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8/1 Middle East Live Thread
Middle East Live Thread ^ | 8/1/06 | BurbankKarl

Posted on 07/31/2006 9:38:15 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

The wife and father of kidnapped Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser, Karnit, holding a wedding photograph, and Shlomo Goldwasser arrive at Heathrow Airport in London, Monday July 31, 2006. Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers on July 12, triggering an Israeli offensive against Lebanon that has killed hundreds of people, mostly civilians.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; daralislam; dhimmis; dhimmitude; hezbollah; humanshieldsrus; iran; islam; israel; lebanon; middleeast; muhammadsminions; muslimcaliphate
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To: jhp

That Syrian pilot is now headed for his hangar....lol


1,021 posted on 08/01/2006 2:35:17 PM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
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To: Dog

35 minutes after midnight


1,022 posted on 08/01/2006 2:35:37 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
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To: CougarGA7
Maybe they found the location of the two kidnapped soldiers.

good idea!

1,023 posted on 08/01/2006 2:35:43 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: CougarGA7

Thank you...someone else is having the same thoughts as I am..


1,024 posted on 08/01/2006 2:35:47 PM PDT by Dog
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To: ScaniaBoy

ScaniaBoy wrote:

Israeli helicopters also attacked a target 15 kilometers west of Baalbek, starting a huge fire, witnesses said.




...and, ding.


1,025 posted on 08/01/2006 2:35:50 PM PDT by jeffers
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To: ScaniaBoy

Flares held aloft by parachutes lighted the night sky to a daytime brilliance, the official said.


Say what?


1,026 posted on 08/01/2006 2:36:06 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: tcrlaf
ISRAEL already has armour operating in the south valley areas

Yeah, I know. It's thirty miles down the road, though. Well, we're all speculating based on one report from the same guys who reported a nonexistent Israeli bombing the other night. Guess we'll have to wait for more info to get a clear idea of just what's going on. If they've really gone for Baalback with and intention of holding on to it, it'll be time to break out the thesaurus page on 'ostentatious', though.

1,027 posted on 08/01/2006 2:36:07 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: CougarGA7

I'm praying for this.

Unprecedented:
having no precedent : NOVEL , UNEXAMPLED

Go Israel!

BBL- Remember... God's in control


1,028 posted on 08/01/2006 2:36:14 PM PDT by hegemony
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To: AmericanInTokyo

CNN reported earlier that the 49 hours is up at 1am local...25 minutes from now.


1,029 posted on 08/01/2006 2:36:46 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog

12:36 AM


1,030 posted on 08/01/2006 2:36:49 PM PDT by debg
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To: Dog

48 hours...sheesh.


1,031 posted on 08/01/2006 2:37:03 PM PDT by Dog
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To: ScaniaBoy

Some info on Baalbeek from an article in Haaretz (otherwise esentially the same info as in JPost):


Baalbek is about 100 kilometers north of the Litani River, which the Israelis had set as a northern boundary for their expanded ground operation that was announced in the early hours Tuesday.

Israeli warplanes and helicopters started the operation on Baalbek and its surroundings at 10:20 P.M.

Baalbek was a former Syrian army headquarters and included the barracks of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards when they trained Hezbollah guerrillas there in the 1980s.


1,032 posted on 08/01/2006 2:37:15 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: SE Mom

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

WITH GOD'S FOCUS!


1,033 posted on 08/01/2006 2:37:17 PM PDT by Quix (BIBLE says it's coming; prophecies indicate our era; Shrillery is eager; Global tyrannical gov looms)
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To: Fitzcarraldo; Dog

Just my thought off the cuff. Seems like an awful deep penetration for a take out commando raid. A missile site would be hit by air. Whatever is in there they feel the need to have boot on the ground for it.

Just sounds like a rescue/extraction to me.


1,034 posted on 08/01/2006 2:37:21 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (There are no trophies for winning wars. Only consequences for losing them.)
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To: CougarGA7
Maybe they found the location of the two kidnapped soldiers.

Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.

At the top of this thread is a photo of Goldwasser's father and wife, who went to Britain for aid in finding Ehud.

1,035 posted on 08/01/2006 2:37:56 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Make your choice and save your tears....AM YISRAEL CHAI!)
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To: Fitzcarraldo
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/745131.html

IDF commandos conducting raid deep in Lebanon; 3 soldiers killed in south Lebanon village

By Ze'ev Schiff, Amos Harel and Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies

Israel Defense Forces thrust deep into eastern Lebanon on Tuesday in an escalation of the war and landed troops by helicopter in the Hezbollah heartland near Baalbek.

Lebanese security sources said Israeli soldiers had landed by helicopter near Baalbek in the eastern Bekaa valley as aircraft launched several strikes in the region.

One Lebanese officer saying the Israeli presence in the air above the ancient city was "unprecedented."

Earlier Tuesday, three IDF soldiers were killed in heavy exchanges of fire with Hezbollah fighters in the southern Lebanese village of Ayta a-Shab, near Zarit. Twenty-five soldiers were also lightly wounded.

The night-time Baalbek operation began with at least five rapid air strikes three hours before the end of Israel's self-imposed two-day pause in air attacks.

"The extreme, unprecedented number of aircraft indicates the possibility that the Israelis are planning to land troops, but we cannot yet confirm that," said one security official on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

Flares held aloft by parachutes lighted the night sky to a daytime brilliance, the official said.

The IDF would not comment when asked about the Bekaa Valley operation.

Israel Radio reported briefly on the Baalbek operation quoting reports from Lebanon with no local comment.

Baalbek is about 100 kilometers north of the Litani River, which the Israelis had set as a northern boundary for their expanded ground operation that was announced in the early hours Tuesday.

Israeli warplanes and helicopters started the operation on Baalbek and its surroundings at 10:20 P.M.

Baalbek was a former Syrian army headquarters and included the barracks of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards when they trained Hezbollah guerrillas there in the 1980s.

Israeli helicopters also attacked a target 15 kilometers west of Baalbek, starting a huge fire, witnesses said. It was not immediately known if the target was controlled by Hezbollah or the Lebanese army, whose positions in the area have been routine targets since the start of the fighting 21 days ago.

An Associated Press reporter in southeastern Lebanon reported seeing many flares in the sky near the Israel-controlled Shaba Farms area shortly after reported Hezbollah rocket attacks into the area. Three IDF troops killed in south Lebanon battle Three IDF soldiers were killed in battles with Hezbollah fighters in Ayta a-Shab on Tuesday. Twenty-five soldiers were also lightly wounded.

IDF paratroopers have been operating in Ayta a-Shab since Monday. The IDF said Tuesday that at least 10 Hezbollah guerillas were killed in the clashes.

During the morning hours, paratroopers took positions in a number of houses and prepared to search the village. Around 11 A.M., Hezbollah men opened fire on with anti-tank weapons on two houses in which the paratroopers were situated. One soldier was killed in the first house and an officer and soldier were killed in a second house.

The other soldiers were lightly wounded by the anti-tank fire and in a series of incidents that occurred afterward.

Staff Sergeant Yonatan Einhorn, 22, of Moshav Gimzu, was identified as one of the three casualties. The other two casualties were not immediately identified.

An IDF soldier was also lightly hurt in Maroun A-Ras in southern Lebanon and was evacuated to hospital in Safed.

During the evening hours, five soldiers were lightly wounded by Hezbollah mortar fire on the northern border.

A total of five units - thousands of soldiers - are currently deployed in Lebanon. The forces are active from the Metula region to the area of Zarit, reaching some three to six kilometers inside Lebanese territory. As yet, no reserve soldiers have entered Lebanon, although their deployment is being considered.

The object of the operations was to complete the destruction of Hezbollah border strongpoints by Thursday. The IDF troops are also seeking Hezbollah weaponry dumps.

Soldiers will also move into villages used as Hezbollah bases, in operations similar to the one last week in Bint Jbail.

On Tuesday morning, troops took over a Hezbollah command center in the town of Taibeh and were operating in the area of the villages of al-Adaisa and Rab a-Talatin, west of Metula. The IDF said that a large number of Katyushas have been fired from these villages in the past few weeks. Near Taibeh, troops were operating not far from the Litani River.

Hezbollah said on its Al-Manar television station Tuesday that its fighters continued to "confront" IDF ground troops in Kfar Kila, Adaisse, and Taibeh, near the Christian town of Marjayoun. The guerrilla group released a statement saying four of its fighters died in the battles.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Israel is "winning the battle" in its 21-day offensive against Hezbollah guerillas in southern Lebanon.

The prime minister said, however, that the diplomatic process to create conditions for a cease-fire was underway.

1,036 posted on 08/01/2006 2:38:02 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: jveritas; AliVeritas

Are you two brother and sister??


1,037 posted on 08/01/2006 2:38:10 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: Quix
Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with Thee, blessed art Thou amongst women, and Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, JESUS. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.

--1 August 2006 (2 August 2006 Middle East Time)

Having said that now, get out the popcorn. Tonight's gonna' be quite a night....

1,038 posted on 08/01/2006 2:38:13 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Armies don't tell you where they are going, and when they do, don't believe them.


1,039 posted on 08/01/2006 2:38:25 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: del4hope

"All I can say is just WOW. Can you imagine a previous WW if we had had instant group communication coast to coast and over seas?"

"Hey guys!
My Uncle Barney's other brother Fred has this neat gig on FIJI, but he says they have been working 18 hour days for over 2 weeks now, with dozens of ships coming and going!

Have any of you guys ever heard of sommething called GUADALCANAL???"


1,040 posted on 08/01/2006 2:38:46 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Terrorism-You Reap What You Appease........)
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