Posted on 07/26/2006 8:19:52 AM PDT by marko525
Two Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers were kidnapped and seven others were killed Wednesday in attacks on Israel's northern border by Hezbollah, a terrorist group with close ties to Iran. [1] Hezbollah's Al Manar TV station reported that the abduction occurred just after 9 a.m. and the soldiers were transferred to a safe location. [2]
Just two days before the Hezbollah attacks, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, while speaking about Israel on Iran News Network TV, "It will not be long before this intense fury will lead to a huge explosion." [3]
Ahmadinejad has also said Israel should be "wiped off the map" and that the Holocaust was a myth.
The two soldiers were patrolling Israel's northern border Wednesday morning in armored jeeps when Hezbollah terrorists fired on the vehicles and detonated explosives nearby. [4] Three other soldiers riding in the jeeps were killed in the attack. [5] A senior Hezbollah official said that at least one of the kidnapped soldiers is still alive. [6]
Hezbollah carried out the assault while conducting massive rocket and mortar shell attacks on IDF positions and Israeli villages.
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The sooner Israel sets off that huge explosion, the sooner they will see begin to see Hexbullah back off.
What's wrong with carpet bombing the area?
That's a lot of carpet to bomb, not to mention all the rugs the Jihadists use to face the east thinking that a black rock is their means for redemption.
I say we concentrate on hardwood floors, brick, concrete, structural steel, rebar, and mud huts as well. Lot's of times carpet and rugs are found inside dwellings and businesses and government institutions.
./sarcasm
I'm with ya' Brush.
It will make the Muslim world mad at Israel.
Good to post, because it is not really old news. This incident remains very unexplained.
The version in the article above was the initial story, but since has been revised by several sources. More recently, it is stated that the Hezbollah attacked by stealth and cut through the fence (cut through an electrified fence?)
Another version of events says that there was a rocket barrage BEFORE this. Not at the same time. The barrage was followed by an Israeli raid, in which the soldiers were captured.
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