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2006-08-01 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Assad smuggling weapons to Hizbullah
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Posted by Sherry 2006-08-01 15:41|| || Front Page|| [11145 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Ah, yes, a cease fire, but on his terms. After all, he declared victory on Saturday!
Posted by Bobby 2006-08-01 16:02||   2006-08-01 16:02|| Front Page Top

#2 When an Arab declares victory, it's a sure sign they are losing.
Posted by phil_b">phil_b  2006-08-01 16:48|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]  2006-08-01 16:48|| Front Page Top

#3 several news outlets reporting israeli troops active in NE lebanon, possibly in bekaa valley area
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-01 17:00||   2006-08-01 17:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Lose the war but then demand the unconditional surrender of the victor.
Posted by Odysseus 2006-08-01 17:12||   2006-08-01 17:12|| Front Page Top

#5 'Tis but a scratch! I'll bite you!

(Black Knight after decapitation)
Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch  2006-08-01 17:27|| http://crosspatch.townhall.com]">[http://crosspatch.townhall.com]  2006-08-01 17:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Any news about what is happening in Bekaa? Land troops?
Posted by Clerert Uneamp2772 2006-08-01 17:45||   2006-08-01 17:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes, I was wondering about my assets... er...what is going on in the Bekka valley.
Posted by Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah 2006-08-01 17:57||   2006-08-01 17:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Hey Sheik, I was wondering where you've been lately. How about a morale boosting visit to your front-line troops?
Posted by Xbalanke 2006-08-01 17:59||   2006-08-01 17:59|| Front Page Top

#9 

emerging details on bekaa valley ops
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-01 18:05||   2006-08-01 18:05|| Front Page Top

#10 crap hyperlink no worky just go to the jerusalem post
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-01 18:05||   2006-08-01 18:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Very interesting summary, Sherry. Where did you find it?

I like your emphasis on Hizbullah fighters were also found to be using special thermal suits that retained their body heat and curtailed IDF attempts to discover them at night. While making Israeli efforts more difficult, a man could easily overheat in such a thing -- and fried brains don't think effectively.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-01 18:06||   2006-08-01 18:06|| Front Page Top

#12 From the Jerusalem Post article;

Tuesday's airstrikes meant that two of the four border crossings [Syria-Lebanon] are now closed because of damage. Repeated airstrikes have made the main Beirut-Damascus highway impassable



Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-08-01 18:34||   2006-08-01 18:34|| Front Page Top

#13 "Assad smuggling weapons to Hizbullah"

In separate news, Bears Shit in the Woods.
Posted by Tibor 2006-08-01 18:37|| http://incompetenttibor.blogspot.com]">[http://incompetenttibor.blogspot.com]  2006-08-01 18:37|| Front Page Top

#14 Assad sez, in a blustery quote-choice of macho MSM/koffi retorts; cites "regional challenges."

Wish I could say with some assurance that Assad's bodily spray would make the desert bloom. (neck juice is MOST fertile).
Posted by at 2006-08-01 20:32||   2006-08-01 20:32|| Front Page Top

#15 What? No Captain Obvious graphic for this one?
Posted by Scott R">Scott R  2006-08-01 20:39|| http://five24.net]">[http://five24.net]  2006-08-01 20:39|| Front Page Top

#16 DEBKAfile reports: A fleet of helicopters drops large Israeli special forces Tuesday night at the Shiite village of Shraifa west of Hizballah’s E. Lebanon stronghold of Baalbek

August 2, 2006, 12:44 AM (GMT+02:00)

The Hizballah’s Beqaa commander Muhammad Yazbek is reported by DEBKAfile’s exclusive sources as having converted the Dar al Hikmeh Hospital in the village into the headquarters for his staff. Israel troops who made for this target are engaged in heavy clashes around the building.

Lebanese witnesses report an unprecedented number of Israeli warplanes over the Beqaa valley Tuesday night and aerial strikes against five Hizballah positions near Baalbek. From the Mediterranean, Israel naval artillery pounded Hizballah rocket sites on the Lebanese shore.

DEBKAfile’s senior military sources report Israel is going all out Tuesday night in an effort to finally overwhelm Hizballah on all fronts and generate conditions for the deployment of a multinational force

Posted by Legolas 2006-08-01 21:56||   2006-08-01 21:56|| Front Page Top

#17 
So far Hezbollah has fired 3,500 Katyushas. The IAF and the artillery have destroyed 2,500 more. In toto, from 40 percent to 50 percent of Hezbollah's rocket capability has been destroyed. In addition, at least a third of its launchers has been destroyed.
Posted by 3dc 2006-08-01 22:55||   2006-08-01 22:55|| Front Page Top

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