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2006-07-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Damn. I was hoping they were being sent for offshore bombardment platforms. Nothing like the big naval guns to perk things up in the combat zone.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-07-17 01:43|| 2006-07-17 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder how many of those UK citizens are RPG-toting graduates of Finbury Mosque???

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2006-07-17 01:44|| 2006-07-17 01:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Various Net blogs report the Greeks + Italians are also sending warships andor escorted evac ships - where are the Frenchies???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-07-17 01:47|| 2006-07-17 01:47|| Front Page Top

#4 I am guessing quite a few of those "nationals" that want to flee are full blown "Party of God" members in good standing. I am hoping they take the old women and children first and only take the males after all the women and children are safely away and careful vetting. This is the Religion of Pantywaists™ we are dealing with after all. Who in their right mind would be in Leabanon anyway?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-17 02:13|| 2006-07-17 02:13|| Front Page Top

#5 The French can't come out and play : their carrier keeps dropping its propellor, and has to be towed back to port. They may send a minor fleet later, to be the ferry service back to France - after the US helolifts their civilians out to them.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-07-17 02:26|| 2006-07-17 02:26|| Front Page Top

#6 'I refuse to leave this area despite the heavy shelling...I want to die at home,' one man, Ali Haidar told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa in Haret Hreik.

The balcony view of your flat is just lovely. That's where I'd be sitting.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-07-17 04:36|| 2006-07-17 04:36|| Front Page Top

#7 The US has evidently charted a Greek cruise liner to help in mass evacuations/vacations.

Posted by 6 2006-07-17 12:52|| 2006-07-17 12:52|| Front Page Top

#8 I'ma thinkin' the USS Reagan would do a lot better job, there, 6, don't you agree?

Posted by BA 2006-07-17 14:33|| 2006-07-17 14:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, food and medical facilities are better too. Not to mention that the crew is fluent in English.

Posted by 6 2006-07-17 17:15|| 2006-07-17 17:15|| Front Page Top

#10 There was a little boy stood on a burning log,
rubbing his hands with glee.
He said, "Oh Mother England,
did you light my smile; or did you light this fire under me?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-07-17 23:58|| 2006-07-17 23:58|| Front Page Top

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