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7/16 Middle East Live Thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666163/posts ^ | 7/16/06 | me

Posted on 07/15/2006 11:24:32 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

09:19 MDA: More than 20 people hurt in Katyusha rocket strike in Haifa (Channel 2)

09:16 Residents of Acre, Haifa and its suburbs told to enter bomb shelters (Israel Radio)

09:15 Tenth Katyusha rocket lands in Haifa (Israel Radio)

09:15 Explosions heard in Rosh Hanikra (Israel Radio)

09:11 Katyusha rockets hit Acre and suburbs around Haifa Bay (Channel 2)

09:06 Report: Three to five explosion heard in central Haifa (Israel Radio)

08:47 Chirac: Forces threatening Lebanon`s security, sovereignty must be stopped (AP)

08:41 Sgt. Tal Amgar killed on Navy ship to be buried 16.00 Sun. at Ashdod cemetery (Itim)

08:39 Chirac calls for `show of moderation` in Lebanon, says cease-fire needed (Reuters)

08:37 IDF denies report of air raid on power station south of Beirut (Haaretz)

08:36 Hezbollah says it fought off attempt by IDF ground forces to cross Lebanese border (AP)

08:35 Bush urges Israel `to be mindful of the consequences` of its military actions (AP)

08:19 Jewish man arrested after threatening to stab Palestinians in J`lem`s Old City (Itim)

08:15 Al Manar: Nasrallah to give an interview later Sunday to prove he`s well (Israel Radio)


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; islam; melivethread; middleeast; muhammadsminions; ww3; wwiii
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To: SE Mom

MSNBC is interviewing some actor/comedian. And they wonder why their ratings are in the toilet.


301 posted on 07/16/2006 4:37:56 AM PDT by Peach (Prayers for our dear friends in Israel.)
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To: BurbankKarl
Something to do while waiting for the next posting on this thread. Open up a second window or tab and check out another great one from Mark Steyn:

'Great Men' have Grating Effect on Mideast - Mark Steyn

302 posted on 07/16/2006 4:38:28 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: BurbankKarl; All
Karl, Thanks for these threads.

I've been staying current here. It's really appreciated.

303 posted on 07/16/2006 4:38:28 AM PDT by Kakaze (American: a Citizen of the United States of America........not just some resident of said continent)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

"That foul swine islam appeasing Chirac needs to le STFU.
"

I agree. Israel could almost make good foreign policy by consulting Chirac, then doing the opposite of his recommendations.


304 posted on 07/16/2006 4:38:42 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: hershey

WHAT?!?! That's absurd.

Unbelievable..the State Dept is ....never mind..it's too early to go nuts.


305 posted on 07/16/2006 4:40:50 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

Well what the Hell are 25,000 of us doing there in the first place? I suggest they head North.


306 posted on 07/16/2006 4:42:19 AM PDT by defconw (Yes I am a Bushbot, so what of it? Dubbed Bushbot 2 by Bushbot 1 :)>)
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To: Peach

Thanks for the link.


307 posted on 07/16/2006 4:44:03 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Right_in_Virginia

Following deaths of eight Haifa residents in rocket attack, Home Front Command calls on Tel Aviv residents to be prepared for same


The Home Front Command has re-examined its instructions following the lethal barrage of rockets fired on Haifa.


"We may have been mistaken in our situation analysis and instructions we gave to residents," Colonel Yehiel Kopperstein, head of the Protection Division of the Home Front Command said.


309 posted on 07/16/2006 4:48:16 AM PDT by Peach (Prayers for our dear friends in Israel.)
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To: AliVeritas
From the Arab Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Cairo-based Arab League:
The Arab Foreign Ministers' pronouncements during the meeting were fraught with conflicting points of view reflecting the disintegrated overall Arab standing towards what is going on now in heavily-battered Lebanon.

Most divided of all were the Foreign Ministers of both Saudi Arabia and Syria who locked horns during the closed session of yesterday's meeting over Hizbullah.

"Some states have taken hasty decisions that weakened the Arab position," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mualem moaned in an apparent reference to Saudi Arabia which criticized the timing of Hizbullah operation, which took two Israeli soldiers prisoner and killed eight others, and held it responsible for the escalation.

"This is a blatant interference into the internal affairs of my country, something I totally reject," his Saudi counterpart Saud Al-Faisal groaned.

"Your dreams are devilish," Saud sniped.

"No, his dreams are rosy as the current Arab situation has no room for any uncalculated adventures," Mohamed Al-Sabah, Kuwait's Foreign Minister, jumped into the fray.

"Arab unity is the best thing we can reach," Mualem kicked back, "I feel deeply sorry for what has been expressed now."

Arab diplomatic sources said that the Arab Foreign Ministers were divided into two groups: one, containing Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Iraq and the Palestinian Authority.

This first group voted for calming down tensions between the Lebanese and the Palestinians, on the one side, and Israel, on the other. They liked to label Hizbullah's position as "irresponsible".

The other group contained Syria, Algeria, Lebanon, Sudan, Yemen and Qatar. This group was for standing by the side of the Lebanese and Palestinian resistance, who are struggling for the attainment of the legal rights of their peoples.


http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-07/16/02.shtml
310 posted on 07/16/2006 4:48:19 AM PDT by AdmSmith
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To: defconw

From Pam at Atlas Shrugs

A US Marine's Letter on Israel
I don't run every letter I get from our soldiers and Marines in Iraq but this one blew me away. I am humbled by this Marine's heart, soul, and courage. To be an American and understand who we are and what we fight for is an extraordinary gift. I don't think this Marine could ever know what his words meant, but I shall be forever in his debt. Gd bless you Sir and godspeed.


Dear Atlas,

I am the Marine that wrote to you about the News Media betraying us.
I just wanted to tell you that we, Marines, SUPPORT Israel in their war against Hamas and Hizbullah. I cannot express to you how many Marines I have talked to or have heard say how proud of Israel they are. I cannot tell you how happy I am that Israel is destroying Hamas and Hizullah. We all CHEER when we watch Lebanon being bombed on TV in the Chow Hall. I hope Israel annihilates Hamas, Hizbullah and Syria. Because the way we see it, that is less Jihadists for us to fight. I can't speak for all Marines, but the Marines that I know and talk to stand by Israel 100%. And I am in the infantry, we are front line Marines. Warriors. We support Israel because we have fought the same people they are fighting, Jihadists. This is a world war. It has been a world war since 11 September 2001. Hopefully now people are realizing the true scale of this conflagration. And Israel is fighting the same enemy in Gaza and Lebanon as America is fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, just on another front in the same war. And we see the Israeli Soldiers as brothers in arms against a common enemy. Myself and the Marines in my unit, Veterans of 2 tours in Iraq, support Israel all the way to victory. And I THANK the State of Israel for their determination, fortitude and vigilance in the destruction of Evil.
God Bless America.
God Bless Israel.
And God Bless all freedom loving people worldwide.

- US Marine and Veteran of the current world war.

PS Pay attention to Somalia. We are currently losing Somalia to the Jihadists and we are doing nothing about it. Someday we will have to go back Somalia and it will be a bloody mess.

I love this man and Marines he serves with. I thank you, my family thanks you, my country thanks you. There is not a day that goes by that I don't pray for you.

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2006/07/a_us_marines_le.html


311 posted on 07/16/2006 4:50:46 AM PDT by AliVeritas ("One for all , all for kicking *ss and taking names" ...Scratch taking names. Vlad fatwa)
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To: defconw

In case you missed what the Old Gray Lady was up to:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21569_The_Media_Are_the_Enemy&only


312 posted on 07/16/2006 4:53:09 AM PDT by AliVeritas ("One for all , all for kicking *ss and taking names" ...Scratch taking names. Vlad fatwa)
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To: AdmSmith
... The other group contained Syria, Algeria, Lebanon, Sudan, Yemen and Qatar. This group was for standing by the side of the Lebanese and Palestinian resistance, who are struggling for the attainment of the legal rights of their peoples.

Seeing Qatar on the wrong side is quite worrisome to me. As I recall, we have moved out of Saudi Arabia and into Qatar which served as our base of operatons during the invasion of Iraq. We wouldn't want to get kicked out again. I'm not sure where we would go.

313 posted on 07/16/2006 4:54:28 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: defconw

Local news reporting on a 20 year old girl who has been visiting a friend in Lebanon. Her mother was on the news saying she had lost contact with her a couple of days ago. She does not have her passport number (which is apparently a huge mistake per the State Dept.) The mother bought the ticket for the girl and I kind of got the impression that the dad (parents divorced)is really angry at the mom because the press could not get him to comment on the situation.


314 posted on 07/16/2006 4:55:12 AM PDT by babaloo
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To: AliVeritas

That sniper would be wearing my camera on his head, permanently.


315 posted on 07/16/2006 4:56:39 AM PDT by defconw (Yes I am a Bushbot, so what of it? Dubbed Bushbot 2 by Bushbot 1 :)>)
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To: babaloo

Oh no! Hopefully she is just not able to find her due to the large volume of calls. The phone lines are pretty stressed apparently.


316 posted on 07/16/2006 4:59:08 AM PDT by defconw (Yes I am a Bushbot, so what of it? Dubbed Bushbot 2 by Bushbot 1 :)>)
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Define moderate Arab states!


317 posted on 07/16/2006 5:02:21 AM PDT by defconw (Yes I am a Bushbot, so what of it? Dubbed Bushbot 2 by Bushbot 1 :)>)
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To: BunnySlippers

Thank you for link!

It is sooo different to see the actual news story from Israel! Much scarier...Why don't we have footage like this?


318 posted on 07/16/2006 5:02:35 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Moderate Mooslims.....what's that?)
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To: Peach

Gotta love the Israeli's...they come right out and tell their citizens if/when they err.

In the meantime..it dawned on me this morning that Al Qaeda is going to get PO'd pretty shortly...the attention is not on them..


319 posted on 07/16/2006 5:03:01 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

I just get enraged at how he walks! that arrogance, that lying two faced phony!


320 posted on 07/16/2006 5:03:33 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Moderate Mooslims.....what's that?)
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