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2011-01-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by tipper 2011-01-12 09:11|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Hezbollah Plans to Topple Lebanese Government

They just did, with all 11 Hezbollah ministers resigning. Meeting with Obama now.

Posted by Gerthudion Unump7993 2011-01-12 10:58|| 2011-01-12 10:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Leb "government" down. Can war with Israel be far behind?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-01-12 11:31|| 2011-01-12 11:31|| Front Page Top

#3 The question in my mind is "What is the Syrian army doing?"

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-01-12 11:33|| 2011-01-12 11:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Is there somewhere Hariri could go besides back to Beirut? Maybe he could ask about monthly rates at his hotel in DC.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-01-12 13:50|| 2011-01-12 13:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Why quit the government when you can target the son too? Duh!

Posted by Uleger Barnsmell4617 2011-01-12 15:32|| 2011-01-12 15:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Hezbollah is between a rock and a hard place. If they physically take over Lebanon, Israel will have no qualms about destroying the entire country the next time Hezbollah attacks Israel.

Next time, Israel will be totally thorough, and may even use some of its nuclear weapons against Lebanon. That's about the only choice they have against over 40,000 Hezbollah rockets and missiles.

If I were the members of UNIFIL, I'd be packing up and withdrawing as rapidly as possible. Hezbollah will only use them as hostages against the Israelis, and the Israelis may just say "SC$$$ It".

Neither Iran nor Syria can do anything to stop Hezbollah from doing whatever it's about to do, because Hezbollah is desperate. Desperate people make bad choices and big mistakes.

I'd be willing to bet money that there's an Israeli sub with several nuclear-tipped cruise missiles somewhere either in the Persian Gulf or the Indian Ocean. I'm sure they "pop up" every now and then, just to give Iran jitters. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a US nuke sub or three in the same general area, with a similar mission.

The Muddled East is once again on the verge of war.

Posted by Old Patriot 2011-01-12 16:40|| 2011-01-12 16:40|| Front Page Top

#7 IMO this so-called "collapse" of the Hezzie-Hizzie-Hazzie-Huzzie, etal. led Lebanese Govt. may had been PRE-PLANNED TO COINCIDE WID MUQTADA SADR'S RETURN TO IRAQ FROM EXILE IN IRAN, which in turn coincides wid AFPAK Milterrs = Burqua/Hard Boyz setting up in CENTRAL ASIAN regions OUTSIDE OF AFPAK.

SAME METHOD, CONCEPTS WE SEE IN EAST AFRICAN = SOMALIA, etc. JIHAD, NOW EXPANDING INTO CENTRAL AFRICA WHILE INTENSIFYING IN NORTH AFRICA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-12 19:14|| NA 2011-01-12 19:14|| Front Page Top

#8 E.G. DER SPIEGEL/MEMRI/TOPIX > VIOLENCE MAY SOON RETURN TO EGYPT.

and

* TOPIX > TALIBAN LOSING ITS GRIP [losing?] IN AFGHANISTAN.

Set up new Bases = Camps in CENTRAL ASIA = FORMER SOVIET -STANS, + EXPAND EAST AFRICA JIHAD = ISLAMIST INSURGENCIES outwardly into Central Africa???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-12 19:19|| 2011-01-12 19:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Not ONE word in the Lame stream Media, But full of reports that the hospital where Gifford is recovering is firing a lot of staff over revealing whether Gifford is alive or not.
(Must keep Priorities straight, Fill the News with fluff and ignore any real thought provoking Truths)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-01-12 20:31|| 2011-01-12 20:31|| Front Page Top

#10 OP---Michael J Totten on his blog reported this:

Hezbollah had 10,000 rockets before the war in 2006. Now it has between 40,000 and 50,000. Some are stored in warehouses. Others are hidden away a few at a time in private homes.

Not cleaning out Hizb'Allah in 2006 was a huge mistake by Israel. Now the ante is upped at least 4-fold.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2011-01-12 20:39|| 2011-01-12 20:39|| Front Page Top

#11 Fred, thanks for your analysis. It wasn't there when I checked the burg this morning and it didn't occur to me to go back and see.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-01-12 21:17|| 2011-01-12 21:17|| Front Page Top

#12 Second read.
First though that said Topless.
Cold here, must have been visualizing the PP.

Posted by Skidmark 2011-01-12 21:43|| 2011-01-12 21:43|| Front Page Top

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