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)

[mosquitobite]

If you listen to some sources they say Lebanese civilians are upset/mad that Hezbullah instigated a war they can't win. They say Israel/US should take advantage of that.

Other sources say that the Lebanese are supportive of Hezbullah and are critical of the Israeli offensive.

My guess is it depends upon the reporter which side we hear. ;)

[defconw]

"No wonder Fox ratings are sinking. I'm ready to turn to CNN."

For the sake of your BP don't do it! ;)

[Abigail Adams]

I don't see this being discussed here yet, but maybe that's cuz I don't have my contacts in yet...

I've heard on the radio news that an apartment building in Haifa was hit and they are rescuing people now.

[jeffers]

From Haaretz:

17:34
French President Jacques Chirac arrives in Beirut (AFP)



Not going to say it, but I can't help thinking it.

;-)

[harwood]

17:34 French President Jacques Chirac arrives in Beirut

Giving the troops a pep rally, no doubt

[mewzilla]

Tammy Bruce: Why are some Arab nations condemning Hezbollah? Because there are 100,000 Americans parked in Iraq....

Ooooh, Jim Warren didn't like that....LOL.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I am not sure...I was under the impression it was just another home grown palestinian group...

[defconw]

I think it was an appropriate description of what Hizzbollah has been up to.

[Miztiki]

France is insignificant. When will they realize that? They are a nobody. That Chirac makes me want to puke.

[AmericaUnite]

American student at the U of Beirut

I think if you go to this country for study your probably an Arab apologist anyway. I don't think those students should be interviewed except to say they picked the losing side to root for.

[Fitzcarraldo]

"...Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Israel should exchange key Hezbollah leaders it has in custody for its army personnel taken hostage by the Lebanese militia fiercely loyal to Tehran..."

http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7939

Iran’s Ahmadinejad warns West of “dire fate”

Mon. 17 Jul 2006

Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Jul. 17 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Israel should exchange key Hezbollah leaders it has in custody for its army personnel taken hostage by the Lebanese militia fiercely loyal to Tehran.

“This occupying regime (Israel) came into existence in the heart of the Islamic world and the Middle East 60 to 70 years ago with plots and ruses and has no duty other than terror, crimes, aggression, violence, and creating tension. Its mission is to sow discord among countries in the region”, Ahmadinejad said.

He accused the United States of lying that it sought a two state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

He urged the West to remove the Jewish state from the region. “For certain, you cannot withstand the power of the nations of the region”, he said.

“If you do not contain this criminal regime and end your support for it and give a positive response to the people of the region you will face a dire fate”, he said.

His comments were reported by the state-run news agency ISNA.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Iran sure isn't very original, recycling other people's political catchphrases...

[Miss Marple]

That was pretty funny. Anything to give Jim Warren grief is fine with me!

[Mo1]

Well ... he's right

[tsmith130]

17:34 French President Jacques Chirac arrives in Beirut (AFP)

Flying one of these, no doubt:

[AmericaUnite]

Mike Tobin in Haifa ask a question

I wish Tobin would have said what he was going to ask even after the Lebanese PM hung up.