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)

[Knitting A Conundrum]

That's my feeling...like Hitler in the build up to WWII...tell Chamberlain anything. You would think Europe would learn from past history...when a person is determined to do something like this, it is important to give them enough...the more you give them, the more they will take...and still do the behavior you are trying to stop...

[greyfoxx39]

Penalty for transporting a refilled helium tank: $250,000 and five years in a federal prison.

Is this correct? If so, why?

[FOXFANVOX]

OK, perhaps some hyperbole. Actually, I was responding to a threat by Ali to not say nice things behind her, so I said them in front. [Ali owns a VERY big baseball bat I am told.]

[Tree of Liberty]

Only a matter of time, I'm afraid. All the talk of "cease fire" won't work. You don't negotiate with those who believe they have a divine calling to kill you. The best course of action is to kill them before they have a chance to carry out their goals.

[ScaniaBoy]

Compare this:

Syrian Rocket Struck Haifa Earlier 18:30 Jul 17, '06 / 21 Tammuz 5766

(IsraelNN.com) Security officials reported some of the rockets which struck Haifa on Monday afternoon were Syrian made, containing significantly more explosive materials than 122mm Katyusha rockets in addition to metallic balls intended to increase carnage on impact.

and this:

However, Chirac said that he believed another country - likely Syria - was behind the actions of the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. "I have the feeling, if not the conviction, that Hamas and Hezbollah wouldn't have taken the initiatives alone," Chirac said.

"There is, without any doubt, an action which must be discussed with Syria," the French president said.

Quite the genius the French President, non?

[dinoparty]

I don't know how long they've been explicitly saying that they will agree even if there is no disarming. I agree, though, that this doesn't really change the equation.

[cornfedcowboy]

I'm waiting for Mike Tobin to sign off by saying "I'm going to have a light lunch and then go kick some tail for a few hours. I'll be back with you at 6:00 with a full report."

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I noticed that...they are having trouble with their site, I suspect...Can't get the ticker to work, and can't always get the home page.

[Miztiki]

I would like to go there someday too so that I can meet my in-laws. They are all still in Iraq. There's no way I'm going any time soon though. I like my head on my neck, thank you!

Shame you can't drop by and tell them we said hello, since you're in the area and all. That would completely freak them out! :-)


Hey, I thought Shep was in Israel? What happened with him? I see Bill Hemmer is there now (and looking good as usual).

[rebel_yell2]

I was just told that there were 40 Americans and 400 non-French Europeans on board along with 800 Frenchies. My contact was alarmed by how many Arabic names were on the list and was told that the French have no way to screen who goes out. They have been WAY TOO generous handing out passports. This is bound to piss off the Israelis.

I have a 50-50 chance of makine the ferry tomorrow, but I'd really like to make the trip on the Iwo Jima. :-)

[sarasota]

That's a page from the Saddam playbook.

[eeevil conservative]

LOL! I have always had a crush onhim...

He use to have this nervous habit- while on the air he would rock side to side.....they must have worked with him onit- because then he started rocking back and forth...

then he would slightly raise on his toes.

now- his nervous habit has been reduced to big deep breaths that make his shoulders rise and fall~

It is sooooooooooooooooo cute to watch!

HE IS ADORABLE!

[DCPatriot]

Okay...thanks for differentiating between fission and fusion.

BK mentioned that fusion are many times more powerful than the ones dropped on Japan...that the land would still be radioactive today.

[dinoparty]

Very very funny. I would like to see video of that!

[rebel_yell2]

I'm not NEARLY that high on the evacuation priority list!

[daybreakcoming]

I LOVE that Bush got caught using a CUSS word with Tony Blair!

And the media is playing it as the scoop of the year. LOL

[pj_627]

"I just posted a reply to that idiot on the other thread suggesting he is an operative trying to make us all look like fundamentalist fanatics"

Unfortunately, there are many little "Pharisees" populating the religious right. So concerned with the piddly little stuff that they miss what really matters. Besides, God is the one who judges our hearts, not man.

What is going on over in the Mid-East right now, the actions of the terrorists and their supporters, is far more important. That is where our focus should rightly be pointed, not at a slightly coarse comment that came out of Pres. Bush's mouth when he wasn't aware the mic was on. Sheesh!.

pattyjo

[mathluv]

Shep will be on for his afternoon shows. I don't know when Geraldo will be on - he is supposedly there, too, or on the way.