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To: grapeape

Looks like one of those shirts you would pick up at a concert. Wonder if the tour dates are on the back. That would be some useful intel.


159 posted on 07/31/2006 11:44:29 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (There are no trophies for winning wars. Only consequences for losing them.)
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To: CougarGA7

that would be funny!!! Just think, you could put all of the dates of their failed actions. Just like the old concert t-shirts. Could paint a bulls-eye on his picture on the front.


160 posted on 07/31/2006 11:48:17 PM PDT by grapeape (Hope is not a method - Gen Hugh Shelton)
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To: CougarGA7

Call it the US military "Ain't so bad - tour"


161 posted on 07/31/2006 11:49:34 PM PDT by grapeape (Hope is not a method - Gen Hugh Shelton)
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To: CougarGA7

Aug. 1, 2006 2:46 | Updated Aug. 1, 2006 9:31

Three-pronged attack aims to push Hizbullah back to Litani
By YAAKOV KATZ AND JPOST STAFF


The security cabinet approved on Tuesday morning expanded ground operations in Lebanon, while the IDF, under the assumption that only a few days were left for the operations against Hizbullah, was already gearing up Monday night for a massive ground incursion into Lebanon on three different fronts, utilizing the Golani, Nahal and the Paratroopers infantry brigades.

The IDF reported that ground forces had taken up positions in the southern Lebanese town of A-Taybe and were carrying out operations in Al-Adaysa and Rav a-Taltin, west of Metulla. Officials said that the above-mentioned towns were being used as Katyusha rocket launching sites.

During clashes with Hizbullah guerrillas in the area, anti-tank missiles and mortar shells were fired at troops, causing no casualties.

Meanwhile, the IDF said that in recent operations in the region, 20 Hizbullah operatives had been killed and troops had discovered stockpiles of anti-tank missiles.

The cabinet-approved plan, according to senior IDF sources, was to utilize the last remaining days of the operation, which they estimated would be over by week's end, to push Hizbullah back as far north as the Litani River in central Lebanon.

"An extensive ground operation could destroy the Hizbullah terror infrastructure there," a high-ranking IDF source said. "This is our opportunity to strike at Hizbullah."

Defense Minister Amir Peretz rejected calls for a cease-fire on Monday. "This is a difficult and painful fight but we can overcome it," he said during a speech in the Knesset plenum. "We cannot agree to a cease-fire that will go into effect immediately."

In addition to the attempt to push Hizbullah north to the Litani, the IDF is also working on carving out a two-kilometer security zone along the northern border, under which all of the Hizbullah outposts there would be completely razed and guerrillas would not be allowed to return to the borderline area.

Hizbullah fired two Katyusha rockets at Kiryat Shmona on Monday. No one was wounded, but fires broke out as a result of the explosions.


more at the link

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292045787&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull


164 posted on 07/31/2006 11:50:46 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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