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7/30 Middle East Live Thread
7/29 Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/30/06 | BurbankKarl

Posted on 07/29/2006 10:30:17 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

Israeli combat soldiers walk along the Israeli northern border with Lebanon. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pursuing a new round of Middle East diplomacy as the Lebanon conflict moved into its 19th day, with Israel and Hezbollah exchanging firepower and threats in defiance of international moves toward a ceasefire


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; gwot; hizballah; israel; qana
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To: ScaniaBoy

Of course CNN and its cronies will try to ignore both the fact that the people were warned and that the rockets were being launced there.


221 posted on 07/30/2006 3:56:52 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Pepper777

"If the long range missiles are fired quickly - this whole deal was a setup from the getgo."

Yep.

And if it takes a long time, then it either wasn't all planned in advance, or else, it was, and IAF's efforts to date are working to degrade Axis command and control..


222 posted on 07/30/2006 3:56:57 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: BurbankKarl

I wonder...the F-111's we finally retired after Desert Storm..did we chop them up for scrap yet or are they functional? Nice present for Israel, some interim medium range bombers, nuclear capable, hehehehe....


223 posted on 07/30/2006 3:57:12 AM PDT by PAMadMax (Islam is the enemy of all mankind...AlJazeera is its PR Firm)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
CNN can't afford to offend it's Islamic fascist base.
224 posted on 07/30/2006 3:58:38 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Do you have Psalm 83 handy? It's so appropriate for what's happening.

Thanks for posting Psalm 74.


225 posted on 07/30/2006 3:58:42 AM PDT by Pepper777
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To: mtbopfuyn

I don't understand why Condi is still there. I'm not trying to be inflamatory here, I'm asking a real question.

If she's trying to lay the ground work for a UN resolution, why isn't Kofi doing this?


226 posted on 07/30/2006 3:58:58 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: mtbopfuyn

Of course it would backfire on to us. And if we had stayed home, it would have backfired onto us. And if we had done anything but forced Israel into a ceasefire, it would have backfired on to us.

And that would have backfired onto us in other ways.


227 posted on 07/30/2006 3:59:19 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: ScaniaBoy

When the men folk round up 57 (per FOX) women and children into the house as their launching rockets from the backyard don't be surprised if women and children are hit hardest.

Sure, like we all have nearly 60 room mates.


228 posted on 07/30/2006 4:00:05 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Damned if we did, damned if we didn't.


229 posted on 07/30/2006 4:00:25 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: Knitting A Conundrum; Pepper777; jeffers
Please, compare these two statements.

But of course French nuclear weapons will only kill combatants: /s

Chirac condemns Qana bombing, calls for ceasefire

French President Jacques Chirac condemned an Israeli air strike that killed at least 40 Lebanese civilians on Sunday and said it highlighted the need for an immediate ceasefire.

"The president learnt with concern about the act of violence which cost the lives of numerous innocent victims, notably women and children in Qana," his office said in a statement. "France condemns this unjustified action which demonstrates more than ever the need for an immediate ceasefire without which there will only be other such incidents." (Reuters)

France delivers nuclear threat
Financial Times January 19 2006 13:34 | Last updated: January 20 2006 09:23
By John Thornhill in Paris and Peter Spiegel in London

Jacques Chirac, France's president, has threatened to use nuclear weapons against any state that supported terrorism against his country or considered using weapons of mass destruction.

In a high-profile speech on Thursday to update military officers on France's strategic doctrine, Mr Chirac said the end of the cold war had removed neither the threats to peace nor the justification for a nuclear deterrent.

230 posted on 07/30/2006 4:00:38 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Right_in_Virginia

Kofi is an ineffectual, pro terrorist (mostly pro-3rd world) corrupt weakling.


231 posted on 07/30/2006 4:01:13 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: jhp

Maybe later than that.

Not even a peep concerning any fighting in those areas yet.

Maybe waiting for the ...oxygen debt...to reach the brain and the rest of the body, neck firmly in fist, yes?


232 posted on 07/30/2006 4:01:32 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: jeffers

I woke up to see the mob trying to break into the UN in Beruit. And now the majority of Lebanon, presumably, is supporting Hezbollah.


233 posted on 07/30/2006 4:02:03 AM PDT by Peach (Prayers for our dear friends in Israel.)
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To: Pepper777; Knitting A Conundrum
Do you have Psalm 83 handy? It's so appropriate for what's happening.

Thanks for posting Psalm 74.

I'll have to read 83. I also find 93 a good one in times like this. I pray it when our guys get into battles here. (Or is it 91? I just got diagnosed with tonsillitis and I'm a little woozy...)

234 posted on 07/30/2006 4:02:46 AM PDT by Allegra (FReeping LIVE! from "the other war zone.")
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To: Peach

Then they should share their fate.


235 posted on 07/30/2006 4:02:50 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: ScaniaBoy

Chirac doesn't have much of a moral center. Talk is cheap. Putting your money where your mouth is requires a strong center to move from. And he has long demmonstrated that expediency rules his heart.


236 posted on 07/30/2006 4:02:57 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Glad to see this:

Olmert vows to push forward with military offensive


Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said during the Cabinet meeting on Sunday that Israel "will not blink" in the face of Hizbullah, vowing to push forward with a 19-day-old offensive against the Lebanese Shiite group.

"Hizbullah, like Islamic terror in general, is threatening the whole western civilization. When we decided to respond we knew we will have to go through difficult tests. We will withstand these tests and we'll win," he said. (Ronny Sofer)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3283558,00.html


237 posted on 07/30/2006 4:04:24 AM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: Right_in_Virginia
I don't understand why Condi is still there. I'm not trying to be inflamatory here, I'm asking a real question. If she's trying to lay the ground work for a UN resolution, why isn't Kofi doing this?

I don't understand what business of ours or hers that she should have gone in the first place. If she was that concerned, then why isn't she sitting down for tea with Hezbollah? With this trip, she's lost my vote in '08 (not that she was running, but whatever). Ha, Kofi getting dust on his nice Italian handmade shoes, no way. He's not about to leave his a/c and room service.

238 posted on 07/30/2006 4:04:34 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Excellent statement. The Israelis PR offensive should begin in earnest- everywhere they need to repeat over and over two things- the civilians were warned days in advance to leave and Hizzballah INTENTIONALLY TARGETS civilians as a way of life.


239 posted on 07/30/2006 4:04:44 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-pray for Israel))
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To: ScaniaBoy

ScaniaBoy wrote:

"Jacques Chirac, France's president, has threatened to use nuclear weapons against any state that
supported terrorism against his country or considered using weapons of mass destruction."



France nuking France, who'd a thunk it?


240 posted on 07/30/2006 4:05:05 AM PDT by jeffers
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