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| Debka: heavy Hizballlah rocket barrage of Haifa, Acre and Nahariya |
| 2006-07-16 |
| At least 8 civilians killed, 20-30 injured, in heavy Hizballlah rocket barrage of Haifa, Acre and Nahariya from Lebanon. At least 20 rockets counted in metropolitan Haifa - Upper Hadar, Krayot and Haifa Bay July 16, 2006, 10:22 AM (GMT+02:00) Most of the casualties, six in serious condition, at the main railway terminal near Checkpoint in Haifa. Hizballah reports improved Grad rockets fired in its deadliest attack so far in reprisal for air raids against Beirut. Their range is 35-40 km. Smoke clouds rise above Haifa Bay site of big port, industries and refineries. Close to a million residents of affected area and south advised to take shelter indoors and heed sirens. Heavy peak hour traffic heading into Israel's third largest city, Haifa, turned around and headed out of the city. Nahariya to the north is under Hizballah attack for fifth day, as are western Galilee moshavim. Israeli artillery has opened heavy fire on sources of rocket fire in Lebanon. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 Shavitch Glesh8218 has awfully good English. D'you s'pose he's one of the many Pakistanis who ran back/was shipped back when the Muslim men had to check in with Immigration? You know, all those who'd settled in the US on expired visas and such? He must miss home terribly to hang around here at this time. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-07-16 22:39 |
| #10 well there you go, plenty of pro-Israel moderate muslims in Pakland |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-07-16 19:55 |
| #9 I suspect SG8218 is not pro-Israeli .. Via Islamabad, Pakistan. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-07-16 19:54 |
| #8 The international community may or may not accept Isarael's word on the origin of the rocket - although I don't hear many demurrals. More important is issues of tactics, logistics and timing. It's not clear Bush or our forces in Iraq are ready for that move yet. OTOH, last winter a senior Israeli leader said that if the Iranian nuclear program wasn't dismantled by August it would be too late. And Bush has said they will not be allowed to have nuclear arms. Note that the head of Mossad is due in Washington this week to discuss the Iranian program. He may be held in Israel due to the fighting but it's a sign .... |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-07-16 12:30 |
| #7 Obviously, from the sheer volume, these are supplied from Iran. These chumps have np way of acquiring these independently. What other evidence is required to attck Iran now ? |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-07-16 12:19 |
| #6 I suspect SG8218 is not pro-Israeli .... |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-07-16 09:21 |
| #5 So long as the IDF can continue gassing up at Lebanese stations. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-07-16 09:15 |
| #4 Gee. It's gonna be fun watching the Petro factories being destroyed in exchange for Lebanon's power stations / bridges. Not bad at all. |
| Posted by: Shavitch Glesh8218 2006-07-16 06:27 |
| #3 Grads are like katyuskhas the tech isnt much diferent Grads are from 60's tough specialist rounds were developed in 80's and 90's The Hizballah ones are only High Explosive so not much diferent |
| Posted by: Clerert Uneamp2772 2006-07-16 05:40 |
| #2 Grads are not Katyshas, a 122mm artillery rocket which are a relic of WWII. They are a modern Russian built MRL system. The BM-21 MRL uses the Grad missile. |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-07-16 05:20 |
| #1 Launching missiles at civilian centers, invites retaliatory area bombardment by artillery. Israel will take the hits in exchange for disproportionate retaliation. Can't wait until the G8 is over. There will be a nice little secret consensus on what to do with proliferators. |
| Posted by: Anginens Threreng8133 2006-07-16 05:19 |