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| Breaking: Hezbollah 'seize Israel soldiers' |
| 2006-07-12 |
| The Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah says it has captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes across the Lebanese-Israeli border. The announcement was made on the group's television channel, al-Manar. Rockets and mortar rounds were fired from Lebanon towards the Israeli town of Shlomi and at Israeli outposts in the disputed Shebaa farms area. The shelling was accompanied by automatic gunfire and at least four people were wounded, reports say. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #25 Hezb Allah's sneak attack will be critized a lot even in the UN. However, I don't understand why the IDF was so poorly prepared for this. Two possible reasons I can think of : 1. the "B" or even "C" team was at the northern border 2. there was an IDF member who provided info to Hizb |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-07-12 19:38 |
| #24 Disproportionate retaliation has been the most effective means against terrorism. Actual details concerning the numbers of terrorists that Hizbollah sent across the border, are sketchy. The fact that 7 IDF soldiers were killed, suggests hundreds. Every one of those terrorists would have paraded down public streets at one time or another. Instead of letting Hamas and Hizbollah do terror preening, these gatherings of scum should be attacked. The diplomats don't want to see these animals die; I do. |
| Posted by: Anginens Threreng8133 2006-07-12 15:38 |
| #23 Lancasters, "we" may not be serious, but I AM dead serious. It is almost time for a re run of Law and Order "The FIRST SEASON". |
| Posted by: newc 2006-07-12 13:28 |
| #22 I'd like to think it's 1945, but it has more the feel of 1938-39. Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-12 10:05 Excellent point, Nimble Spemble. That's exactly how I see it. We're in the beginning phase and unlike December 7, 1941, when the American people en masse recognized the reality of being at war, September 11, 2001's impact did not have the same effect. Yes, yes, I know, Japan was a nation-state subject to declaration of war and such while A-Qaeda is a stateless entity. However, that's not my point. Something has happened over the last 40 years or so that has produced a situation in which many Americans act as if 9-11 either occurred a million years ago or was a singular, anomalous event. What happened? No easy answers but IÂ’d like to suggest that weÂ’re in the throes of the 40-year culture war launched by the Leftist counterculture, and though in the past decade or so, patriotic Americans have begun a counter-offensive, the outcome remains in balance. See new book: John Harmon McElroyÂ’s Divided We Stand: The Rejection of American Culture since the 1960s, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-12 10:18 |
| #21 LOD, ask yourself this, Would you rather be in Ahnmedinajihad's burka? Things don't look so good from the MM perspoective either; Maliki starting to take on Sadr, Hezhbollah getting defanged, pencil neck getting buzzed, 2 million gallons of $0.35 subsidized gasoline being smuggled into Iraq daily, drug use increasing 10% a year. Things get that way in war time. I'd like to think it's 1945, but it has more the feel of 1938-39. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-12 10:05 |
| #20 #19 Lancasters, loose the negativity, dude. The American people aren't that dumb any more. Posted by wxjames 2006-07-12 09:49 I'm trying wxjames, I'm really trying ... but ...a little more muscle on the warfront will help. How about the IAF following through on its promise to "bomb Lebanon back 20 years"? (Is that all? I was hoping more like back 800 years.) And then President Bush announcing that he'll take a page out of Andrew Jackson and how Old Hickory told off Justice Marshall. Ahhh, in a more perfect world! |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-12 10:01 |
| #19 Lancasters, loose the negativity, dude. The American people aren't that dumb any more. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-07-12 09:49 |
| #18 #16 On second thought, it's more of a "hell no". I'm not entirely sure that declaring war on Iran is a course open to us today. Posted by Seafarious 2006-07-12 09:05 Sea: We're not serious. I've noticed as well as anyone with an IQ above room temperature, a shift to a more "nuanced" approach to Islamo-Fascism, inaccurately called "terrorism." Tragically, this nuanced approach appears to have de-balled the Israelis as well us. Hamas-controlled Gaza should have been reduced about two weeks ago. Instead, by dithering and blowing up empty buildings, the Israelis have invited this attack today on their northern border. So far, seven IDF troopers are dead, two HUMVEES and one Merkava tank destroyed. Not a good start. Today’s WAPO reports on the changing shift in treatment accorded terrorists captured on the battlefield. Great! The administration has had to comply with the Supreme Court’s recent catastrophic ruling. Kim “I’m so rhonely” Ill fires off missile after missile, and what do we do? Head off to the U.N. What lesson is the kook over at Iran learning from this? Train bombing in India. Will Pakistan’s ISI be held to account? Nope, not anymore than they’ve been held to account for the masses of Taliban-whack-jobs crossing into Afghanistan on a daily basis. President Bush realistically has two years to run the table on the Axis of Evil. And if the November elections go really, really bad for the Republicans, he’ll be fighting off impeachment charges from the Fifth Column enemy within. Things do not look good. |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-12 09:41 |
| #17 It isn't. Which is exactly what Iran is counting on in their use of Hizb'allah. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-07-12 09:38 |
| #16 On second thought, it's more of a "hell no". I'm not entirely sure that declaring war on Iran is a course open to us today. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-12 09:05 |
| #15 Great point, Sea. This definitely is an escalation on Iran's part. We should do something appropiate, like take out Iran's navy. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-07-12 08:47 |
| #14 I think this is Iran's answer to the nuclear agreement deadline of today...unleash Hezbollah. If I was the President, I would take this as a "No". |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-12 08:43 |
| #13 I think the US should land the Marines in Beirut as 'peace keepers' and start our house cleaning. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-07-12 08:42 |
| #12 Israel needs to take the gloves off and start getting medieval on their asses. |
| Posted by: djohn66 2006-07-12 07:43 |
| #11 Israeli defence forces are now conducting airstrikes inside lebanon. If the soldiers are not returned Israel voes to turn lebanons clock back 20 yrs... LoL |
| Posted by: Oztralian 2006-07-12 07:42 |
| #10 It's time to heavily bomb all major population centers in Lebanon. This is an outright act of war and the response needs to be quick, decisive, and overwhelming. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2006-07-12 07:22 |
| #9 There's already been heavy fighting, and 7 soldiers have died in the fighting. Thats all the media is reporting. No word on how many Hard-boys are dead, but if the media aren't even mentioning it then must be high. |
| Posted by: Charles 2006-07-12 07:01 |
| #8 Syria, Iran, Pakistan. No peace till there are big changes there. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-12 06:36 |
| #7 nope. not gonna stop pussyfootin bowt till our pussies tell em to stop. then mebbe...mebbe...we will play tidleeweenks. where are em fuckin dicks when we need em! >:( |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2006-07-12 05:22 |
| #6 Bombing Pencil Neck's palace with him inside would be a nice way to get the ball rolling. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-07-12 05:08 |
| #5 I hope the Israelis really polish the floor with these asshats - 'til it shines. They won't get these troops back in one piece so they should have some fun taking down the Hamas/Hizb leadership one by one - day by day. Get stuck in. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2006-07-12 05:00 |
| #4 Damn. I hope this will blow up good, but not in the way hizbollah and hamas wish. So far, the latter is getting what it wants, with the measured and gradual israeli offensive, but this up the ante, and Israel definitively got to respond tenfold to make that counterproductive for theses bastards. I still think retreating out of gaza was a mistake, like the retreat from southern lebanon, I hope the joooos will stop pussyfooting around and hit them hard with targeted helizappings and "defensive shield"-like infrastructure demolishing large scale moves. As for hizbollah and iran, I can't wait for them being smacked into oblivion. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-12 04:53 |
| #3 According to the Jerusalem Post: The IDF confirmed Wednesday morning that two soldiers were missing after a Hizbullah attack on the northern border. Hizbullah's Al Manar TV broadcast that the organization had kidnapped two soldiers. Hizbullah launched a heavy barrage of Katyusha rockets and mortar shells at IDF positions and communities along the northern frontier on Wednesday morning starting about 9:15 a.m. One rocket scored a direct hit on a house in Shtula. Magen David Adom said they were treating four people, one who was in moderate condition and three lightly wounded. All the wounded were being evacuated to Nahariya hospital. IDF sources estimated that the attack was a Hizbullah response to Israel's early Wednesdayattempted strike on top Hamas terrorist Mohammad Deif in Gaza. IAF helicopters were returning fire and had reportedly blew up a bridge inside Lebanon. Residents of the Western Galilee had entered their shelters, and in the community of Shlomi, residents were asked to enter fortified rooms. The northern border has been on high alert since Operation Summer rains began. Two weeks ago, IAF planes buzzed Syrian President Bashar Assad's summer palac reportedly while he was in residence. A month and a half ago, Israel launched a massive retaliatory strike after Hizbullah fired a series of Katyushas at Israel. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-07-12 04:27 |
| #2 The claims appear to be true. IDF: Two Soldiers Missing Along Northern Border |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-07-12 04:15 |
| #1 Debka reports Israel and Hizballah forces are battling each other on both sides of the border – at the Yakinton post in the central border sector and around Hizballah positions on Lebanese side. A number of Israelis wounded in battle. The incident was sparked by a Hizballah anti-tank missile attack on an IDF jeep patrolling the border in attempt to abduct the soldiers. The Lebanese terrorists also fired Katyusha rockets at Zarit and Shetula, hitting one house. Six civilians injured in these attacks. Northern Galilee residents ordered to bomb shelters. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-07-12 04:15 |