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)

[Txsleuth]

British choppers taking US citizens to Cyprus...

Thank you Britain.

[stopem]

Thanks, for the links and info.

[ezsmoke]

Thank You Britain from me as well.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Arabic TV broadcaster Al-Jazeera on Monday demanded that Israeli authorities release its Jerusalem bureau chief Ilyas Karram, who was arrested on Sunday after broadcasting real-time footage disclosing the site the deadly Katyusha attack in Haifa, a violation of military censorship rules.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150886026959&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[Conservababe]

I MAY get out on the French-chartered ferry today or tomorrow. If I do, I promise that I will make no more French jokes for the rest of my life (as hard as that may be).

CNN is showing the ferry evacuation right now.

[Mo1]

I hope you feel better, hipaatwo



I have the mute on

But why is MSNBC acting like it's the fall of Saigon with the video footage and a title saying helicopters evacuating foreigners from Beirut ??

[AliVeritas]

Death to Israel? In Berlin?
The ironic thing is... Iran states Jews are Nazis. If that doesn't tell you all you need to know...

[defconw]

Oh terrific! I am guessing our Marines, might be there for a different reason? :) WTG UK!

[finnman69]

More Lebanese yummies


http://thembonez.blogspot.com/2006/03/lebanese-lingerie-show-counters-bad.html

[ScaniaBoy]

French President, French Prime Minister....I know it's all the same, but I think it is the PM de Villepin (that odious creature who was France's FM during the run up to the Iraq invasion) who has been sent on an errand of high diplomacy to Lebanon.

France was sorely beaten at the G8 summit and now tries to get in the game again. Don't think the rest of the world will buy their white drapeaux this time though.

[defconw]

It boggles the mind doesn't it!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Dreams of recreating the historical past with apocalypic visions of bringing the Mahdi...could anything be more unstabilizing for the region?

[Txsleuth]

WOW..I appreciate you posting that...

Could you keep us informed how they are doing??

They are in for a bumpy time, I am afraid.

[sofaman]

A-Jazeera demands? really? Demands...and what are they going to do if he isn't released? Hold their breath until they turn blue? maybe report on Israel negatively? Tailor their reports for Arab consumption?

ROFL...demand...that's too funny...

[kabar]

Even Israel has its own war dissenters despite the fact that they are being shelled and rocketed

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Group of Eight leaders were told Iran was seriously considering a package of incentives aimed at getting it to halt its nuclear program, South African President Thabo Mbeki said Monday.

Mbeki, whose Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma visited Iran last week, said he passed on that message during his meetings with G-8 leaders in Russia. An Iranian Foreign Ministry official had made similar comments to reporters Sunday, but Mbeki's briefing took the communications to a higher level.

"We have today in our interactions with the G-8 communicated the essential message from the Iranians," Mbeki said in an interview with foreign reporters. "It is that they believe this proposal is important, it constitutes an important starting point with regard to the negotiating process which everybody agrees needs to take place, and therefore that they are considering the matter seriously."

The package the United States, Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany offered last month includes economic incentives and a provision for the United States to offer Iran some nuclear technology, lift some sanctions and join direct negotiations. The key demand of the six is that Iran stop enriching uranium during any negotiations. Their proposal also calls for Iran to impose a long-term moratorium on uranium enrichment _ which can produce civilian reactor fuel or fissile bomb material.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150886027047&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Buying time, or muddying the waters?

[Uriah_lost]

There is no question in my mind that the IDF could roll these Hizbullah pukes up like an old rug right now. My concern is that I wouldn't want to commit any more of my ground forces than absolutely necessary in case the Syrians decide to open another front as soon as the bulk of the IDF is committed to a ground action outside the border. The protracted prep is necessitated by the desire to use less than all the resources at their disposal. It's just speculation but I've got a feeling about this one.