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2006-07-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The risk of hostage-taking by Hezbollah is extremely high

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-07-16 12:41|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I agree completely with points 2 (use it or lose it) and 3 (taking Western hostages) as the main threats | responses by Hizbollah.

Posted by Clavimble Spomoger8840 2006-07-16 13:10|| 2006-07-16 13:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Yep, can't argue with the logic. Maybe having forces nearby will make a difference this time.

Posted by 6 2006-07-16 13:18|| 2006-07-16 13:18|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if we will show our hand in this. The Iwo Jima is on her way to pick up Americans in Lebenon, I assume she'll come with an entire group. The mere presence of the American fleet is likely to stir up the mooks.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-07-16 13:43|| 2006-07-16 13:43|| Front Page Top

#4 The Iwo Jima and her strike group were in the Red Sea, not too far away.

Posted by lotp 2006-07-16 13:44|| 2006-07-16 13:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Hostage taking may be "easy" & work with France & others but the US has learnt the hard way that responding to hostage taking will bite us in the end (figurtivly & literally). And it might be the action that would get the US directly invlolved.

Posted by Throger Thains8048 2006-07-16 14:02|| 2006-07-16 14:02|| Front Page Top

#6 One ship in that fleet is the USS Cole!

Fox just announcing that State Dept is telling folks to stay where they are. It is "too dangerous" to begin movement. Wonder what that means? Would Hezbollah be dumb enough to begin to attach Americans attempting to leave?

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2006-07-16 14:20|| 2006-07-16 14:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Hostages.

Posted by lotp 2006-07-16 14:24|| 2006-07-16 14:24|| Front Page Top

#8 I am sure they already have hostages. Expect the tapes on al-CNN shortly. They have learned how a few hostages paralyze the west.

Posted by Brett 2006-07-16 14:26|| 2006-07-16 14:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Egypt is permitting the Iwo Jima group to transit the Suez Canal? If I'm driving those ships I'm going to be very nervous; just think what a propaganda coup it would be for the Islamists to get the Cole a second time. They know pretty much when and where the ships will pass in the Canal and approaches. For that matter, the Islamists don't even need to actually mount an attack - an unarmed boat making too close an approach will get blasted, for at least a secondary propaganda victory.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-07-16 15:15|| 2006-07-16 15:15|| Front Page Top

#10 I think that the chance that Hezbollah seizes Western hostages in Lebanon is between zero and nil.

Posted by Perfesser 2006-07-16 15:56|| 2006-07-16 15:56|| Front Page Top

#11 oh that be smart attack a US Warship and get the US to start bombing the shit out of you with cruise missiles.

Posted by djohn66 2006-07-16 16:32|| 2006-07-16 16:32|| Front Page Top

#12 Yup, it's something the Paleos are stupid enough to do.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-16 16:48|| 2006-07-16 16:48|| Front Page Top

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