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2006-08-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Commandos target Hezbollah leaders
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Posted by tipper 2006-08-05 08:57|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 

jpost version of the story
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-05 09:41||   2006-08-05 09:41|| Front Page Top

#2 oooops
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-05 09:41||   2006-08-05 09:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Part of this commando effort is to actually take out the leadership of the Hezbullies. The other part is to communicate to them that we can get you wherever you are. Good on you IDF.
Posted by JohnQC 2006-08-05 09:43||   2006-08-05 09:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Canada National Post article...
TYRE, Lebanon - When Dr. Fouad Fatah emerged bleary-eyed from the ruins of his hospital during a pause in Israeli air strikes last week, it felt like the first time in forever.

He counted himself as the last living soul in the five-room clinic, the only hospital serving this devastated swath of Lebanon's south. His surviving patients had already been evacuated.

"Look what they did to this place," Dr. Fatah said, shaking his head. "Why in the world would the Israelis target a hospital?"

The probable answer was found a few hours later in a field nearby. Hidden in the tall grass were the burned remnants of a rocket-launcher.

Confronted with the evidence, Dr. Fatah admitted his hospital could have been used as a site from which to fire rockets into Israel.
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gee, Doc, maybe that answers your question: "Why in the world would the Israelis target a hospital?"

for all its messiness in hindsight, Dresden was VERY effective at the time!! Just sayin'...

Posted by Justrand 2006-08-05 10:03||   2006-08-05 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 excellent catch, Justrand!
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-05 10:14||   2006-08-05 10:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Really, these people are barbaric. It's like Israel should just hit the hospitals and ambulances precisely because they are most likely to be used for military purposes. Hez is the opposite of civilized. Israel will need to destroy it's 'civil services' infrastructure -- which is sad given how poor most of the Shia in southern Leb are -- because they are so many facilities that essentiall dual use.
Posted by JAB 2006-08-05 11:39||   2006-08-05 11:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Dr Fatah went on to say...


Confronted with the evidence, Dr. Fatah admitted his hospital could have been used as a site from which to fire rockets into Israel.
"What choice to we have? We need to fight back from somewhere," he said, tapping his foot on the ground.
"This is Hezbollah's heartland."


Pllenty of other places to fight from Doc, and people tend to get annoyed when hospitals are used in this way...
Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-08-05 12:06||   2006-08-05 12:06|| Front Page Top

#8 For starters, let the Israelies know that Hezspurta is there. Makes it much simpler for targeting you know. Then keep letting Israel know where the terrorists are and so it won't be "Hezspurta Heartland".
Cause, meet effect and vice versa.
Posted by DarthVader 2006-08-05 12:09||   2006-08-05 12:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Its highly interesting i find the way the media have gone out of there way to avoid using the 'Q' word to describe the state of hezbollah and its poor mans military machine, but from just about every angle i look at this from it really is a QUAGMIRE for hezbollah, i shall be mailing the BBC to ask them why they choose not to use this word, after all it was their favourite term during the Iraq war yet has oddly been forgotten now the side thier gunning for and trumping up is in a QUAGMIRE! Most amusing.
Posted by ShepUK 2006-08-05 12:19||   2006-08-05 12:19|| Front Page Top

#10 The cunning linguists at the BBC have rules about using Quagmire when it applies to *cough* Militants and other people in their struggle against normal people.
Posted by Alaska Paul at Anchorge Airport">Alaska Paul at Anchorge Airport  2006-08-05 12:56||   2006-08-05 12:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Counter Terrorismblog with details on this raid

This tidbit is in there too:

The raid in Tyre is the " 17th time IDF commando units were deployed deep inside Lebanese territory,"
Posted by 3dc 2006-08-05 13:39||   2006-08-05 13:39|| Front Page Top

#12 powerline.com has a hilarious video if you haven't seen it ... Yalla Ya Nasrallah ...its a music video the IDF played when they hacked the hezbollah TV ... funny ... catchy tune .... just go to powerline.com and scroll down
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-05 14:18||   2006-08-05 14:18|| Front Page Top

#13 Yalla ya Nasrallah was posted here yesterday, Legolas. Stop chasing after those hot fairy chicas and pay attention! ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-05 14:24||   2006-08-05 14:24|| Front Page Top

#14 damn it railing wife ... how did you know?
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-05 15:01||   2006-08-05 15:01|| Front Page Top

#15 ooops and that would be "trailing wife" .... never said elves could type
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-05 15:02||   2006-08-05 15:02|| Front Page Top

#16 and they are hot "she-elfs", not fairies tyvm!
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-05 15:02||   2006-08-05 15:02|| Front Page Top

#17 As you say, dearest Legolas. *exceedingly gentle smile*
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-05 15:37||   2006-08-05 15:37|| Front Page Top

#18 I guess one person's elf is another person's fairy. Or that's what the BBC says anyway.
Posted by Matt 2006-08-05 16:03||   2006-08-05 16:03|| Front Page Top

#19 what do they call gay elfs?
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-05 16:12||   2006-08-05 16:12|| Front Page Top

#20 why trailing wife I do believe you are mocking me, and here I was being nice and respectful ... and by the way, there are no gay elfs, the she-elfs are too hot and irresistable
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-05 16:29||   2006-08-05 16:29|| Front Page Top

#21 damn it railing wife

Freudian slip?
Posted by xbalanke 2006-08-05 16:31||   2006-08-05 16:31|| Front Page Top

#22 Legolas, it seems that there is at least one elf who finds she-elfs resistible:
Link.
Posted by ryuge 2006-08-05 18:43||   2006-08-05 18:43|| Front Page Top

#23 How could I possibly mock, Legolas, when I don't even know what "tyvm" means? ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-05 18:54||   2006-08-05 18:54|| Front Page Top

#24 thank you very much....

we'll work on other acronyms at our usual Tuesday O-Club class
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-05 18:56||   2006-08-05 18:56|| Front Page Top

#25 OK that guy is from the north pole guild, we Middle Earth LOTR elves don't claim those guys, we are from the warrior caste hahahahahahaha (and their she-elves, uuughhhh! - you'd probably be gay too)

anywho ... this hole just keeps getting deeper, I think I need to put the shovel down. hahahahaha, how did I get here from just minding my own business, supporting the COTW and Israel
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-05 19:02||   2006-08-05 19:02|| Front Page Top

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