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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

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02:22 Hezbollah and Lebanese sources: Israeli unit surrounded near Baalbek (DPA)


1,341 posted on 08/01/2006 4:26:57 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: RDTF

I did a project on the Lebanese civil war, but I am not a ME expert, although I keep up on it.


1,342 posted on 08/01/2006 4:27:00 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Dog

02:22 Hezbollah and Lebanese sources: Israeli unit surrounded near Baalbek (DPA)


1,343 posted on 08/01/2006 4:27:15 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: RDTF

Sorry if this has already been posted, but what the heck happened to Blair? He wants us to "use our values" (whatever that means) as well as force in fighting terrorism. Oh, yeah. That's work. /s

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2295604,00.html


1,344 posted on 08/01/2006 4:27:26 PM PDT by Peach (Prayers for Israel and all who love her.)
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To: conservativepoet

I don't believe a word of it..


1,345 posted on 08/01/2006 4:27:46 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog

Yea, I think we're getting Hezzie speak.


1,346 posted on 08/01/2006 4:28:46 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
Could you or someone PLEASE repost these verses with modern geographic place names added for the geographic areas mentioned?
1,347 posted on 08/01/2006 4:29:40 PM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON THEIR GOD AND LORD. LET ISLAM GO DOWN)
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To: conservativepoet

Hezbollah and Lebanese sources...I see...


1,348 posted on 08/01/2006 4:29:50 PM PDT by sofaman ("Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." Groucho Marx)
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To: Dog; conservativepoet

Looking for someone..

See post #830


1,350 posted on 08/01/2006 4:30:55 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

aah ok. I just wanted to tell you (and all) about a great book that I am reading right now - It's called:

A Peace to End All Peace - The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin

Excellent account of how and why the allies took an empty map and created the middle east after WWI.


1,351 posted on 08/01/2006 4:31:10 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: jeffers

bttt


1,352 posted on 08/01/2006 4:31:37 PM PDT by petercooper (Is this where I get me a huntin' license?)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Nice dream..


1,353 posted on 08/01/2006 4:32:00 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Peach

Speaking of France .. have ya seen this?

They way Kerry talks .. truth be told he would never have helped France in WWII



Kerry Cares About France’s ‘Attitude’ of the United States (VIDEO)
http://www.exposetheleft.com/2006/08/01/kerry-colmes-2/


1,354 posted on 08/01/2006 4:32:13 PM PDT by Mo1 (Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
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To: La Enchiladita

> Tony's on the LEFT COAST.

Oh really. And as someone been yakking a lot about a certain "surprise" tomorrow.


1,355 posted on 08/01/2006 4:32:32 PM PDT by dinasour (Pajamahadeen and member of the Head SnowFlake Committee)
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To: conservativepoet

This all started in a story right after the news about the fighting broke out. And it's been reitereated through at least 3 or news services, none of which have confirmed it, just passed it on.

Here's the sequence on Haaretz:


02:22 Hezbollah and Lebanese sources: Israeli unit surrounded near Baalbek (DPA)
01:55 IDF: House bombed in Gaza used by Hamas to store weapons (Reuters)
01:53 Palestinian sources: Israel carries out air strike on house in central Gaza (Reuters)
01:49 Hezbollah denies reports that IDF snatched patients from Baalbek hospital (AP)
01:46 Al-Jazeera: IDF aimed to reach Hezbollah official in Baalbek hospital (Agencies)
01:45 Rice sees ceasefire in Lebanon in matter of `days, not weeks` (AP)
01:44 Shimon Peres: IDF operation in Lebanon could go on for `weeks, not months`
01:43 Hezbollah spokesman: IDF commandos trapped inside Baalbek hospital (AP)
01:34 Hezbollah`s chief spokesman: IDF troops battling guerrillas near Baalbek hospital (AP)
01:33 Witnesses: Hospital near Baalbek burning after hit in IAF strike (AP)
00:54 Al-Manar: Hezbollah fighting IDF troops on the ground west of Baalbek (AP)
00:30 Lebanese army official: Israeli air presence over Baalbek `unprecedented` (AP)
00:26 HELICOPTERS PUT DOWN IDF COMMANDOS NEAR BAALBEK (Haaretz)

Arutz, I believe, ran a story about how there were at least 5 targets of interest around Baalbek that were receiving air attack.


1,356 posted on 08/01/2006 4:32:50 PM 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; Fitzcarraldo
Just got done with supper (iced tea, no wine this time).

So the scuttlebutt is that Syria is going to attack..

Big question is "Attack with what?" There regular units can't stop or slow Israel. But they have a lot of rockets that aren't good for much but unconventional warheads.
1,357 posted on 08/01/2006 4:33:43 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

No update on JPost - still has not confirmed the story.


1,358 posted on 08/01/2006 4:34:42 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Mo1
JOHN KERRY, US SENATOR: For three years or more, this administration did not engage with France, Great Britain, and Germany in the effort to keep Iran from having nuclear weapons and our absence from that had a profound impact on their attitude.

Okay, I'll admit. I loathe this guy even more than Clinton.

1,359 posted on 08/01/2006 4:34:57 PM PDT by Peach (Prayers for Israel and all who love her.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

that's one loaded ticker! Wow. Thanks!


1,360 posted on 08/01/2006 4:35:06 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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