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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Tyre 'cut off' by Israeli raids
2006-08-08
THE southern Lebanese port city of Tyre was completely cut off from the rest of the country by Israeli bombardments today, witnesses and police said to AFP. Israeli jets destroyed a makeshift bridge in Qasimiya, north of Tyre, and the military continued to bombard the road leading out of the city to the south, they said.

UN force spokesman Milos Strugar said "the provisional bridge north of Tyre, over the Litani river, and which connects the city to Sidon (further north) has been cut" by the bombing. He said traffic was also blocked from the south by intense shelling on the road leading to the coastal town of Naqura. The makeshift bridge in Qasimiya had been erected after Israeli warplanes destroyed two weeks ago the two bridges in the area which lead to Tyre.
Posted by:Fred

#26  Ok you guys... this is getting pretty tyred and the puns are going rather flat.

Time to retyre this thread to the treadmarks of history....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-08-08 22:36  

#25  For the record, I adore you all!
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-08-08 21:29  

#24  #21 AP - I second that motion!

Rantburg - where the rubber meets the tyre. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-08-08 21:29  

#23  This tread isn't very deep.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-08-08 21:22  

#22  It might be a classic. It certainly isn't Tyre-some.
Posted by: Pappy   2006-08-08 21:15  

#21  I nominate this tread as a Rantburg Classic. What say you one, what say you all? Bottom line---Is it up to RB classic material, Fred?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-08-08 20:51  

#20  the thread is tired the pun's are dire, no longer fun so lets retyre
Posted by: notshelley   2006-08-08 19:57  

#19  This just in: "Israelis raise ire of Tyre, situation dire as rockets spread fire".

Aw hell, time to end this thread.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-08-08 17:51  

#18  In late breaking news; Under-equipped Lebanon without spare Tyre.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-08-08 16:47  

#17  Time for me to crack open a Fat Tyre.
Posted by: Homer   2006-08-08 15:45  

#16  U-pun my word!!!
Posted by: Ptah   2006-08-08 15:43  

#15  let me recap....
Posted by: Frank G   2006-08-08 12:45  

#14  Outstanding, WCRN! No retread there.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-08 12:23  

#13  When your connection to the rest of the country is a "makeshift bridge" and a single road, then I guess it's not that hard to get cut off.

And since it seems to be obligatory to throw in a pun today, let me note that for the people of Tyre, 2006 is not a Goodyear.
Posted by: WhitecollarRedneck   2006-08-08 12:22  

#12  It's Tyre'd to the Islamofascist Litani of complaints.
Posted by: Kalle   2006-08-08 11:45  

#11  What then is the proper at-Tyre required to join the debate of the Tyre-d vs. the re-Tyre-d ?
Posted by: wxjames   2006-08-08 10:42  

#10  I expect we'll hear another Tyre-aid from the Europeans against the Zionist aggressors.
Posted by: Odysseus   2006-08-08 10:33  

#9  No more soup forr yuu! I am Tyred of your Tyre-rades.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-08-08 10:31  

#8  Then they should also get some more I Slamic atTyre.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-08 10:13  

#7  The Lebonese will have to work Tyre-lessly to recover from this bombing.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-08-08 10:08  

#6  Here's to hoping Israel just flattens the en-tyre area of Hezzies.
Posted by: BA   2006-08-08 09:31  

#5  best thread ever lol. i'l never Tyre of this.
Posted by: Shep UK   2006-08-08 07:08  

#4  Not sure, I just wish I could see all aspects in their en-Tyre-ty.
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-08-08 06:25  

#3  I'm sure they are getting Tyre-d of it all
Posted by: Oldcat   2006-08-08 04:36  

#2  Time to re-Tyre?
Posted by: Mike   2006-08-08 00:42  

#1  So what now?

Commencing Operation Flat Tyre, I reckon.
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-08-08 00:36  

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