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Arab League plans to ask UN to impose no-fly zone over Gaza
2011-04-10
"Send for the Janissaries!"
Amid escalation in violence along border Moussa says proposal to be presented to UNSC; Gazoo ceasefire brokered by UN official Robert Serry who acts as intermediary between Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and J'lem, Ma'an reports.
Thing is, the Israelis don't need the F15s to clobber Gazoo; their artillery reaches far enough as it is.
The Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
on Sunday announced during a special meeting in Cairo that it plans to press the UN to impose a no-fly zone over Gazoo amid an escalation in violence in the area, AFP reported.

Arab League Secretary General Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa
... who has been head of the Arab League since about the time Jerry and Dean split up ...
said he plans to present the proposal to the UN Security Council, the report said.
Thus providing an opportunity for President Obama to achieve Samantha Power's long-term dream of using American troops to protect the Palestinians from Israel.
The announcement came as Paleostinian news agency Ma'an reported on Sunday that UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Roberty Serry successfully brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Paleostinian factions in the Gazoo Strip including Hamas. The deal, reportedly reached Saturday night stipulated that the IDF stop its air and artillery strikes against Paleostinian terrorist groups, who also reportedly have agreed to halt their rocket and mortar fire. Neither Jerusalem nor Paleostinian factions in the Gazoo Strip have announced a ceasefire, but bigwigs made statements Sunday hinting to their openness towards such a deal.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said early Sunday that Jerusalem was willing to accept a mutual ceasefire with Hamas in Gazoo after several days of projectile fire and IDF strikes, adding that "If necessary, we will act, but," he said, "restraint is also a form of strength."

"If they stop firing on our communities, we will stop firing. If they stop firing in general, it will be quiet, it will be good," Barak told Israel Radio.

On the Gazook the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, Al-Quds, said that it was committed to a ceasefire with Israel, saying it was in the "interests of our people not to give Israel an excuse to launch a major military operation in Gazoo." The announcement came only hours after the group grabbed credit for firing three mortars and a rocket into Israeli territory Sunday morning.

Abu Ahmed, Islamic Jihad's spokesperson, said that his group would cease violence "so long as Israel fulfills it's responsibility and stops attacks against the Paleostinian people in Gazoo."

Hamas also softened its language on Sunday. The group's front man in the Gazoo Strip, Sami Abu Zuhri
...a senior front man for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gazoo. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest...
, on said that "The Paleostinian factions are not interested in escalation." He added, "if the Israeli aggression stopped, it would be natural for calm to be restored."
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#15  Fi, the F-15 has high body lift and can fly, if fast enough, w/ most a wing missing.

Israeli F15 Mid Air Collision Lands with One Wing Missing
Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685   2011-04-10 20:38  

#14  Sure thing Mr. Lewis. Israelis can enforce it.
Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685   2011-04-10 20:27  

#13  I did some Binging and found the story to be true. Happened in 1983 to an Israeli AF pilot who collided with a skyhawk. Videos available.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2011-04-10 19:03  

#12  I don't know if it was Israeli but I have seen the series of pictures of an F15 landing with one wing torn off.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2011-04-10 18:56  

#11  Yep. "It has been described as 'the most successful ditching in aviation history.' "



One for the textbooks, for sure. But Im certain while the IAF is may be on balance as good, one lingering question, where is a wikipedia page dedication to a this one winged IAF flight that is being spoken of? Im all ears. LOL.
Posted by: Fi    2011-04-10 18:23  

#10  "747" should be "A320".
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2011-04-10 17:55  

#9  Fi, one story I saw on the internet was about an Israeli pilot who landed an F15 with one wing ripped off in a collision. Nothing against Capt Sully, but in talking to US pilots they generally agree that the IAF is the best.

It is said that "with enough thrust, even a brick can fly" - something that applied to the F-4 Phantom II that Sullenberger flew back in the Air Force. Since both engines were silent, the 747 was landed with zero thrust. I'd say Sully had the more difficult job.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2011-04-10 17:54  

#8  p.s. It would be nice if the question would not be resolved in certain way---don't you think so Fi?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-04-10 17:26  

#7  Won't the French volunteer?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-04-10 16:59  

#6  Retired LEO - it's been done before - in '73, and '67 (with earlier model aircraft), usually to the detriment of the Arabs. One story I heard was that in the '73 war, as soon as a Syrian pilot could tell that an Israeli had locked on to him with the fire control radar, he would bail out.

Fi, one story I saw on the internet was about an Israeli pilot who landed an F15 with one wing ripped off in a collision. Nothing against Capt Sully, but in talking to US pilots they generally agree that the IAF is the best.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2011-04-10 16:48  

#5  #4 That would be a sight, an Arab League MIG trying to mix it up with an IAF F-16.
Posted by: retired LEO


Don't blink, you might miss the MIG going down
Posted by: Frank G   2011-04-10 16:43  

#4  That would be a sight, an Arab League MIG trying to mix it up with an IAF F-16.
Posted by: retired LEO   2011-04-10 15:52  

#3  Better than our US Airways Flight 1549 Sully? If so then maybe second to none, but I'd need evidence.
Posted by: Fi    2011-04-10 14:01  

#2  I'd love it if the UN would put up some planes and bomb whomever was found to be targting civilians.

But the UN would never do it because Israeli pilots are second to none.
Posted by: gorb   2011-04-10 13:49  

#1  The Paleostinian factions are not interested in escalation.

Sending over missiles every day is our allen-given right. I'm sure it's in the krayon. You could look it up.
Posted by: Bobby   2011-04-10 13:48  

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