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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292046965&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Aug. 1, 2006 6:29 | Updated Aug. 2, 2006 9:56
"IDF commandos capture Hizbullah members after battle"
By YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST STAFF, AND AP


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "After several hours of intense fighting in and around the hospital in the eastern Lebanon town of Baalbek, which was built by Iran for the express purpose of treating Hizbullah operatives, IDF commando forces on Wednesday morning took a number of Hizbullah operatives captive.

An IAF helicopter dropped commando forces a short distance from the hospital late Tuesday night. The force was discovered as it moved towards the structure, where Hizbullah operatives were suspected of hiding. Several hours of gunfights ensued, and at least 10 Hizbullah guerrillas were reported killed.

Another force was helicoptered in to extricate the commandos and provide backup for the mission.

After inspecting the identification of everyone in the hospital, the IDF soldiers proceeded to arrest several Hizbullah officials, who were later transported back into Israel. The officials' names and positions in the organization were not revealed. The main target of the operation was Muhammad Yazbek, a senior figure in the organization. Yazbek was not in the hospital at the time of the raid.

No IDF soldiers were wounded in the operation, an army spokesperson told The Jerusalem Post."


21 posted on 08/02/2006 12:08:09 AM PDT by Cindy
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ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1603333/posts?page=18#18

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http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=13200C4PE9Z0
"The Man Who Put Al-Qaeda on the Web"

By Barry Levine
July 29, 2006 7:18AM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Posting and boasting his way to prominence, Irhabi007 started appearing on radical Islamist bulletin boards and in chat rooms. For his user I.D., he melded "irhabi," which means "terrorist" in Arabic, to the code number of the world's most famous, albeit fictional, British secret agent."


22 posted on 08/02/2006 12:49:06 AM PDT by Cindy
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