Posted on 07/19/2006 12:01:20 PM PDT by claudiustg
Arab press sources close to the Hizbullah say that residents of Tel Aviv will be given one hour to flee before the terrorist group launches a barrage of missiles at the city.
The unnamed sources are quoted by the Palestinian Authority-based news agency Ma'an as saying:
"The Lebanese resistance is preparing a retaliation parallel to Israel's military actions. Hassan Nasrallah will address the people of Tel Aviv and warn them to evacuate the city within one hour. As soon as the delay ends, hundreds of heavy missiles will start landing in the city, which has been divided into squares in order to let damage reach every inch of the city. An estimated 500 missiles are expected to land in Tel Aviv in a short period of time."
The Arab sources further said that the Hizbullah has been very careful in cultivating its public image, in order to increase the surprise effect of the planned barrage on Tel Aviv.
The war, from the perspective of Nasrallah, has not yet begun, the sources said, adding that other "surprises" planned by the Hizbullah include more kidnappings of Israeli soldiers from along the Lebanese border.
Also claiming to have "surprises" in store for Israel is the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad. On Tuesday night, the terrorist organization claimed to have fired a Katyusha rocket at Sderot. The Katyusha is a more deadly rocket than the Kassam, and is being deployed against Israel in the north of the country by the Hizbullah.
Let me be clear, however. I don't think that is a bad strategy, if you want to take control of the area - again. I DO think it is a bad strategy, however, if your stated goal is to force, or persuade, the host country to reign in Hezbollah. Rendering them less capable of doing so is a pretty stupid way of achieving that goal.
Read my lips Nasrallazhole:
[reciprocal bearing]
Shalom Tango!
Hezbollah is providing a stronger argument every day for Israel to annex the southern half of Lebanon after the current scuffle ends. At this point, it sounds like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan wouldn't even object.
Sweet, one hour to launch a pre-emptive nuclear barrage!
Good catch...I noticed that.
It's a good debate. I wish I could get a peek at the IDF intelligence briefing and battle plan for this that gives the rationale. There are hundreds or thousands of untold and subtle factors that go into it. Just wondering, for example, what effect does power outage have on Hizballah operational capability or mobility? Does it knock out their communications as well? Do they have radar or other electronics for their missles that need to be energized by the power grid? Do they have generators to back up the power supply? How much can the Lebanese army see that Israel's choice of targets is or is not carefully aimed to limit damage to them as opposed to Hizbollah, where possible? Are the Israelis leaving Lebanese Army intact enough to stand up in a defensive role if/after Hizbollah is knocked out?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
"The very moment that this warning is issued by Hizbollah Israel should give Syrians thirty minutes to evacuate Damascus."
I'm thinking they ought to do that right now regardless of whatever Hizzaballoo does.
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