bay (Channel 2)

09:06 Report: Three to five explosion heard in central Haifa (Israel Radio)

08:47 Chirac: Forces threatening Lebanon`s security, sovereignty must be stopped (AP)

08:41 Sgt. Tal Amgar killed on Navy ship to be buried 16.00 Sun. at Ashdod cemetery (Itim)

08:39 Chirac calls for `show of moderation` in Lebanon, says cease-fire needed (Reuters)

08:37 IDF denies report of air raid on power station south of Beirut (Haaretz)

08:36 Hezbollah says it fought off attempt by IDF ground forces to cross Lebanese border (AP)

08:35 Bush urges Israel `to be mindful of the consequences` of its military actions (AP)

08:19 Jewish man arrested after threatening to stab Palestinians in J`lem`s Old City (Itim)

08:15 Al Manar: Nasrallah to give an interview later Sunday to prove he`s well (Israel Radio)

[conservative in nyc]

when rebel_yell gets back I'm going to have to give a real talking to...when the State Dept puts out a travel advisory, don't go there...

Well, there also has been a travel warning for Israel for quite some time.

The pre-war Lebanon advisory told people to specifically exercise caution when visiting Hezbollah-controlled areas in South Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, the southern Beirut suburbs and the cities of Tripoli and Sidon. U.S. Government employees were forbidden from making unofficial visits to Lebanon without prior approval.

[BurbankKarl]

They will try to get Tel Aviv tomorrow during work....

[Petronski]

Why bomb the jet-fuel tanks??

Retribution.

[Txsleuth]

LOL..I don't really care...but if you want to see how the looney left is going to attack Bush about this war...Chrissy's show will be the one to give a platform to them...

[debg]

I'll add my prayers, too.

[mystery-ak]

What's with Major Bob telling Israel to calm down..?

[VirginiaMom]

He needs to STFU!

[BurbankKarl]

I guess the Lebanese shouldnt have shot at IAF planes, or helped in the ship attack.

[Txsleuth]

WHOA....BOB BEVILAQUA IS HAMMERING ISRAEL ON FOX.

[Miss Marple]

Bob Bevelaqua being a jerk on Fox now. Bring out the hook.

He wants the Israelis to pull out and have a "civil discussion" with the Lebanese government.

[ScaniaBoy]

Rockets on Nazareth. Shouldn't this lead to demonstrations, embassy burnings, beheadings etc. A holy site of the largest religion in the world has been desecrated. Must count for more than a few lousy cartoons, mustn't it?

[michigander]

"Many of the long-range missiles that have hit Israeli towns…were launched from private homes, with families residing inside,"

Now what would lead anyone to think they'd do something like that???

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Members of the Palestinian group Fath Uprising look from an anti-aircraft gun in Biddawi camp, north of
Lebanon, July 15, 2006. Israeli aircraft pounded areas in south, east and northern Lebanon on Saturday,
a day after Hizbollah's chief declared an open war against Israel following the bombardment of his
stronghold in Beirut. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON)

[mystery-ak]

I can't believe this from Major Bob!

[debg]

What an uninformed jerk!

[Mo1]

What's with Major Bob telling Israel to calm down..?

You got me

Apparently Major Bob missed all the talking he thinks Israel should have

[SoCalPol]

Hope he has Bill Gertz on tonight

[BurbankKarl]

who is the apologist on Fox News right now?

[Miss Marple]

Ha! Sellers is getting steamed.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

To relieve this pressure on Hamas in Gaza, and to aid Al Qaeda in the war, Hezbollah opened up a new front in Southern Lebanon. Their gamble was that Israel wouldn't want to deal with a two front war, and that if Israel invaded Lebanon that Syria and/or Iran (perhaps even Egypt!) could be drawn into this war.

Agreed. But do you think Hezbollah made this call on their own or were they acting under orders from Iran?