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  • Xinhua - Mossad fails to kill Hamas chief in Syria: sources

    08/16/2006 5:42:46 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 19 replies · 928+ views
    Mosad fails to kill Hamas chief in Syria: sources GAZA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The external Israeli security intelligence service, better know as Mosad, has failed to assassinate Damascus-based Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal, sources in the movement revealed Wednesday. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, were quoted bya Palestinian independent news agency as saying that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) knew about the Israeli attempt to kill Meshaal through a Western intelligence security service. They added that several Mosad agents arrived in Damascus in mid-July during the Israeli military offensives on Lebanon, disguising as foreign relief volunteers...
  • Exclusive: Iran was behind Hezbollah-Israel war

    08/16/2006 2:58:50 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 15 replies · 643+ views
    Iran Focus ^ | August 16, 2006
    London, Aug. 16 – Iran masterminded the July 12 attack on an Israeli military squad by the Lebanese militia Hezbollah which ignited a major military offensive against the group by the Jewish state, Iran Focus has learnt. A well-placed source inside the clerical establishment told Iran Focus that prior to the start of hostilities Tehran dispatched several top officials including the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to attend a summit in Syria which took place on July 4 and focused on ways to upset the regional balance in the Middle East. Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of...
  • 10 katyushas fired towards israel BREAKING ON CNN

    08/14/2006 4:24:01 PM PDT · by Btrp113Cav · 481 replies · 24,667+ views
    CNN ^ | Augest 14 2006 | CNN
    CNN Is saying live on t.v. that 10 katyushas were fired from nothern lebanon towards israel!
  • Israel shows video of Hezbollah fighter

    08/07/2006 3:05:01 PM PDT · by humint · 10 replies · 1,004+ views
    Associated Press ^ | SARAH EL DEEB
    JERUSALEM - Israel's army released a video Monday purporting to show the interrogation of a Hezbollah fighter acknowledging his part in the raid on an Israeli army patrol July 12 - the spark that ignited the current conflict in Lebanon. In the video, Hussein Ali Suleiman, 22, said the seizure of the two Israelis was the second time he had taken part in such an attempt, following an unsuccessful raid in 2005. He also spoke about training in Iran. The tape shown on Israeli television appeared to be heavily edited, and some answers were cut off in mid-sentence. He appeared...
  • Military Officers Attempted a Coup in Iraq

    08/06/2006 11:10:15 PM PDT · by jmc1969 · 36 replies · 2,377+ views
    New York Sun ^ | August 7 2006 | ELI LAKE
    The government of Iraq is secretly holding a Baathist cabal of military officers it claims attempted a coup against Prime Minister al-Maliki. The plotters were rounded up July 5 with the help of American military authorities after the Iraqi government's security warning center sent word to Mr. Maliki, who was in Kuwait on his first official visit as head of state, two highly placed Iraqi sources said. The prime minister quickly canceled a scheduled trip to Amman, Jordan, and returned to Baghdad to attend to the matter. At the time, Mr. Maliki's staff told reporters that the prime minister was...
  • Why a Multinational Force is Essential in Lebanon

    08/04/2006 10:20:24 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 3 replies · 357+ views
    The Washington Institute for Near East Policy ^ | August 4, 2006 | Robert Rabil
    As Lebanon plunges deeper into ruin and chaos as a result of Hizballah’s “gang war” tactics against Israel’s expanded military campaign to degrade the power of the Islamist party, Hizballah, Syria, and its allies in Lebanon are devising plans to subvert an international agreement on a multinational force to guard the Israel-Lebanon border. They are also preparing for a political comeback in a postconflict Lebanon by riding the wave of the victory Hizballah is sure to claim whatever the outcome—a supposed triumph that in reality will be at best a Pyrrhic victory. Hizballah’s Political Offensive From the time the...
  • Arab newspaper: Israel retaliates after Syria shot down unmanned Israeli spy aircraft

    07/28/2006 1:19:28 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 21 replies · 1,796+ views
    an-Nahar (Beirut) ^ | July 28, 2006
    UNCONFIRMED REPORT - News Flash *Al Liwa newspaper says Syria shot down an unmanned Israeli spy aircraft and the Jewish state retaliated by destroying the base from which the plane was downed
  • Nasrallah in Damascus

    07/27/2006 3:09:16 AM PDT · by ScaniaBoy · 22 replies · 871+ views
    Arutz Sheva ^ | July 27, 2006 | INN
    Hizbullah terrorist chief Hassan Nasrallah traveled to Syria late Wednesday night in a bulletproof vehicle, according to a Kuwait newspaper. Nasrallah is expected to meet for talks with Syrian officials on Thursday to discuss developments in Hizbullah’s war against Israel. A number of the Katyusha rockets fired by the terrorists at northern Israeli cities have contained parts made in Syria.
  • GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 7/26/06-Paphos,Beirut,Tyre,Khiam,Maghar,Rihaniya,Avivim,Haifa,Gaza

    07/25/2006 4:02:05 PM PDT · by Diogenesis · 61 replies · 4,116+ views
    NASA, DOD, IDF, Yahoo, AP, AFP, Reuters, and the usual suspects, and many brave photographers | 7/26/06 | The Armies of Good against the Axis of Evil
    GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/26/06 - Paphos, Cyprus, Beirut, Tyre, Khiam, Maghar, Israel, Rihaniya, Kiryat Shmona, Nahariya, Tel Aviv, Avivim, Haifa, Gaza City, Khan Younis, Damascus, Syria, Moscow, San Jose, Calif, Kiev, Santiago Israeli Response to many years of Hamas and Hizb'allah terror using Iranian and Syrian technology in 'Kofi Annan's War' in Civilizations War on Terror BREAKING: Paphos, Cyprus, U.S. Air Force rescues American girl to Ramstein Air Base, Germany BREAKING: Beirut- U.S. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit rescue American citizens BREAKING: Beirut - Hassan Nasrallah admits over televison he told Beruit government...
  • GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 7/17/06-Beirut,Bourj Shimali,Choueifat,Khiam,Ouzai

    07/17/2006 6:15:25 AM PDT · by Diogenesis · 54 replies · 4,789+ views
    DOD, Yahoo, AP, Reuters, AFP and the usual suspects | 7/17/06 | The Armies of Good against the Axis of Evil
    GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 7/17/06 - Beirut, Dahyieh Junubiya, al-Ghubeiri, Beir al-Abed, Bourj Shimali, Choueifat, Jiyeh, Khiam, Nabatiyeh, Ouzai, Saida, Sawfar, Taanayel, Tyre, Kiryat Shmona, Zebqine, Masnaa, Jdaydet Yabous, Damascus, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Cyprus, Poriat, Kabul, Bagram, Fallujah, Baghdad, Samawa BREAKING: Israel ground forces enter Lebanon BREAKING: Beirut - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist strongholds BREAKING: Dahyieh Junubiya - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist stronghold BREAKING: Bourj Shimali - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist stronghold BREAKING: Choueifat - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist stronghold BREAKING: Jiyeh - Israeli airstrike on the terrorist stronghold BREAKING: Khiam -...
  • All Roads Lead to Damascus

    07/14/2006 9:09:21 AM PDT · by Blogger · 7 replies · 1,318+ views
    Omega Letter ^ | July 13, 2006 | Omega Letter
    The Omega Letter Intelligence Digest Vol: 58 Issue: 13 - Thursday, July 13, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Roads Lead to Damascus With tensions already running high from the June 25 capture of a 19-year-old Israeli corporal by Hamas terrorists, Hezbollah terrorists infiltrated Israel on Wednesday and kidnapped two more Israeli soldiers. Three other Israeli soldiers were killed in the raid, and five more died after Israeli forces pursued the kidnappers into Lebanon. In an instant, Israel opened a second front against Lebanese targets, calling the move "an act of war" -- and vowed to hold the Lebanese government accountable for the...
  • The Same War - Hezbollah, natch

    07/13/2006 6:17:16 AM PDT · by veronica · 4 replies · 671+ views
    NRO.com ^ | 7-13-06 | Michael Ledeen
    No one should have any lingering doubts about what’s going on in the Middle East. It’s war, and it now runs from Gaza into Israel, through Lebanon and thence to Iraq via Syria. There are different instruments, ranging from Hamas in Gaza to Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon and on to the multifaceted “insurgency” in Iraq. But there is a common prime mover, and that is the Iranian mullahcracy, the revolutionary Islamic fascist state that declared war on us 27 years ago and has yet to be held accountable. It is very good news that the White House immediately denounced...
  • Hezbollah Rocket Attack Hits Israeli Town of Safed

    07/13/2006 5:23:20 AM PDT · by Dubya-M-Dees · 139 replies · 5,653+ views
    foxnews.com ^ | 7/13/2006 | FOXNews
    Breaking on FoxNews
  • Iran’s national security adviser flies to Damascus/ Syrian army on a state of preparedness

    07/13/2006 12:42:59 AM PDT · by Hadean · 35 replies · 2,187+ views
    Debkafile ^ | July 13-2006
    DEBKAfile reports: Iran’s national security adviser Ali Larijani flies to Damascus aboad special military plane Wednesday night as war tension builds up around Hizballah kidnap of 2 Israeli soldiers Larijani is also Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator. He will remain in Damascus for the duration of the crisis in line with the recently Iranian-Syrian mutual defense pact. His presence affirms that an Israeli attack on Syria will be deemed an assault on Iran. It also links the Israeli hostage crisis to Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West. The White House released a statement holding Syria and Iran responsible for Hizballah abduction...
  • IDF warns civilians in s. Beirut to leave homes

    07/13/2006 12:34:18 AM PDT · by M. Espinola · 40 replies · 1,350+ views
    The Jerusalem Post ^ | July 13th, 2006 | YAAKOV KATZ AND JPOST.COM STAFF
    Israel laid siege Thursday morning to Lebanon, shutting down the country and closing off access by air, land and sea. IDF navy missile ships were patrolling off the Lebanese coast and preventing ships from entering Lebanon or leaving. Any ships arriving at Lebanese shores were being turned back. Earlier on Thursday morning, Beirut International Airport was struck by an IAF air strike, killing 15. IDF officers threatened they would bomb additional airports later in the day. Al-Jazeera television network reported that 15 people were killed in the airstrike. It was the first time since 1982 that the airport in south...
  • Mass Demonstration in Damascus in Solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza

    07/02/2006 12:43:18 PM PDT · by markedmannerf · 27 replies · 456+ views
    DAMASCUS , (SANA)- A huge mass demonstration was staged in Yarmouk camp, Damascus on Sunday evening protesting Israeli hostile and terrorist practices against the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. The protestors chanted slogans condemning the barbarian Zionist aggression which destroyed humans, trees and stones in the Gaza and other Palestinian cities. The demonstrators also carried banners hailing the Syrian solidarity with the Palestinian struggle, demanding the international community to put an end to Israel's dangerous violations against the Palestinian people without any consideration of the international legitimacy or minimum human rights.
  • ''Intelligence Brief: Russia's Moves in Syria''

    06/30/2006 2:10:53 AM PDT · by M. Espinola · 19 replies · 1,108+ views
    In early June, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported Moscow's decision to establish naval bases in the Syrian ports of Tartus and Latakia. The Russian Defense Ministry officially denied the report, even though more than one source confirmed it. As part of the plan, the port of Tartus would be transformed into a naval base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet when it is away from the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol. The Russian plan involves the installation of an air defense system with S-300PMU-2 Favorit ballistic missiles. The missiles have a range of 200 kilometers (124 miles), allow a larger warhead...
  • Israeli missile hits bridge in central Gaza

    06/27/2006 2:09:27 PM PDT · by West Coast Conservative · 240 replies · 10,816+ views
    Reuters ^ | June 27, 2006
    An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a bridge in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday as troops prepared for a threatened offensive into the territory, Palestinian witnesses said. Israel has been planning a major push into the territory following the capture of an Israeli soldier by militants from Gaza on Sunday.
  • Islamofascism, the broader, deeper & wider reality - How radical Islam makes you into a fascist!

    06/17/2006 10:56:58 PM PDT · by NeoOldCon · 1 replies · 1,471+ views
    How [radical] Islam makes one into a fascist, whether you are Arab, black, etc. The broader view of the deep & wide reality of Islamofascism What do the Arab Muslim massacre in NYC WTC, The Pakistani Muslim bombing in London, the Arab Muslim bombing in Madrid, an Indonesian attack on Australians in Bali, an Arab Muslim racist attack on an ordinary Jew in Paris, Arabs' onslaught in the genocide campaign in Sudan, WW2's Bosnian Muslims attacking Christian Serbs, Jordanian Arab murderer: Zarqawi that seperated (Nazi style) between Shiite & Sunni kids on a bus, Arab slave masters in Mauritania, a...
  • US reportedly offering deal to neutralize Hezbollah

    05/30/2003 7:15:40 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 21 replies · 230+ views
    The Daily Star ^ | May 30 2003 | Nicholas Blanford
    ‘$500m on table’ if Beirut complies The United States is reportedly making a fresh attempt to strike a behind-the-scenes deal to neutralize Hizbullah, offering the government half a billion dollars if the resistance is dismantled and Syria pulls its troops out of Lebanon. The offer is reportedly being conveyed by Darryl Issa, a Republican congressman for California, and Democrat Robert Wexler during a visit to Beirut Friday, the daily As-Safir said Thursday. The two congressmen will also travel to Damascus to discuss the offer with Syrian officials, the paper said. The daily quoted sources in the US Congress as saying...