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Special Terrorism Summary 08/06/06
Israel At War

Overall Summary and Comments
This has not been a good day for Israel. Hezbollah has hit Kfar Giladi and Haifa hard, more than a dozen are dead. Olmert and the cabinet have hung the country out to dry. If ever we wanted to see the results of a democrat presidency and leadership of our country, just look at the lack of leadership by the Israeli government. It sickens me because the world gave Israel a blank check to deal with Hezbollah and they wasted theopportunity.

Ground Operations
My open sources for ground operations have not been on line this weekend. Olmert says that the IDF has finished setting up a ‘buffer zone’ into Lebanon. If what I see developing on the map is true, they’ve only pushed about 4 km, no where near far enough to stop the short range rocket attacks. Hopefully I can get the map updated early next week.

An incursion up to the Litani - some 30 km from Israel - would require, the insertion of an entire new division into Lebanon. The IDF already has eight brigades on the ground in Lebanon made up of 10,000 troops. A news source said that it would take several days to reach the Litani.

Another commando raid in Tyre had a degree of success in targeting a rocket launching group. They destroyed seven rocket launchers in villages adjacent to the city and killed three terrorists.

Air Operations
The IAF continues to pound targets in Lebanon

Rocket Attacks
Hezbollah continues to use the barrage method of fire, resulting in high casualites. Haifa and Kfar Giladi were expecially hit, substantial deaths and large numbers of wounded. 29 rockets were launched at Haifa over course of Sunday alone. The multiple barrages appear to have interfered with Israeli counter battery radar by overloading the system and not allowing it to quickly fix locations. However, as some media sources are showing, IAF is on station and can quickly respond to many of the attacks.

342 posted on 08/06/2006 6:11:59 PM PDT by Godzilla (OK, who stopped payment on my reality check?)
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To: Godzilla
Thanks for posting the article and map...


     
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343 posted on 08/06/2006 6:30:53 PM PDT by Smartass ("In God We Trust" - "An informed and knowledgeably citizen is the best defense against tyranny")
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Wow, information AND visuals- what my weary eyes need today. Thanks for posting it.


346 posted on 08/06/2006 10:08:46 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: Godzilla

THANKS Godzilla for the summary and map.


351 posted on 08/06/2006 10:23:12 PM PDT by Cindy
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