7/24 Middle East Live Thread

Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/24/06 | me

[BurbankKarl]

Hezbollah terrorists fire a missile from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.

[Miss Marple]

Oh, good, guess who wants to send troops to patrol the Lebanese border...the Russians and the French!

Just heard this on Fox News from Eric Shaw.

[Allegra]

"We just feel the US government has put its citizens at risk by supplying missiles when many US citizens are still there," said Nabih Ayad, lawyer for committee and the citizens who were all in Lebanon. Ayad said a few included in the lawsuit are still trying to leave the country.

Oh, cry me a freakin' river. They have got to be kidding.

[Bahbah]

I'm not sure it is effective

I'm pretty sure that it is not, for just the reasons that you give.

[gth833s]

wait? the french have troops? Are they armed with pretty white flags?

[McGruff]

Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
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Lebanon

May 20, 2004

This Travel Warning is being reissued to remind U.S. citizens of ongoing safety and security concerns in Lebanon. It is being reissued without change after periodic review. This supersedes the Travel Warning for Lebanon issued December 4, 2003.

The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to Lebanon. U.S. citizens in Lebanon are encouraged to register at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut where they may also obtain updated information on travel and security in Lebanon. See registration details below....

[Miss Marple]

Never underestimate the unholy combination of lawyers and the left, especially when they see an opportunity to bollix things up and make money at the same time.

[red meat conservative]

Hey Miztiki, I don't have a good insight to it yet. If I find something I'll be posting it on my blog I'll give you a ping

[Fitzcarraldo]

What is so popular about Beirut that folks flock there to enjoy themselves, even in times of great political turmoil? Maybe I'll make travel arrangements...

[Allegra]

I wondered what your humidity might be close to the River, but if there has been no rain for six months do you still have a river, or does it exist only on maps? Where does your water come from?

There are two rivers in Iraq and both flow all year long. I live right on the banks of the Tigris. The water table in Iraq is only about 4 feet below the surface in some places - there's LOTS or water underground here. That fact makes Iraq different from just about all the other Middle Eastern countries.

[McGruff]

How far does this go back?

Lebanon: Travel Warning

U.S. Department of State
28 August 2000

The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Lebanon and recommends that Americans exercise caution while traveling there. During Lebanon's civil conflict from 1975 to 1990, Americans were the targets of numerous terrorist attacks in Lebanon. While there have been very few such incidents in recent years, the perpetrators of these attacks are still present in Lebanon and retain the ability to act.

The local security environment in Lebanon can limit the movement of U.S. officials in certain areas of the country....

[Straight Vermonter]

Seniora is at least democratically elected. Mushy is a military dictator.

[sageb1]

The Muslim response in America:

[Txsleuth]

LOL...Jenny Baucus...what a wench!

One good thing...this "debate" is so Bush's...that the Reps activists don't have to work hard at all...they can just sit and watch the dems spin around in their chairs...LOL

[Dinah Lord]

"all kinds of info in the Hezzie press:
The hostile Israeli warplanes threw fire balls on the peripheries of the following towns: Burj Rahal, Bidyas, and Abbasiye."

Goodness Gracious! Great balls of fire!

(Sorry, couldn't keep myself from jagging the hezzies on this one. Thanks for posting.)

Cheers - Dinah

[Txsleuth]

She was probably hand picked by Howard Dean...her personality was just as "warm" as his....LOL

[FarRightFanatic]

"a mosque in sidon was being run by hezbollah, it was hit by air strikes last night"

Maybe we need to take a page from the Israeli warfare book and not be afraid to hit a mosque ourselves if it is being used by terrorists in Iraq. The Israelis seem to care significantly less than we do about world opinion. I say--GO ISRAEL!

[AliVeritas]

Hello.

[halfright]

u wrote;
I would be wicked cool if the IDF started placing the heads of the hebolleez on pikes, nail them to trees or skin them alive




You gotta be from New England....prolly Boston area....No one uses "wicked" anymore...cept Bruins fans :-)

[harwood]

Hizbollah site quotes a Turkish newspaper as saying that the joint US/Israeli goal is to create one big Jewish state from the Nile to the Euphrates.

[Txsleuth]

Yes...they are afraid they would get a Hezbollah voted in, I am sure.