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| Baalbek Raid: 10 Hizbullies dead, 5 captured |
| 2006-08-02 |
| Israeli commandoes landed by helicopter near Baalbek Tuesday night kill 10 Hizballah operatives, take 5 prisoners and return safely to base. DEBKAfile reports the Israeli force fought its way into the Dar al Hikmeh hospital which HizballahÂ’s Beqaa commander Muhammad Yazbek had converted into his staff headquarters. This was the deepest Israeli incursion in Lebanon so far, 150km from the border. Yazbek, member of Hizballah's high council and close to Tehran, was not there. DEBKAfileÂ’s senior military sources report Israel is going all out in an effort to finally overwhelm Hizballah on all fronts and generate conditions for the deployment of a multinational force in South Lebanon. Overnight, Lebanese witnesses reported an unprecedented number of Israeli warplanes over the Beqaa valley Tuesday night and aerial strikes against five Hizballah positions near Baalbek. From the Mediterranean, Israel naval artillery pounded Hizballah rocket sites on the Lebanese shore. Hizballah denies losing 240 men in the three-week Lebanon war. Its Al Manar television station claims the prisoners taken in the Israeli commando operation and the Lebanese killed in Israeli air attacks around Baalbek were innocent civilians. This is a routine claim in its propaganda war. Tuesday, Israeli Arabic broadcasts began reading out the names of Hizballah casualties. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 SPoD why don't you sell your site to this sucker? Lambreth |
| Posted by: 6 2006-08-02 16:38 |
| #8 Converting a Hospital to a command center? What is the world missing here. Hizb'allah violates all the rules and is not held to account by the MSM. Israel must account for every bit of colateral damage and telegraph every punch to "protect inocents" while the MSM waves a blood shirt. Journalist, rope, tree. Some assembly required. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-08-02 16:37 |
| #7 The thing to keep in mind is that this was one of only several such raids Israel has been doing according to IDF sources quoted in the news. Expect more tonite and every night until this is done. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2006-08-02 16:23 |
| #6 You forgot Bambi, Thumper and Flower, the IDF gassed all three of them. Oh and don't forget Chip and Dale. Oh the Shame of it!! All of those poooooor little bunny rabbits and innocent civilians with AK-47's and RPG-6's. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-08-02 15:06 |
| #5 Per hezbo PR, all captured were aged, convalescing civilians accompanied by a infant billy goat |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-08-02 14:42 |
| #4 Hezbollah = fools Israel catches 10, Hezb says only 6. Therefore, 4 hezbs are expendable. Open the pigpen and torture room, we got 4 live ones for Q & A. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-08-02 12:24 |
| #3 The Lebenaese said 6 were taken. Here's hoping the Israelis got Yazbek and will quietly disappear him. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2006-08-02 12:09 |
| #2 A thorough butt-kicking. Nice job! |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-08-02 10:10 |
| #1 I would laugh if they caught Iranian soldiers there. Um... Iran, mind explaining what your goons are doing in Lebanon? Really? Aid for civilians, huh? Along with these rockets they were setting up? Those were deserters? We are gonna desert some nukes over your country now. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-08-02 09:35 |