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)

[Mr Cobol]

Guess so, I was gone for a while and checked the thread, thought the war was over.

[Krodg]

Not to mention that it might take awhile to plan the evacuation of up to 25,000 Americans.

I know they are reporting about 4,000 want to leave, but the fact that they are Americans complicates the issue.

[mfccinsd]

Yup...'old' news that's not only from earlier in the day, but Anderson is airing old news from YESTERDAY...which we've already seen. A lot. Ha.

I bet Karl's got a new thread for us very soon :-)

[BurbankKarl]

With the news blackout in Israel, I am sure he got miffed and went to Cypress to do more human interest stories.

CNN has a guy in Lebanon, Nic Roberts.

[eeevil conservative]

thought the war was over?

Did the Muslims cpitulate?

/sarc....

[sofaman]

Mrs S is going to be in Europe and I'm going to be in Dallas ...wish that I could go...

[BurbankKarl]

Here is news...the missile that sunk the Egyptian freighter was shipped from Iran the previous day....and flights have been landing regularly to resupply Hezbollah.

[CAluvdubya]

I use to live near Dallas (back in the day when the Cowboys really were Americas team). Great shopping!

[oceanview]

landing where?

[eeevil conservative]

LOL

[BurbankKarl]

in Syria, and driven over or smuggled over.

[Mr Cobol]

I think Olmert is playing possum and will hit 'em hard when they aren't looking. /s

[sofaman]

hate to disagree with Mr Kurtzer..G-d knows that he has much more experience in the area than I do, but the Israelis just issued an infantry call up...to go to Gaza. The Gaza guys will be going to Lebanon...

secondly, who are the negotiations with? Hezbollah? Israel has to negotiate with terrorists?

I repeat a question that i asked earlier. Would we negotiate with Bin Laden?

[eeevil conservative]

shocker!

so now Iran can carry out a war under cover...

lovely..............................................

[tcrlaf]

have you seen ANYTHING on the Egyptian ship in the media??

If the Israeli's had sunk it, you'd be seeing crew memorials every 15 minutes, on every network in the world...

[PattonReincarnated]

Here is news...the missile that sunk the Egyptian freighter was shipped from Iran the previous day....and flights have been landing regularly to resupply Hezbollah.

What is the source of this news?

[eeevil conservative]

i don't know... i think he is serious...

I hope so....

[RDTF]

I thought it was determined to be Cambodian?

[sofaman]

hot as he!!