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

Posted on 07/15/2006 11:24:32 PM PDT by 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)


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; islam; melivethread; middleeast; muhammadsminions; ww3; wwiii
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To: Fitzcarraldo
They were returning to their homes in Gaza after Israel shut the gates a few weeks ago.

Thanks for clarifying that point. ;^)

701 posted on 07/16/2006 8:15:18 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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To: jhp

Trouble is here, no doubt about it.

The only question is how much?

This is unsettling:

18:06
Pakistan leader condemns Israeli strikes, pledges support for Lebanese
people (AP)

Trying to get more info now....


702 posted on 07/16/2006 8:15:36 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: jeffers

lining up sides??


703 posted on 07/16/2006 8:16:46 AM PDT by jhp
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To: jeffers
If worse comes to worst, we will lose up to half the earth's supply of inexpensive oil moonbats. Right now, we can drill for oil off the coast of the Southern US, or in ANWR, or use the inexhausible reserves of oil shale in the US and Canada.

Within 10 years, given the genius of the Free Market and US ingenuity, I bet we could have the shale oil being extracted for a lot less than it costs now.

Iran doesn't realize two things:

1) Have one nuke, or a dozen, with unreliable delivery systems, cannot enable you to take on a country with thousands.

2) The US remains the only power in history to have nuked civilians on purpose. These clowns are rank amateurs.

Full Disclosure: First I'd carpet bomb Mecca during Ramadan with live pigs and Hormel Cure-81 canned hams.

Cheers!

704 posted on 07/16/2006 8:17:30 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: jhp

Nasrallah on CNN NOW


705 posted on 07/16/2006 8:17:47 AM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: InterceptPoint
Israel has at least two platforms similar to AWACS, although much older in origin:

IAI Phalcon 707

E-2C Hawkeye


 


706 posted on 07/16/2006 8:17:50 AM PDT by PattonReincarnated (They say only 10% of Muslims are extremists - that's only 100,000,000+ people - Rebuild the Temple)
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To: jeffers; All

Nasrallah "live" on CNN.


707 posted on 07/16/2006 8:18:30 AM PDT by Chuck54 ("What you take to Vegas, stays in Vegas.")
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To: jhp

"Israel may be on the receiving end of a ballastic missile barrage"


Maybe, maybe not. Let the i's get dotted and the t's get crossed and then we'll see.


708 posted on 07/16/2006 8:18:33 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: BurbankKarl

Hey karl...thanks for the thread...


709 posted on 07/16/2006 8:18:36 AM PDT by sofaman ("Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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To: jhp

The sides have already been lined up, but I think Israel really caught them off guard by responding as it did. The Islamists thought they had more time. I only hope we don't give it to them now. Better to fight with them at a time of our choosing than of theirs.


710 posted on 07/16/2006 8:18:49 AM PDT by livius
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To: Pox
If the entire world is on edge to the point where this could be taken to a global crisis, then the issue is not truly centered on those 3 soldiers, it it?

I don't think many people back in 1917 thought that Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assassination would start WWI.

711 posted on 07/16/2006 8:19:50 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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To: All

"Hezbollah of Lebanon has served to neutralize the Zionist dream of dominance over Lebanon..."

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-24/0607167849172927.htm

Supreme Leader expresses outrage at Zionists crimes against Palestine, Lebanon Tehran, July 16, IRNA

Iran-Lebanon-Supreme Leader Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday expressed outrage at new waves of crimes perpetrated by the Zionist regime in Gaza strip, the West Bank and Lebanon over the past three weeks.

The Supreme Leader said that the international community is currently making judgment about the "abhorrent support of the US and certain Western states for Israeli crimes against civilian people in both Palestine and Lebanon." "The freedom-loving people of the world and awakening conscience are making judgment about the unprecedented crimes of the Zionist regime and its supporters against Palestinians and the Lebanese people. It is clear that the judgment will leave its impacts in the future."

The Supreme Leader said that the Zionist regime has trampled upon all humanitarian values in both Palestine and Lebanon and proved once again that the Zionists are satanic and cancerous and Israel is an infectious fetus for the entire Muslims of the world.

Ayatollah Khamenei criticized the current US administration as the worst one ruling the United States in the past several years in light of its support for mass killing of defenseless women, children and men in both Palestine and Lebanon.

Israel's unmanly attacks against civilian targets have injured sentiments of Muslims in Lebanon, adding that even Lebanon, which they (Westerners) wanted to turn as a base for Western culture, has stood against the hegemonic powers of the world.

The Lebanese people are grateful to Hezbollah regarding it as their own force and an Islamic resistance to the Zionist aggression.

Hezbollah of Lebanon has served to neutralize the Zionist dream of dominance over Lebanon.

Elsewhere in his speech, the Supreme Leader felicitated the Muslims on birthday of Hazrat-e Fatemeh, the beloved daughter of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

The Supreme Leader said that Islam respects freedom and dignity of women and regards Fatemeh as a model for the entire Muslim women.

The Supreme Leader said that the so-called civilized part of the world has hypocritical view about women and they regard women in the Western world as a means for sexual pleasure.

During the meeting, several eulogists recited poetry about magnitude of the revered personality of Hazrat-e Fatemeh.

712 posted on 07/16/2006 8:20:06 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Chuck54

If Nasrallah doesn't give up some very, very current information, I'm going to consider this a "Weekend at Bernies" production.


713 posted on 07/16/2006 8:20:07 AM PDT by Chuck54 ("What you take to Vegas, stays in Vegas.")
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To: sofaman

Good morning Sofaman...

Watching Nassrallah spread his propaganda.


714 posted on 07/16/2006 8:20:37 AM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: livius
he called the area where the missiles hit(Haifi) "northen occupied palestine"

also claims 3 Iraeli tanks damaged 1 destroyed

715 posted on 07/16/2006 8:20:43 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: AliVeritas
Sodano was asked to retire wasn't he?.
716 posted on 07/16/2006 8:21:36 AM PDT by fatima (You can read History or make it,fatima)
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To: PattonReincarnated
They need a JSTARS.

"JSTARS provides ground situation information through communication via secure data links with air force command posts, army mobile ground stations and centres of military analysis far from the point of conflict. JSTARS provides a picture of the ground situation equivalent to that of the air situation provided by AWACS. JSTARS is capable of determining the direction, speed and patterns of military activity of ground vehicles and helicopters."

717 posted on 07/16/2006 8:21:40 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: DCPatriot

Though it appeared that many brought extra guns and ammo back in :^(


718 posted on 07/16/2006 8:21:45 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: jhp

The way I see it the side were already predetermined. What is at question is the level of participation each member takes. Pakistan will probably just issue rhetoric and that's it. Musharaf has been walking a line since 9/11 and will continue to do so from my estimate.


719 posted on 07/16/2006 8:22:13 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (There are no trophies for winning wars. Only consequences for losing them.)
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To: All

Hezbullah's "Baghdad Bob" making a speech...Fox picked it up as well.


720 posted on 07/16/2006 8:22:40 AM PDT by RasterMaster ("Big Tents" you get Clowns & Circus Freaks! The road to HELL is paved with LIEberals!)
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