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Israeli jets attack Manar TV aerial, Shiite meeting hall
2006-07-14
(KUNA) -- Israeli war planes on Thursday launched several missiles targeting the transmission aerial of Hezbollah's television station Al-Manar and a Shiite meeting hall (Husainiya) in eastern Lebanon used by Hezbollah for medical purposes. Al-Manar issued a statement confirming that three of its employees were wounded during the Israeli attack against the television earlier today Meanwhile, a security source told KUNA that Israeli fighters launched two missiles against the husainiya, which was completely demolished.

This is the first raid targeting the eastern Bekaa area since the Israeli aggression erupted against Lebanon in retaliation of Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers yesterday. The southern areas, the coast and Beirut are under an air and costal siege, where Israeli planes are hovering over the Lebanese airspace and Israeli ships are positioned along the coast. Israeli ground force unit tried to penetrate into Lebanese territory but resistance fighters' forced them to retreat, Hezbollah said in a statement. The Shiite Islamic group also launched long-range Raad missiles against Israeli settlements and military sites in northern Israel, Al-Manar television reported.
Posted by:Fred

#7  I saw a picture on the jpost.com site of a multiple launcher, 6. I don't remember how many it held (6?8?10? Two rows, anyway) or of what, but it didn't look friendly.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-07-14 13:34  

#6  It'll stop when Hiz runs out of launchers. Figuring 10 reloads of 10 figure 100 launchers? I assume Hiz is using launchers with multiple rockets, but who knows.
Posted by: 6   2006-07-14 11:30  

#5  Oh, no! No more cartoons!
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-07-14 09:21  

#4  Interesting, they must have a finite shelf life. And under less than optimal conditions that life is probably greatly diminished. I wonder why we don't hear any world leaders bitching about all these unguided rockets being randomly shot into civilian areas?
Posted by: Thraiger Ebbavise9094   2006-07-14 09:11  

#3  tw

good question

As of a few hours ago, the IDF estimated that about 700 rockets (not all Katyushas) had been fired into Israel.

If we see calls from Lebanon (and maybe even Syria) for Hezb Allah to cease firing we can reasonably conclude that the other 9000+ rockets aren't readily launchable.
Posted by: mhw   2006-07-14 08:19  

#2  I saw something yesterday that Iran had given Hizb'allah 10,000 Katyusha rockets plus the thingies they are mounted in, all long since pointed at Israel. I wonder how many are left today?
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-07-14 07:22  

#1  Any leftovers at mission conclusion, pls add this addy to your ATO:

1 CNN Ctr NW Atlanta, GA 30303
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-07-14 02:03  

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