7/20 Middle East Live Thread

FR Live Thread ^ | 7/20/06 | me

[twigs]

My best friend has a niece who married an Egyptian and now they have a child. He lied to her saying he was waiting to get into med school, but now it's clear that he will probably work in a pizzeria the rest of his life. I doubt he even went to college. He named their child an Egyptian name, continues to practice Islam and sends the little money he makes back to Egypt. He's just biding his time in Pennsylvania Dutch country until it's time to make a move. My friend sees it all clearly, but the stupid wife does not have a clue.

[twigs]

Well, he sounds like someone who is managing to milk the American taxpayer.

[SE Mom]

Bill Hemmer reporting now on FOX 2 Israeli soldiers have been KIA in fighting with Hez..

[RDTF]

Anyword on if they got the head hezbullies in that strike?

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[casino66]

The UN security council is being webcast now at


http://www.un.org/webcast/index.asp#

[RDTF]

tel her to watch 'not without my daughter'

[kimmie7]

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[Peach]

FNC showing Annan addressing Security Council live.

[Peach]

That movie, "Not without my daughter" is powerful.

[Allegra]

Can someone remind me why Pres. Bush felt the need to address this "loving" crowd?

I saw that on TV while we were having dinner. I wondered - there's this rather frightening war going on in Israel/Lebanon and he's kissing up to these people??

(I also kept hoping he's slip and say "sh!t." LOL)

[debg]

Kofi: about 300 civilians killed, one third of them children.

[Tiny]

"Israel Air Force fighter planes dumped 23 tons of explosives on a bunker believed to be housing the senior Hizbullah leaders..."

Any word from a reliable source on the fate of the Hizbullah leaders that suppposedly were not under this assault? If it was posted earlier I apologize, tough to keep up with the latest at work.

[Allegra]

tel her to watch 'not without my daughter'

The book is even more gripping than the movie. Scary stuff.

[SE Mom]

Someone QUICK...tell Kofi to STFU.

He is whining about the numbers of LEBANESE who have been displaced and killed, wounded...evacuated and are "refugees"...

I DETEST this man.

[Peach]

I'd love to know of those 300 how many were men under 40 and likely jihadists.

And I'll note, jihadists have been killing innocent fellow Muslims, Christians and Jews for years in Israel; I guess that hasn't bothered Annan at all.

[RDTF]

and it's a true story. And a typical one.

[debg]

Kofi: Urgent, send money.