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Gazans bombard southern Israel in massive rocket attack
The Times of Israel ^ | 3-12-14 | Adiv Sterman

Posted on 03/12/2014 11:56:31 AM PDT by standingfirm

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To: standingfirm

Quick, ,someone send Kerry to South Israel!


21 posted on 03/12/2014 12:29:12 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: standingfirm; F15Eagle; ExTexasRedhead

Ping


22 posted on 03/12/2014 12:32:28 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: standingfirm

my educated guesstimater tells me an invasion of Gaza is imminent - or should be!


23 posted on 03/12/2014 12:32:32 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Mariner
And pushing the people there into the Sinai.

I'd take a lesson from Iran's intention to Israelis, and push for pushing Gazans in a somewhat different direction. Northwest, about 50 miles should do.

24 posted on 03/12/2014 12:34:22 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: DPMD

I recalled the nutcase Benjamin chick was going to be there and just assumed the ragheads would put on a show-and-tell for her. This must be it.

Ariel Sharon gave the gazas more of a break than they ever deserved. They took the opportunity and, true to form, peed all over it.

I’ve always felt the Israeli’s shortcoming in Gaza is not making it expensive for them, the gazas, to shoot a rocket. I’ve pretty much felt that each rocket should cost the gazas about 100 yards of Israeli frontage. The only thing these 12th century dunderheads respond to is overwhelming force and loss of land.

Firing those tank guns as well as the 155’s flat out at whatever low rent piece of rabkrap is in the next 100 yards should be a low cost way of clearing space to move the fence back——once for ech rocket. The Gazans need a “come to allah” moment when they realize there is no future, and it ain’t funny or cute, to take cheap shots at Israel.


25 posted on 03/12/2014 12:34:50 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: Genoa
“Residents in the Beit Hanoun area of Gaza said they saw an Israeli strike hit a rocket launcher squad.”

Good shootin'!!!

26 posted on 03/12/2014 12:35:08 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: standingfirm
Hours later the IDF fired tank shells at what it termed “terror targets” in the Strip.

Why did it take 'hours'?..............It should have been minutes.................

27 posted on 03/12/2014 12:35:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: JudyinCanada

God has Israel in his arms.

Her enemies will be obliterated from the face of the earth...........


28 posted on 03/12/2014 12:36:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: standingfirm

I’m surprised the Israelis don’t have radar-guided return-fire artillery. Even better would be semi-sentient AUTOMATED radar-guided return-fire artillery.


29 posted on 03/12/2014 12:45:17 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: standingfirm

The Israelis should fight back with trigonometry.

Specifically with unmanned surveillance balloons they could have extensive real time observation of the vast majority of the Strip.

And then they could use even more trigonometry, when they detect Paleos setting up mortar and rocket positions, to stick artillery rounds in their ear before they can even launch.

I would go a step further with a bit of wit. In that the Paleos have no problem with using human shields to protect their launch sites, the Israelis could respond by crafting air burst artillery rounds that contain high expansion anti-riot “sticky foam”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_foam

Sticky foam is a goo that when it lands on people or objects becomes a very gummy, sticky substance that soon hardens and is a major pain to remove. A relatively small amount of it can immobilize a person, and getting it off equipment, in this case mortars and rocket tubes, is several hours of hard work. And if they try to fire that weapon, the round will blow up in the tube.


30 posted on 03/12/2014 12:45:59 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (WoT News: Rantburg.com)
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To: austinaero

“Quick, someone send Kerry to South Israel!”

No, before Israel retaliates, send Kerry to the east Gaza City neighborhood of Shuja’iyya (heh, heh).


31 posted on 03/12/2014 12:49:25 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Oppressors can tyranize only w/a standing army-enslaved press-disarmed populace)
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To: Red Badger

Jehovah needs to let Israel go ahead and get about doing that...


32 posted on 03/12/2014 12:50:02 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tre Norner eg ber, binde til rota...)
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To: JudyinCanada

“I see on Breitbart that crazy Iran is saying their hand is on the trigger to destroy Israel. I can’t help but wonder if this missing jet is going to show up, equipped with a bomb.”

And Israel should mention to the Palis that any rockets or missiles fired at Israel from anywhere that has a trajectory pointing at Gaza or the West Bank will not be shot down by the Israelis. That includes Iran WMD.

Keep reminding tha Palis that an Iranian nuke hitting Israel will more than likely wipe out the Palestinian people. They may want to dwell on that for awhile.


33 posted on 03/12/2014 12:50:50 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Insurgent Conservative)
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To: standingfirm

Israeli Foreign Minister Liberman: “I will vote against any limited operation.”
http://www.timesofisrael.com/as-rockets-rain-down-liberman-calls-for-idf-to-recapture-gaza/


34 posted on 03/12/2014 1:01:54 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: JudyinCanada

Yeah, that’s what I was thinking as well


35 posted on 03/12/2014 3:05:00 PM PDT by standingfirm (in God we trust)
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Report: IAF hit 29 terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip Wednesday night.
http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/140312-barrage-of-rockets-launched-from-gaza-to-israel


36 posted on 03/12/2014 3:28:10 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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Unless Israel want's to govern Gaza, it probably doesn't make sense to retake it. Killing terrorists works, who knows, one day there may be a joint operation of some sort with Egypt, maybe serving as the anvil in the Sinai. But I doubt Egypt want's Gaza either. Obama would give it to the Brotherhood.

37 posted on 03/12/2014 3:40:01 PM PDT by SJackson (the Democrats take back control, we donÂ’t make (this) kind of naked power grab, J Biden)
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Thanks standingfirm.
Islamic Jihad, which took responsibility for the attack, said it had fired 90 rockets at Israel. The organization said in a statement that it had launched an ongoing “military operation,” which it termed “Breaking the Silence.”
I'd support "Operation Restoring the Silence", which would involve driving every last Arab squatter out of Gaza.
38 posted on 03/12/2014 3:43:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: catnipman

They do, can even do counter fire against mortars. That’s why the terrorists fire from amongst the civilian population. Same problem we have with drones. No one ever blames the terrorists for dead civilians.


39 posted on 03/12/2014 3:50:14 PM PDT by SJackson (the Democrats take back control, we donÂ’t make (this) kind of naked power grab, J Biden)
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To: catnipman
I’m surprised the Israelis don’t have radar-guided return-fire artillery. Even better would be semi-sentient AUTOMATED radar-guided return-fire artillery.

I think the Palis make a point of firing from things like the roof of a school, just to ensure that any counter-fire will cause lots of children casualties.

40 posted on 03/12/2014 3:50:52 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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