7/17 Middle East Live Thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1666537/posts?page=3202 ^ | 7/17/06 | me

[BurbankKarl]

09:02 Amir Peretz: We won`t stop fighting before achieving our objectives (Haaretz)

08:52 Barrage of Katyusha rockets hits Kiryat Shmona (Itim)

08:48 IDF arrested 12 wanted Palestinian militants in overnight West Bank raids (Itim)

08:32 Two Qassam rockets land in Ashkelon; no casualties or damage reported (Channel 10)

08:07 One IDF soldier lightly injured in fighting in northern Gaza Strip (Israel Radio)

07:57 Asia-Pacific officials working to evacuate citizens from Lebanon (AP)

07:31 Rocket barrage slams into Safed; no immediate report of casualties, damage (Haaretz)

07:30 Two people lightly injured in Acre from rocket hits (Haaretz)

07:21 Alarm sirens heard in Tiberias, no hits reported as yet (Channel 10)

07:20 Two people lightly wounded by sharpnel in Qassam hits on Sderot (Haaretz)

07:07 Lebanese: IDF attacks Beirut port; large fire breaks out (AP)

07:00 Third Qassam rocket hits Sderot; no casualties reported (Haaretz)

06:56 IDF soldier injured in Beit Hanun (Haaretz)

06:49 Katyusha rocket hits community near northern town of Acre; 4 people injured (Haaretz)

06:43 Two loud explosions rock southern suburbs of Beirut (AP)

06:37 Two Qassam rockets hit Sderot; no casualties (Israel Radio)

06:16 Lebanese: 17 fatalities, 9 of them soldiers, in latest round of IDF strikes (Israel Radio)

06:13 Qassam rocket hits western Negev; no casualties (Israel Radio)

06:08 IAF strikes over 50 targets in Lebanon in overnight attacks (Israel Radio)

06:05 IDF says air raid sirens in Haifa were false alarm (Israel Radio)

06:03 Air raid sirens sound in Haifa (AP)

05:46 IDF: Lebanese military involved in Friday attack on Israeli ship (AP)

05:43 IDF: Radar stations targeted were used in Friday attack on Israeli ship (AP)

05:37 IDF: Latest attacks in Lebanon are against radar stations used by Hezbollah (AP)

05:13 Israel blames Hizbollah after Canadian deaths in southern Lebanon (Reuters)

04:35 Oil surges back toward record highs after weekend of Middle East violence (Reuters)

04:13 13 killed, including 8 soldiers, in renewed overnight IDF attacks in Lebanon (AP)

03:21 EU foreign ministers discuss diplomatic options in effort to end Mideast violence (AP)

[pgkdan]

I had slight misgivings about this for just a brief time until yesterday some loon was on the phone with one of the Networks screaming about how they were hostages . That completely changed my thinking about these unlucky folks.

Oh, I never had any misgivings. I really wonder about people who would vacation in Lebanon anyway. I can understand visiting Israel...but Lebanon, or Syria, or Jordan? For a vacation?

[BurbankKarl]

CNNi showing Italian cruise ships arriving in Cypress (not the Achilles Laurel I hope - bad ju ju)

[JustaCowgirl]

Particularly since Shep Smith has now arrived with his soap opera/Oprah Winfrey approach to the news.

They can have a war now. Shep has arrived.

[tsmith130]

Netanyahu and a little red x?

[Alouette]

UPDATE!

I just got off the phone with my daughter. She is in Jerusalem, staying in a vacant (but furnished) apartment that was loaned to Chabad by a family now in Europe. It's a very large apartment and she is sharing it with another family, her neighbors from Safed whose house was hit by rockets.

She said that if she is not able to return to Safed in the next few weeks, or if the attacks get close to Jerusalem, she will bring the kids to the U.S.

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[Chuck54]

I'm certain that Lebanese woman screaming Bush's fault, Bush's fault, Bush's fault was a card carrying Democrat. Probably voted for Kerry in the last election (absentee of course).

She seemed to have a copy of the DNC talking points she was "reading" from.

[Fitzcarraldo]

al_Ghajar is in the Golan Heights - symbolic move against Syria?

[JewishRighter]

"Olmert is a surrender cheese-eating monkey"

Correction:

Olmert is a falafel-eating surrender monkey. Let's hope he proves us both wrong.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I didn't realize your daughter was in that type of danger...my prayers for her and hers...

[MinorityRepublican]

We can only hope. If that should happen the whole nature of this conflict would change in a nanosecond.

That's right. Plus Bibi is not afraid to use military force and that means there will be more likely to have peace.

It's simple.

Peace = War

Strong National Defense = Strength and Peace

The only thing that the Arabs understand is if you have strength and not afraid to use force when necessary.

There's nothing they disrespect more than a "dove". After all, look at what happened with Prime Minister Barak back in 2000. Wasn't he supposed to give us peace in the Middle East?

Barak is responsible for the eruption of al-Aqsa Intifada which resulted in 1,001 Israelis were killed (up to September 2004) and 6,700 were wounded.

[hershey]

God keep them all safe and sound. (Never has there been a clearer demarkation of good and evil.)

[JustaCowgirl]

You get a red x? It's a picture of Dick Cheney. I'll check the ref, because I see it.

[BurbankKarl]

I am sure they are complaining that it has taking longer for them to be flown out than the Katrina people.

[roses of sharon]

Uh Oh, Shep needs his smelling salts!

[MinorityRepublican]

Olmert is a falafel-eating surrender monkey. Let's hope he proves us both wrong.

Haha clever.

Let's hope we're wrong. But I doubt it.

[Uriah_lost]

The "beaten zone" of a modern artillery round is pretty substantial with the right ordinance. The artillery that is being pumped into the Hizzy zone is likely clearing corridors for advance. The air assets are probably targeted at the hardened targets. The more prep that they do, the fewer ground assets they will need to allocate when they do go in. Knowing Israel's intel network, I would bet that they have a pretty good idea where most of the mines are laid. Mines are not too hard to deploy but it IS time consuming when you want to conceal them well and to do it without being observed. The continuing bombardment also tends to keep their heads down.

[CougarGA7]

Prayers sent. Thanks for the update.

[Mo1]

OMG ... did you just see Shep ducking and waiving on camera ???

[lainie]

o.m.g. turn to FNC. Shep Smith is on camera from Lebanon and he's actually ducking and dodging on camera, claiming he's under fire. It's hysterical.