Posted on 07/19/2006 9:51:03 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
you watch your fingers! Say that again and Karl will wash your fingers with soup, you young whippersnapper!
I've been acquiring grand nieces and nephews the last few years. They are a trip. I tease the hell out of them. Their parents just tolerate me. {;0)
soup???? I meant oap, just in case you thought that I...never mind...babbling
Yes, I have nubs where my fingers used to be...LOL
You are too kind to me...
But, I didn't realize how excessive the number was until others started posting theirs, yikes!
Only 13,600 for me. But the question was how can I find out that number without you telling me? No doubt there is a script somehow to do it.
oap? to hell with it...
oh...now that, I don't know.
I am sure there is a way...but I have been pretty uncurious when it comes to the many functions available on FR...another one of my faults. Sorry.
High walls, ~200 feet on a side, buildings in rows and columns, one way in, one way out, I dunno, a collective farm?
;-)
I think it is a road.
Analysis: The ground operation has begun under our noses Haaretz ^ | 7/21/6 | Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
Posted on 07/20/2006 10:51:24 PM CDT by SmithL
AVIVIM − Right under our noses, the Israel Defense Forces ground operation in Lebanon began Thursday. What was described as a minor commando operation was in fact a fairly large assault, involving several specialized units that are entering villages, carrying out searches and engaging in hard, close-range fighting with Hezbollah units.
The air force's limited success and the continued rocket attacks against northern Israel have drawn the IDF into Lebanon, where it is confronted by a well-organized, well trained and highly motivated Hezbollah force. In two days of fighting, eight soldiers belonging to the IDF's best units have died. The losses on the other side are grater, even if they are not being released.
On the other hand, there was a decline in the number of rockets fired at , with some 35 to 40 rockets striking fields in the upper Galilee.
Early Wednesday morning, IDF troops moved against a Hezbollah position near the village of Maroun Ras, just north of Avivim. At first light, the soldiers discovered a metal door leading to a subterranean bunker complex. It was impossible to see the complex from the air, and it enabled Hezbollah militants to hide after firing rockets against the north.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
lol!
That's what he said. "Several" thousand would be less than 10K, so less than a division, active and reserve.
Figure you'd want between 3:1 up to 7:1 advantage against an enemy dug in in rugged terrain, and IDF's three divisions in the area, and you see logic in Israel's limited call-up.
Nastywaller promised "surprises", I don't get the feeling IDF's walking in, or raping and pillaging with ease, these numbers may be a bit on the low side. If not, the training assessments are.
Or perhaps...the shooters on the other side aren't all Hezb.
link? I'm feeling lazy.
"Or perhaps...the shooters on the other side aren't all Hezb."
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