Posted on 12/29/2008 4:36:38 PM PST by clyde_m
Continuously updated during conflict - UPDATE 107. FLASH - Bombing runs have begun. Just after 2AM Tuesday local time. IAF planes strike multiple targets throughout Gaza. Full text of article: IAF warplanes struck multiple targets throughout the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning. / It was not yet clear what was bombed. The army hadn't immediately responded to the report. Prelude to a ground incursion?
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This is purely political...LONG overdue, but this is the wrong reason...should have been done 5 years ago...I hope the Israelis are not dummies and hope they elect a REAL leader...
i agree. my concern is that this war rehabilitates the existing leadership. that would suck. they need to firm their position of not accepting abuse - only a certified nutcase like Bibi does that. the arabs are afraid of him - should be.
To many dummies in Israel to see the obvious....I hope and pray the they wake up and elect Bibi (although, i believe all Israeli politicians are corrupt, the left are worse)
“A former Palestinian Authority security official estimated that Izaddin Kassam has over 20,000 rockets and mortars, as well as tens of thousands of tons of explosives.”
“They also admit to having many tunnels.”
Reminds me of what they did in Vietnam when the Vietcong built a huge network of tunnels that led behind the lines of defense. If true, Israel may have no choice now but to wage a huge ground invasion to clear away these tunnels.
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