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2009-01-12 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2009-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 > Israeli warplanes bombed more than 60 targets

At last Israel is being proportional in its attacks (60 Hamas-terrorist rocket attacks a day before Israel drained the Gaza swamp).

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-01-12 00:35|| 2009-01-12 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 http://muqata.blogspot.com/ reports:
9:28 AM Grad missile hits near Kiryat Gat today. Officially it is the first time a rocket has been acknowledged to have hit near this town.
Kiryat Gat is the home of a large Intel manufacturing plant. A direct hit on the Intel factory could result in serious ecological damage to the immediate region (and depending on the wind, damage even further away).

9:39 AM MUQATA SCOOP: As first mentioned on this blog at the start of the war, it is now acknowledged that Hamas terrorists are hiding in bunkers built under the Shifa hospital and are connected by tunnels to the rest of Gaza. The Shifa hospital was seriously refurbished and upgraded by Israel for the Gazan residents when Israel still controlled that part of Eretz Yisrael. Many of the terrorists are hiding under Building 2 of Shifa hospital.

Israel built these "bunkers" under the hospital originally as a basement and strong foundation for Building 2 of the hospital (which Israel built). It was meant for the laundry machines and other services.

Posted by 3dc 2009-01-12 08:20|| 2009-01-12 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Interesting you should use the B-17 photo for this story. According to Bill Gunston and several other sources, the B-17's last combat missions were flown by the IDF's two remaining examples during the 1956 war. The target was none other than Gaza.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-01-12 08:45|| 2009-01-12 08:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Great Pic! 381st Bomber Group (Heavy) Ridgwell, England. They paid for our freedom in blood. Thank you Airmen.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-12 13:45|| 2009-01-12 13:45|| Front Page Top

#5 seems to me that a few arclight missions along the border should shake it up enough to collapse the tunnels.

cheers!

Posted by Abu do you love 2009-01-12 16:00|| 2009-01-12 16:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Late stepfather was in, IIRC, 305th Bombardment Group, Heavy, based in Chelveston, UK. He had, um . . ., curiously unfriendly views about the "Palestinians".

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-01-12 17:19|| 2009-01-12 17:19|| Front Page Top

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