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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IDF destroys Leb coastal radars used in attack on Naval vessel
2006-07-15
Major-General Gadi Eizenkot, head of the General Staff Operations Branch, said in a briefing held at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv that “in the evening hours we destroyed all of Lebanon’s coastal radars. The reason for the radars’ destruction was the part they played in the attack on an Israeli missile boat on Friday, in which one soldier was killed and another three went missing.”
Siniora, I really don't think you're going to get that quick and easy ceasefire you're desperately hoping for -- not if your own radars are being used to attack Israeli assets.
Brigadier-General Noam Page of the Navy said that the IDF was not aware that Hizbullah had in its possession a C802 missile of the type fired at the boat. “We didn’t know such a missile threat existed in this sector, and therefore we didn’t act accordingly. In wake of the attack, we have instructed all our boats to act against this threat,” he stated.
Posted by:lotp

#7  Hizbullah IS PART and PARCEL of the Lebanese "government". Thought all parties understood that, esp. the Israelis who were let down at critical moments by the Maronites IN '82...
Posted by: borgboy   2006-07-15 21:23  

#6  FS1772: Ok it was full incompetence.

Sounds like what happened with the Stark, which got nailed by two Iraqi Exocets back in the 80's. But I bet the Israelis never figured the Lebanese government was in cahoots with Hezbollah. Now they know, and Lebanon is going to need new radars before they can pull another stunt like this. Bet they never figured Israel would take the radars out.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2006-07-15 20:25  

#5  Latest press conference by the IDF:

1) It was not known that Hizballah posessed this missile.
2) The defense systems were turned off to avoid friendly fire incidents.
3) There will be a full investigation of the incident.

Ok it was full incompetence.
Posted by: Flavick Sholusing1772   2006-07-15 19:03  

#4  He could say it with straight face?! Brigadier-General Noam Page of the Navy said that the IDF was not aware that Hizbullah had in its possession a C802 missile of the type fired at the boat. “We didnÂ’t know such a missile threat existed in this sector, and therefore we didnÂ’t act accordingly. In wake of the attack, we have instructed all our boats to act against this threat,”
Posted by: Flavick Sholusing1772   2006-07-15 17:37  

#3  Israel with pants down once again.And lucky too a C-802 could have sink it.
Posted by: Flavick Sholusing1772   2006-07-15 17:29  

#2  Velvet glove, meet iron fist.
Posted by: Perfesser   2006-07-15 14:48  

#1  I figured one was all they'd get.
Posted by: Omimble Fleating4579   2006-07-15 14:38  

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