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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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STRATFOR: The Bekaa's Crucial Role in the Israeli-Hezbollah Fight August 01, 2006 22 50 GMT

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Summary

Lebanon's Bekaa Valley will play a critical role in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Its eastern edge forms the border with Syria, making a spillover of the conflict possible. It is also Syria's economic lifeline, one Damascus would hate to lose. And the valley's easily defensible geography means Israel will face a tough struggle in its efforts to subdue the heartland of both Hezbollah and Lebanon's Shiite population.

1,942 posted on 08/01/2006 7:25:10 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: conservativepoet

Good! Although I'm a news jinkie, there is no question that a news blackout in a time of war, is a good thing. Rather than having the New York Slimes spilling the beans without regard for national security.


1,943 posted on 08/01/2006 7:25:12 PM PDT by sofaman ("Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." Groucho Marx)
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To: sofaman

Maybe so...but, did you read the report the other day about hos there were some mass executions in the not too distant past??

They were people that were "convicted" of spying for Israel..and supposedly some foreigners (can't remember what country) SAW these executions as they were being evacuated from Beirut to Cyprus.

If THAT is happening NOW...no telling what might have happened in the past...


1,944 posted on 08/01/2006 7:25:21 PM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
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To: varmintxer

Kudlow is making me angry.


1,945 posted on 08/01/2006 7:25:36 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (Fidel - NO MAS!)
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To: sofaman

AMEN, sofa, Amen.


1,946 posted on 08/01/2006 7:26:13 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (Fidel - NO MAS!)
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To: don-o

New place for looterman.


1,947 posted on 08/01/2006 7:26:19 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
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To: varmintxer; Allegra

"We're not winning the war in Iraq" -- Kudlow. Maybe he needs to visit with Allegra.


1,948 posted on 08/01/2006 7:26:22 PM PDT by CedarDave (French report: Landis fails drug test. But, outside of France, men naturally produce testosterone)
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To: sofaman

AMEN TO THAT


1,949 posted on 08/01/2006 7:26:40 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: sageb1

Oh listen, O'Reilly has the WORST research staff. Either that or he is the laziest man around. Sometimes his ignorance is absolutely stunning!


1,950 posted on 08/01/2006 7:27:29 PM PDT by McGavin999 (God watch over the young lions of Israel!)
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To: Lizarde

No doubt we'll have another manufactured atrocity tomorrow, if they get enough children's bodies in there. Oh, that is so unbelievably ghoulish to even say it, but these are not humans, they are subhuman.


1,951 posted on 08/01/2006 7:27:45 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (JOHN BOLTON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: SE Mom
I have this scene in my mind..circa 1943..of all of us huddled around our radios listening for news from the front..10 pm..Batchelor

Should read some time what happened in Great Britian and the USA on June 6th, 1944 after they announced the Invasion of Normandy.

1,952 posted on 08/01/2006 7:27:46 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Fire Murtha Now! Spread the word. Support Diana Irey. http://www.irey.com/)
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To: PrinceOfCups

You be careful in Riyadh...I don't know how safe Americans are there...you are hopefully in a "safe" part of town.


1,953 posted on 08/01/2006 7:28:12 PM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
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To: varmintxer

Kudlow..this is not the time for this discussion.

Unreal.


1,954 posted on 08/01/2006 7:28:14 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-pray for Israel))
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To: CedarDave

mite SMACK him,,,lol,,,


1,955 posted on 08/01/2006 7:28:16 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (cochon de lait nasrallah LOOK,,,UP IN THE SKY,,,,,IT'S A BIRD,,,ROH ROW,,,,)
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To: 2111USMC; Peach

Inside joke....something to do with Peach and an elevator. Have no idea what it was any longer...but Peach is a lady, in the true sense of the word.


1,956 posted on 08/01/2006 7:28:27 PM PDT by sofaman ("Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." Groucho Marx)
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To: RDTF

"Most talking heads only care about what's news now."

I hear ya. It's either a concern for what's 'HOT' or a concern for popularity/ratings/Pulitzers or other 'awards.'

All given IMHO.



1,957 posted on 08/01/2006 7:28:54 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: CedarDave

Kudlow isn't addressing the fact that the only thing that matters is what's happening one-two weeks in front of the election. That's when the voters chose.


1,958 posted on 08/01/2006 7:29:03 PM PDT by hegemony
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To: RDTF

Israeli Ambassador on Greta

Hopefully Greta is asking him the obvious - whats going on in the Bekka?


1,959 posted on 08/01/2006 7:29:06 PM PDT by jhp
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To: Miss Marple

Nite Miss Marple..sweet dreams


1,960 posted on 08/01/2006 7:29:57 PM PDT by sofaman ("Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." Groucho Marx)
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