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2006-08-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Fierce fighting as IDF commandos launch raid deep in Lebanon
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Posted by 3dc 2006-08-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Slimebag Syrian ambassador just said on CNN that Israel is in a "fiasco" in Baalbeck. We'll see.
Posted by JAB 2006-08-02 00:14||   2006-08-02 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 IDF commandos capture Hizbullah members after battle
By JPOST STAFF AND AP


After several hours of intense fighting in and around a hospital in the southern Lebanon town of Baalbek, IDF commando forces on Wednesday morning took a number of Hizbullah officials captive.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-08-02 00:21||   2006-08-02 00:21|| Front Page Top

#3 I believe I read three different articles today declaring that Israel was in a "quagmire", defined as "not conducting war on the pundit's timetable".

I don't know that they're not in a quagmire, but the timing is amusing, nonetheless. In future, we need to determine the Quagmire Interval, which is the time between simultaneous media eruptions of "Quagmire!", and the re-commencement of vigorous military operations. In this case I think it was about twelve hours.
Posted by Angie Schultz 2006-08-02 00:37||   2006-08-02 00:37|| Front Page Top

#4 U.N. Condemnation of Hezbollah for firing at a Hospital in 5... 4... 3.. 2... 1... 0... -1... -2.... -3... (ah screw it!)
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-08-02 00:41||   2006-08-02 00:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Well the raid could be only a showcase for internal comsuption unless they bring a biig fish.

The offensive is much more important than this.
Posted by Wheack Spinelet1983 2006-08-02 00:41||   2006-08-02 00:41|| Front Page Top

#6 NS?
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-02 00:43||   2006-08-02 00:43|| Front Page Top

#7 That operation officially annonced to the world...and more importantly to the Hezzies, Iram and Syria: We can do da** near anything we want if it suits our purpose...and there's not a da** thing you can do about it.
Posted by anymouse">anymouse  2006-08-02 00:53||   2006-08-02 00:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Enjoyed watching Gens Scales and Andrews on Greta tonite, talking about laughing with each other before they came on, about the reporting of the "troops surrounded, heavy fighting", etc. etc. They were actually giggling, saying, "these guys are good. They aren't in trouble."
Posted by Sherry">Sherry  2006-08-02 01:04||   2006-08-02 01:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Since it was a protected building under the GC, Ima guessing that it was a Hizb'allan command post.
Posted by 11A5S 2006-08-02 01:32||   2006-08-02 01:32|| Front Page Top

#10 An odious raid. Let's see who the "biggie" is. And that you for flying Israel air
Posted by Captain America 2006-08-02 01:45||   2006-08-02 01:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Wrong verb "daring" not "odious"
Posted by Captain America 2006-08-02 01:46||   2006-08-02 01:46|| Front Page Top

#12 Was 'audacious' what you were thinking of at first?
Posted by Oldcat 2006-08-02 02:07||   2006-08-02 02:07|| Front Page Top

#13 We'll know soon enough who the IDF snatched. In the meantime they'll be invited to a friendly chat with Mossad.
Posted by Iblis">Iblis  2006-08-02 02:11||   2006-08-02 02:11|| Front Page Top

#14 Oldcat, yes, audacious (it's been a long day)
Posted by Captain America 2006-08-02 02:46||   2006-08-02 02:46|| Front Page Top

#15 Well, from the point of view of hizb/syria/iran, it sure is "odious", isn't it?
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-08-02 02:56||   2006-08-02 02:56|| Front Page Top

#16 Haaretz says they grabbed 5, no big fish apparently.
Posted by phil_b">phil_b  2006-08-02 05:53|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]  2006-08-02 05:53|| Front Page Top

#17 It was an Iranian-funded hospital and a major Hizb'allah command post, 11A5S.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-02 06:23||   2006-08-02 06:23|| Front Page Top

#18 Trapped and surounded, but they all got out?

AS - I love the definition of quagmire!
Posted by Bobby 2006-08-02 06:25||   2006-08-02 06:25|| Front Page Top

#19 Now that all my doom and glooming has been rewarded, I'll take a few days off. See you when the heat breaks.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-02 06:53||   2006-08-02 06:53|| Front Page Top

#20 Finally the IDF of yore. I know this raid was a big success because for the first time in three weeks when Radio Hezb'Allah (NPR) ran their top of the hour headlines there was NO mention of the raid or the increased troops in the south. I love it when they are shut up.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-02 06:56||   2006-08-02 06:56|| Front Page Top

#21 Takes time to plan, to prep the battlefield, insert forward ops people ....

Geez, NS - it isn't a video game! Instantaneous satisfaction isn't always on tap.

Gotta appreciate NS' worrying though. As my mother-in-law says when told she worries too much, "I have to - no one else around here is pulling their worrying weight!" LOL
Posted by lotp 2006-08-02 07:52||   2006-08-02 07:52|| Front Page Top

#22 from jpost intel (also appears they retrieved other types of intel info they are exploiting)

Asked in an Associated Press interview who was captured in the raid, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said "tasty fishes" were among those seized.
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-02 07:58||   2006-08-02 07:58|| Front Page Top

#23 I don't think anything about hezspurta is "tasty", but to each their own. ;)
Posted by DarthVader 2006-08-02 08:24||   2006-08-02 08:24|| Front Page Top

#24 members of 6's Anchovy Fleet of Doom™?
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-02 08:27||   2006-08-02 08:27|| Front Page Top

#25 I love when the MSM islamofacist facilitators get their apples dumped out of their cart!
Posted by JohnQC 2006-08-02 08:47||   2006-08-02 08:47|| Front Page Top

#26 "tasty fishes"!! - what the? The mind boggles...

FrankG - that's class! ;)
Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-08-02 08:53||   2006-08-02 08:53|| Front Page Top

#27 A hospital with no patients and no doctors. Hmmmmm.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-02 10:01||   2006-08-02 10:01|| Front Page Top

#28 Where are all the doom-and-gloomers now? IDF mission was spotted in advance by Hezbos, and still managed to land near hospital, check out everybody's IDs, captured five Hezbos, kill another ten in combat, and safely extricate from the area without a single commando even wounded.
Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-08-02 10:09|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/Page9.html]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/Page9.html]  2006-08-02 10:09|| Front Page Top

#29 as tasty as lutefisk?
Posted by Broadhead6 2006-08-02 10:10||   2006-08-02 10:10|| Front Page Top

#30 "They have us surrounded, the poor bastards."
Posted by Iblis">Iblis  2006-08-02 12:20||   2006-08-02 12:20|| Front Page Top

#31 I was JUST thinkin' the same, Iblis! They don't know what's gonna hit 'em when they surround us, do they?
Posted by BA 2006-08-02 13:16||   2006-08-02 13:16|| Front Page Top

#32 as tasty as lutefisk
Gotta make sure to really, REALLY rinse that lutefisk before you heat it up. The results aren't pretty if you don't do a good job. DAMHIKT...
Posted by eLarson 2006-08-02 13:31|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com]  2006-08-02 13:31|| Front Page Top

#33 lutefisk?

The only thing I don't miss from my Mother's Jul smorgasbords - or at least the weeks preceding them.
Posted by Xbalanke 2006-08-02 15:24||   2006-08-02 15:24|| Front Page Top

#34 Lebanese security sources reported at least seven civilians killed in the air strike on a village near Baalbek. They said Israel Air Force planes bombarded the village of Jammaliyeh during clashes nearby in Baalbek. They said five members of the same family were found dead in one house and two more were found dead in another collapsed house.

Sleep with dogs and wake up dead with fleas. Baalbak is a known Hebollah stronghold. Anyone living within 100km of there has to have a death wish.

Personally, even lutefisk probably smells better than any of the prisoners they took. Captured terrorists should be fed it three times a day.
Posted by Zenster 2006-08-02 18:26||   2006-08-02 18:26|| Front Page Top

#35 We need the torture kit graphic here, I think.
Posted by Phetle Wheaper8223 2006-08-02 19:15||   2006-08-02 19:15|| Front Page Top

#36 it's NOT a torture kit. It's a persuasion kit
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-02 19:35||   2006-08-02 19:35|| Front Page Top

#37 Little fish or no, I sure love this shit. More plz...
Posted by Captain America 2006-08-02 21:22||   2006-08-02 21:22|| Front Page Top

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