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Barak: Hamas sustained serious blow
YNET NEWS.com ^ | 12.31.08, 23:56 / Israel News | n/a

Posted on 12/31/2008 2:54:32 PM PST by Cindy

Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited a Beersheba school hit by a Grad rocket. During the visit, Barak said that "we delivered a serious blow to Hamas, and it continues to be hit – but it's also responding, as we can see." (Ilana Curiel)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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1 posted on 12/31/2008 2:54:32 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3648441,00.html
“Barak: Hamas sustained serious blow”
Published:
12.31.08, 23:56 / Israel News

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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129160

Published: 12/31/08, 9:57 PM
“IDF: Hamas to Blame for Poor Medical Care”
by Maayana Miskin

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) As operation “Cast Lead” continues, Hamas leaders have complained of substandard medical care in Gaza hospitals, blaming Israel for an alleged shortage of supplies and saying patients have been turned away because hospitals are too full.

On Wednesday, IDF officials involved in dealing with humanitarian cases in Gaza rejected the accusations and said Hamas is responsible for any substandard care given to patients in Gaza. The terror group has withheld supplies from hospitals and refused to transfer the wounded to Israel, they said.”

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http://israel.internet-haganah.com
Israel.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com

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http://israel.internet-haganah.com/archives/001495.html
“IDF STRIKE O GRAD ROCKETS 30 DECEMBER 2008 (YOFI!)
(December 31, 2008)

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http://israel.internet-haganah.com/archives/001493.html
“YOUTUBE TAKES SIDES”
(December 31, 2008)

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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP216708

Special Dispatch - No. 2167
December 31, 2008
No. 2167

Hamas Women Vow to Become ‘Martyrdom-Seekers’ and Blow Themselves Up Among ‘the Apes and Pigs’
Following are excerpts from footage of Hamas female martyrdom-seekers in Gaza, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on December 30, 2008.

TO VIEW THIS CLIP AND OTHERS YOU MUST LOG IN BY SIGNING UP FOR A FREE MEMRI TV REGISTRATION [www.memritv.org ].

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BLOG:

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195651.php
“HAMAS OFFICIAL: We Didn’t Fire Rockets Into Israel, Collaborators With
Israel Did”

SNIPPET: “Quite a fantasy world Yusuf lives in and very crowded I might add.”

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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP216908

Special Dispatch - No. 2169
December 31, 2008
No. 2169

“Khamenei Decrees: Israel is Kafer-e-Harbi; Iranian Martyrdom Seekers Await Khameini’s Orders; Iranian Student Organizations Threaten to Take Over Egyptian, Jordanian Diplomatic Representations”
SNIPPET: “Khamenei: Jihad Against Israel

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has issued a decree to act against Israel, which he calls “an infidel that should be warred against” (Kafer-e-Harbi ) because of the “slaughter of the Palestinian Muslims” and the “plunder of Islamic lands”. He stated: “All Palestinian fighters and all believers in the Islamic world must help the defenseless [Palestinian] women, children, and people in Gaza. Anyone who dies in this legitimate and sacred defense is a shahid [martyr].” [1]

The Iranian Martyrdom-Seekers Movement

On December 30, 2008, a senior Student Basij movement official, Mohammad Hassan Alaghemand, announced the establishment in Iran of an organization of martyrdom-seekers, called the “Brigades of the Forces of God’s Prophet Muhammad - The Quds Esteshhad Units,” sponsored by all the prominent student organizations in the country. Alaghemand invited students wishing to join to register at Student Basij offices across the country, or online at www.esteshhadi.com.”

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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP216808

Special Dispatch - No. 2168
December 31, 2008
No. 2168

“Alerts and Threats: Material from the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM)”
SNIPPET: “The following are reports from MEMRI’s new JTTM (http://www.memrijttm.org ). For future access to material on this website, you must register and pay a membership fee. Instructions can be found below.

Islamist Websites Call to Attack American, Israeli Interests”

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IN AMERICA...

“PRO-HAMAS DEMONSTRATION - FORT LAUDERDALE, FL.

(WATCH OBSESSION.org)

(Added December 30, 2008)

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IN AMERICA...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024167.php
December 31, 2008

“Muslims in American mosques praying for destruction of Israel”

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Thanks to Scania Boy for the ping to this thread:

“SARKOZY ANNOUNCES ISRAEL TRIP OVER GAZA VIOLENCE”

(JERUSALEM POST)

(December 31, 2008)


2 posted on 12/31/2008 2:55:29 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Needs more seriousness. Wiped out is more like it.


3 posted on 12/31/2008 2:55:43 PM PST by Dallas59 (Not My President)
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Previously...

FreeRepublic.com (THE AUSTRALIAN via JIHAD WATCH.org): "ISRAEL CALLS GAZANS TO WARN THEM TO FLEE FOR SAFETY" (December 30, 2008) (NOTE: UPDATES ONGOING.)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA, Iran, December 30, 2008"): "AHMADINEJAD: CAPITALISM, ZIONISM MUST FACE THEIR ANNIHILATION" (December 30, 2008)

JIHADICA.com - blog: "REACTIONS TO ISRAEL'S GAZA CAMPAIGN" (December 29, 2008)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org: "AHMADINEJAD, MASH'AL: PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE BRINGS VICTORY" (Posted December 30, 2008)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org - New On MEMRI TV: "IRANIAN TODDLERS ARE TAUGHT ABOUT MARTYRDOM AND THE HATRED OF ZIONISTS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE GAZA FIGHTING" (Posted December 30, 2008)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "IRAN ACTIVATING ITS PROXIES" by Olivier Guitta (December 30, 2008)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "U.S. MILITARY TEAM IN ISRAEL REPORTED SAFE DESPITE ATTACKS" (December 30, 2008)

FreeRepublic.com (INTERNET-HAGANAH.com): "OPERATION CAST LEAD The IDF's Fight Against Terror In Gaza" (December 29, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "IRAN'S 'COMBATANT CLERGY SOCIETY' SIGNING UP VOLUNTEERS TO FIGHT JIHAD AGAINST ISRAEL" (December 29, 2008)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Fars, Kayhan, Sobh-e Sadeq (Iran), December 29, 2008"): "IRANIAN REACTIONS TO GAZA EVENTS" (Posted December 29, 2008)

YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "AFGHAN TALIBAN URGE MUSLIMS TO RISE UP OVER GAZA RAIDS" (Published December 29, 2008, 14:11)

FreeRepublic.com (YNET NEWS.com): "RED ALERT SOUNDED IN ASHKELON" (December 29, 2008, 11:54)

TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "OPERATION CAST LEAD - Updated No. 2" (December 29, 2008)

TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "OPERATION CAST LEAD - Updated No. 1" (December 28, 2008)

FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (Israel.INTERNET-HAGANAH.COM): "OPERATION CAST LEAD The IDF's Fight Against Terror in Gaza" (December 28, 2008)

YNET NEWS.com: "IDF: TUNNEL BOMBING CRIPPLES HAMAS" by Hanan Greenberg (SNIPPET: "Israeli fighter jet destroy 40 tunnels along Philadelphi Route using precision bombs.") (Published December 29, 2008, 0031)

JPOST.com (AP): "SAUDI CLERIC CALLS FOR TARGETING ISRAELIS ALL OVER THE WORLD" (SNIPPET: "A Saudi Web site reported on Sunday that a popular cleric issued a fatwa urging Muslims to target Israeli interests "everywhere," to avenge the attacks on the Gaza strip. The site, Rasid, posts news about Saudi Arabia's Shiite community and said that Sheik Awadh al-Garni issued a religious edict..." (December 28, 2008, 23:07)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: www.palestine-info.info/ar, December 28, 2008"): "SAUDI CLERIC 'AWADH AL-QARNI HAS ISSUED A FATWA PERMITTING TO TARGET ISRAELI INTERESTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN RETALIATION FOR THE GAZA ATTACK.") (Posted December 28, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (YNET NEWS.com): "IRANIAN TOP DOG: "'All the Islamic world's pious people' must fight Israel" (December 28, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NAHARNET): "HIZBALLAH TOP DOG PREDICTS DIVINE VICTORY FOR HAMAS" (December 28, 2008)

FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (YNET NEWS): "ROCKETS LAND EAST OF ASHDOD" (December 28, 2008)

FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (YNET NEWS.com): "REPORT: ISRAELI AIR FORCE ATTACKS GAZA CITY" (December 27, 2008)

JTA.org: Jerusalem - "OLMERT TO ISRAELIS: UNITE AROUND GAZA OPERATION" (December 27, 2008)

Israel.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HaYishuv" - UPDATES (December 27, 2008)

Link

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com: "IDF RELEASES PHOTOS OF HAMAS TARGETS, TERROR TRAINING FACILITIES" by Hana Levi Julian (Kislev 30, 5769, December 27, 2008, 10:15 pm)

Jerusalem.USCONSULATE.gov: "WARDEN MESSAGE - U.S. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS DUE TO IDF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA" (December 27, 2008)

Travel.State.Gov - TRAVEL WARNING: "ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA" (September 26, 2008)

4 posted on 12/31/2008 2:56:06 PM PST by Cindy
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To: All; ScaniaBoy

Thanks to Scania Boy for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156935/posts

“Sarkozy announces Israel trip over Gaza violence”
Jerusalem Post ^ | 31 December 2008 | Associated Press
Posted on December 31, 2008 1:58:10 PM PST by ScaniaBoy


5 posted on 12/31/2008 2:58:01 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Sarkozy ?

Whatsamatter?

Tony Blair can’t get traction?

Where’s Carter and Clinton when ya need ‘em? ;-)

Thanks for posting and

HaPPy NeW YeaR!!


6 posted on 12/31/2008 3:07:40 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed)
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To: Cindy

At least one of the Baraks has spoken up about this.


7 posted on 12/31/2008 3:09:24 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: Cindy

Hey Cindy .....just wanted to thank you for another year of good information and links all used to fight terrorism and enemies of freedom around the world.

Your a blessing and a great source young lady !

We read yer stuff at work and at home !

Thanks for all the work you do !

Merry New Year and Stay safe !


8 posted on 12/31/2008 3:10:02 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: NormsRevenge

A blessed New Year to you Norm.


9 posted on 12/31/2008 3:11:12 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Squantos

I will join in and say thank you Cindy! I enjoy your input.


10 posted on 12/31/2008 3:11:24 PM PST by Dacula (So long and thanks for all the fish.)
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To: Squantos

Why thank you Squantos — that’s a very nice compliment.

A blessed New Year to you.


11 posted on 12/31/2008 3:12:02 PM PST by Cindy
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNBjFX49TyI

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ON THE INTERNET (and circulating in email):

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024169.php

December 31, 2008

“”Oh Allah, direct your forces against America...””

SNIPPET: “This video is also being sent around on Muslim email lists in the United States today.”


12 posted on 12/31/2008 3:16:16 PM PST by Cindy
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Correcting 1 link:
http://israel.internet-haganah.com/archives/001495.html
“IDF STRIKE ON GRAD ROCKETS 30 DECEMBER 2008 (YOFI!)
(December 31, 2008)

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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456538553&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Dec 30, 2008 8:39 | Updated Jan 1, 2009 0:37
“IAF attacks Khan Younis rocket factory”
By YAAKOV KATZ

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The air force struck Wednesday at more than 25 targets throughout the Strip, including a Gaza City mosque that the army said was being used to hide Kassam rockets. The IAF reported several secondary explosions following the strike.

A number of Hamas outposts and command posts were also destroyed, as well as a tunnel in Khan Younis that was used to covertly move weapons throughout southern Gaza.”


13 posted on 12/31/2008 3:20:12 PM PST by Cindy
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Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3648452,00.html

Gaza crossings to remain closed, 90 trucks permitted entry
Published: 01.01.09, 00:49 / Israel News

Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided that the crossings to Gaza will remain closed throughout Thursday. However Israel will allow the entry of 90 trucks carrying food and medical supplies donated by Turkey, Jordan, and international agencies through Kerem Shalom crossing. (Ynet)


14 posted on 12/31/2008 3:22:19 PM PST by Cindy
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This must be very upsetting for Obama.

Hamas helped elect Obama - via foreign money.


15 posted on 12/31/2008 3:23:14 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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GREETINGS TO ALL WHO ARE VISITING OR LIVE IN ISRAEL.

REMINDER: Please listen for sirens, follow all bulletins and alerts issued by the Israeli government. Thank you.


16 posted on 12/31/2008 3:24:22 PM PST by Cindy
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Note: The following text is a quote:

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=95285

YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: Saudi Arabia Urges Caution Related to Gaza Conflict
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Middle East / N. Africa - Saudi Arabia
31 Dec 2008

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RELATED REPORTS
2 Dec 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE: SAUDI ARABIA HAJJ SECURITY NOTICE
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17 Sep 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE: SAUDI ARABIA SECURITY REMINDER
13 Aug 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE: RIYADH REPORTS NON-SPECIFIC THREAT TO WESTERNERS
U.S. Embassy Riyadh released the following Warden Message on December 31:

The U.S. Embassy would like all American citizens to be aware of the growing violence between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas-ruled administration of the Gaza Strip. Following the break-down of their six month cease fire, Hamas and the Israel have launched attacks on each other’s territories with tragic effects on the civilian populations. The situation continues to be unpredictable and volatile. Some reports indicate that the Israeli government plans to use their military forces to enter Gaza; should this happen, it could dramatically affect security in the region.

While we are unaware of any specific threats in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a general desire for prudence has led the U.S. Embassy to restrict travel of their employees to within the city limits of Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran. American citizens should exercise caution and take prudent security measures: maintain a high level of vigilance, avoid crowds and demonstrations, keep a low profile, vary times and routes for all travel, and ensure that travel documents and visas are current and valid.

U.S. citizens living or traveling abroad are encouraged to register with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate through the State Department’s travel registration web site at https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs/ui/ so that they can obtain updated information on travel and security. Americans without Internet access may register directly with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. By registering, American citizens make it easier for the Embassy or Consulate to contact them in case of emergency.

For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the State Department’s Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, including the Travel Warning for Saudi Arabia, and Travel Alerts can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the U.S. and Canada or, for callers outside the U.S. and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. Holidays).

American citizens are reminded to keep their registration up-to-date. See https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs/ui/ for registration information.

To hear recordings of the most recent security information, you may call the Embassy in Riyadh at +966-1-488-3800 and press 6 for regional or worldwide security information or press 7 for “Travel Warning for Saudi Arabia.”


17 posted on 12/31/2008 3:26:05 PM PST by Cindy
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_922.html

Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520

This information is current as of today, Wed Dec 31 2008 15:27:27 GMT-0800 (PST).

ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

September 26, 2008


18 posted on 12/31/2008 3:27:42 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024158.php
(AP)

ecember 31, 2008
“Iran: ‘Volunteer student suicide groups ... are determined to go to Gaza’”


19 posted on 12/31/2008 3:31:23 PM PST by Cindy
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Israel should turn off the electrcity and fuel that they send into Gaza. Let the food and medicine in but let them set in the cold and dark so they can think about what they have done. About 2 weeks should do the job. Oh yeah Israel should continue the bombing and perhaps put some boots on the ground at the same time. Call it a national time-out with spanking.


20 posted on 12/31/2008 3:32:38 PM PST by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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