[river rat]

".....confused at the lack of counter-battery fire."

Actually, it appears the IDF has chosen their own effective form of "counter-battery fire"..

They are killing the leaders they view as more dangerous than the incoming fire...

I suspect I would do the same.....for a while...

Then I hope they destroy Arafat, as a sign that the serious phase of the war has begun...

Semper Fi

[yonif]

Pictures of the Strike on the Terrorist

Relatives of 23-year-old militant of the Islamic group Hamas Hamdi Kalkha weep over his body at the hospital of the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) town of Khan Younis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003. Kalha was killed by an Israeli missile strike when his was riding his donkey cart in Khan Younis. Three other people were injured in the attack. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Palestinians look at a dead donkey at the site where a Hamas militant who was riding the donkey cart was killed by an Israeli missile in the Khan Younis southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) town of Khan Younis Thursday Aug. 28, 2003. A Palestinian official identified the Hamas militant as 23-year-old Hamdi Kalkha. Three other people were injured in the attack. (AP Photo/Yakoub Galowa)