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2007-06-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Fatah Islam orcs kill Red Cross workers escorting mediator

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-06-11 11:40|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Hmmmmmm...appears they don't wanna talk. Mind you, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Remember, boys. To the last drop of blood. You promised...

Posted by tu3031 2007-06-11 12:50|| 2007-06-11 12:50|| Front Page Top

#2 All this popcorn's wreaking havoc on my waistline. I'm gonna have to switch to pretzels.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-06-11 13:32|| 2007-06-11 13:32|| Front Page Top

#3 test

Posted by Pancho Gregum4996 2007-06-11 14:17|| 2007-06-11 14:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Transport terrorist dogs, wake up with fleas. No pity for the Red Thingy. They are up to their necks in ~~helping~~ abetting the Palestinians. It's about time they got a good dose of ~~salts~~ lead.

Posted by Zenster 2007-06-11 15:04|| 2007-06-11 15:04|| Front Page Top

#5 obviously the Red Cross will need to blame this on Israel, but how...

let's see how this sounds,

"the root of the problem, the Palestinian exile, is of course the agent in the killing of our workers"

a bit too stilted, how about this,

"We understand and embrace the fury of the Palestinians but our hearts go out to the families of the slain.."

a bit too syrupy, how about

"The only ones who will profit by this is the Israelis, they are the ones who killed our workers."

there... that should be good enough for Al Jazeera

Posted by mhw 2007-06-11 17:33|| 2007-06-11 17:33|| Front Page Top

#6 "the Nahr el-Bared battle is headed toward a big escalation"

What's the downside?

Popcorn time! :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-06-11 19:36|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-06-11 19:36|| Front Page Top

#7 What's the downside?

The glacial rate of progress. Other than that, they can have at it.

Posted by Zenster 2007-06-11 19:46|| 2007-06-11 19:46|| Front Page Top

#8 The Lebanese Army is fighting much better than I expected. Is that because they are proficient or because the militants are trying to go toe-to-toe with them?

Posted by Super Hose 2007-06-11 22:03|| 2007-06-11 22:03|| Front Page Top

#9 I would say it is due to the arms and equipment that the West has been shipping the Leb goverment, as well as the training that the Leb Army has had in the past couple of years. Also, when you can stand back and shoot the hell out of enemy positions with tanks before having to do an infantry assault, it helps.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-06-11 22:12|| 2007-06-11 22:12|| Front Page Top

#10 I would say it is due to the arms and equipment that the West has been shipping the Leb goverment, as well as the training that the Leb Army has had in the past couple of years.

If the Lebanese military keeps up with this current pattern of anti-Islamist conduct, I might even have to withdraw my previous objections to us having sent them weapons. To see one of the Middle East's few pluralistic societies get fed up with and crack down upon Islamic crapulence would be a treat well worth the armament costs.

Posted by Zenster 2007-06-11 22:19|| 2007-06-11 22:19|| Front Page Top

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