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.

[Eagles Talon IV]

Ok, semi humorous. It is well known among my children that when they come to visit Grandma and Grandpa, their children WILL behave. That means NO whining, no crying because they didn't get what they want, no disrespect towards adults...you get the idea.

Really, I love my kids and their kids but I have never tolerated a lack of respect in a child or one behaving like a spoiled brat. The biggest problem as I see it these days is parents trying to act lie a friend to their children instead of a parent.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

23:12 Arab-American group sues U.S. gov`t for `failing to protect Americans in Lebanon` (AP)
23:10 22-year-old male found shot to death in Or Akiva; police investigating (Itim)
22:31 Rice in Israel: Any agreement must be based on long-term solutions (Haaretz)
22:31 Livni: Lebanese government must implement UN resolution 1559 (Haaretz)
22:30 Livni: International community understands Israel is defending itself (Haaretz)
22:19 IDF says officer, soldier killed in fighting in Lebanon in Bint Jbail (Haaretz)
21:52 UNIFIL: IDF shell hits UN post in southern Lebanon, wounds 4 (Reuters)

[daybreakcoming]

Tom DeLay is coming up next on Cavuto.

[Txsleuth]

Benjamin Netanyahu was just on CNN...and he pointed out to Wolfie...that IF Israel wanted to kill Lebanese civilians, they would have done it by now...

He said that they have enough "fire power" to "level Lebanon" in one day...but, they have chosen not to...because they do feel that a Hezbollah-free Lebanon could be a good neighbor.

Of course the same could be said for the USA in Iraq...if we wanted to...we could get rid of the insurgents and other terrorists in Iraq...but, we would be destroying the cities, especially Baghdad...and killing thousands of Iraqi citizens.

[GOP_Proud]

Repoted on CNN (just surfin'). 12,600 Americans evacuated from Lebanon. Concern still for Americans in far south Lebanon. What's a country to do?

[bnelson44]

MEMRI is reporting Hezbollah gave Lebanese leaders advance warning they were going to abduct Israeli soldiers to free Hezbollah prisoners. (warning: MEMRI link currently overwhelmed)

http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD121106

[freeperfromnj]

Do we have any confirmation of that missile launched at Hafia was the long range ones? From my estimation, those things are big and pretty hard to hide. I would think there is a good possibility that they have already been taken out

From Debka news ticker:

IDF chief: Hizballah’s rockets can reach Greater Tel Aviv. We don’t know when they will be fired.

[eeevil conservative]

WELL! Doesn't THAT change a few things......

I want a strongly worded memo from the UN on this......

5...........4.....................3................2............

[Eagles Talon IV]

If they had the bomb now they would be announcing it every 5 minutes. If they had the bomb they would not have to do the dance they are doing claiming their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

Did you know that their is no intel confirming that N Korea even has a nuke? All we have is the Chia head claiming they do.

[GOP_Proud]

DeLay looks good.

[Canedawg]

I have plenty of orange (and green) Canes stuff, which I will start wearing now, although football season is still a month away.

:=)))

[Laverne]

Sounds good too! "You have to go after the terrorists, either put them in a cell or a cemetary!"

[RouxStir]

"Lebanon's parliament speaker rejects proposals, inisisting cease-fire must preceed any talks"

Fox reporting that Labanon is rejecting Rice's proposals...like they are in the driver's seat.

[ScaniaBoy]

"Consistently, from the Hizbullah heartland, my message was that Hizbullah must stop this cowardly blending ... among women and children," Egeland said, shortly before departing for Israel. "I heard they were proud because they lost very few fighters and that it was the civilians bearing the brunt of this. I don't think anyone should be proud of having many more children and women dead than armed men." (AP)

The fact that Egeland is heading for Israel and is going to meet the Israelis on war footing has certainly helped concentrate his mind.

Compared to a Scandinavian politician even Peres is a roaring lion.

[GOP_Proud]

You put terrorists either in a cell or cemetery...DeLay. lol

[CougarGA7]

Hmm. Debka...makes it suspect to me. I will keep an eye out for a second source on that one. It would be a big thing if it is confirmed.

[bruinbirdman]

Iranian Artillery Rockets
Rocket	Range	Diameter	Length	Mass	Warhead	Comment
	km	mm	m	kg	kg
Haseb	9	107	.84	19	8
Noor	18	122	2.05	45	18
Arash	20	122	2.82	65	18	BM-21 Grad
Arash	20	122	3.20	72	18	BM-21 Grad
Oghab	34-45	230	4.82	360	70
Fajr-3 / Ra'ad	45	240	5.20	408	45	DPRK M-1985
Shahin-1	13	333	2.90	384	190
Shahin-2	20	333	3.90	530	190
Fajr-5	75	333	6.48	915	90	DPRK ?
Naze'at-4	90				.	.
Naze'at-5					.	.
Naze'at-6	105	355	6.30	900	85	FROG
Naze'at-10	140	450	8.30	1,850	250	FROG
Mushak-120	130	450	.	.	500	Fateh-110 / NP-110 / Iran 130
Zelzal-2	100-200	610	8.46	3,545	.	Zelzal-2 / FROG-7

30-Tube MRL
Type of vehicle	Benz truck AL911, Turbo-charge
Power	170 HP
Maximum speed	75 KM/H
Number of axles	2
Number of differential	1
Useful length	449 CM
Total permissible weight	with the vehicle 8380 KG
Total permissible weight	without the vehicle 3880 KG
Caliber	122.4 MM
Barrel length	3 M
Number of barrels	30 PCS
Maximum range	20.4 KM
Firing time	30 Rockets in 15 Sec. (SALVO)
Maximum launching	55 Deg.
Minimum launching	angle 11 Deg.
Weight of each individual	23.3 KGS Barrel

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Bibi needs to keep telling it like it is!

[Eagles Talon IV]

The lib media was soooo desperate to turn the evacuation of Lebanon into another Katrina but, alas, it was not to be and they are devastated.

BTW, I saw on a crawl 2 days ago (MSNBC) that one of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers was found dead. Is that true or was it merely wishful thinking on the part of MSNBC?