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| Would You Believe ... Missed Fisk by That Much! |
| 2006-07-29 |
| On a Red Cross mission of mercy when Israeli air force came calling By Robert Fisk 07/28/06 "The Independent" -- -- It was supposed to be a routine trip across the Lebanese killing fields for the brave men and women of the International Red Cross. Sylvie Thoral was the "team leader" of our two vehicles, a 38-year-old Frenchwoman with dark brown hair and eyes like steel. The Israelis had been informed and had given what the ICRC likes to call its "green light" to the route. And, of course, we almost died. Five vast, brown, dead fingers of smoke shot into the sky in front of us, an Israeli air-dropped bomb that exploded on the road scarcely 80 metres away with the kind of "c-crack" that comic books express so accurately, followed by the scream of a jet. If we had driven just 25 seconds faster down that road, we would all be dead. And I thought the IAF were supposed to be accurate! |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #16 I was wondering if it was naturally acquired, or if M. Fisk was being deliberately dense. |
| Posted by: Fordesque 2006-07-29 23:03 |
| #15 #12 Fordesque: "Is the man that stupid?" Yes. Why do you ask? ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-07-29 17:41 |
| #14 "NEWS YOU WON'T FIND ON CNN" but writing like you find on CNN. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-07-29 17:11 |
| #13 Thanks, Fiskie. Checks in the mail. It'll be in rials, but you'll get a good deal on the exchange. Want me to send some of the boys down to beat the shit out of you? I know your into that. Drop by the embassy to say hello when your in Beirut. Just tell 'em the 12th Imam sent you... |
| Posted by: Naz 2006-07-29 12:43 |
| #12 Air photos I saw somewhere showed virtually all the Lebanese bridges that were blown up were hit by precision bombing that dropped one span and did little damage to the supports; at cessation of hostilities a good engineering crew should be able to repair them very quickly. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-07-29 09:39 |
| #11 "I saw only three men whom I suspect were Hizbollah...They can cross the rivers of Lebanon at will - just as we did - by circling the bomb craters and crossing the rivers. So what was the point in blowing up 46 of Lebanon's road bridges?" Is the man that stupid? |
| Posted by: Fordesque 2006-07-29 09:31 |
| #10 USAF must dispatch some Instructor Pilots to the IAF immediately. These guys can't seem to hit anything. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-07-29 03:26 |
| #9 LOL, TJ! Has a Stainless Steel Rat or Flashman feel to it. As for Fisk, let me help a little: On an MSM Agenda mission of pure propaganda when... |
| Posted by: cruiser 2006-07-29 02:45 |
| #8 "She had the kind of eyes that seemed to go through your pockets, looking for loose change." |
| Posted by: Thrinetle Japer1103 2006-07-29 02:21 |
| #7 Damn. If only Fisk had done that instead. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-07-29 01:13 |
| #6 ...had given what the ICRC likes to call its "green light" to the route. So I promptly turned around and told my friends in Hezbollah that the route would be safe that day... |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2006-07-29 01:12 |
| #5 I would say that if you survived to write that article, Israel lived up to their end of the bargain. Israel didn't promise they wouldn't see any fireworks, they simply promised that they wouldn't BE the fireworks. Where's the beef? |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2006-07-29 01:12 |
| #4 better luck next time IDF. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-07-29 01:04 |
| #3 I call bullshit. 80 m my ass. Assuming 500lb bombs he would have been inside the kill radius, which IIRC is pushing 100 m. Plus if you've ever been close to that kind of ordinance going off, you know there is no comic book "crack." That's what it sounds like from quite a distance away. This guy is really an enemy propagandist, an agent. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2006-07-29 00:40 |
| #2 Hey Glenmore, 38-year-old Frenchwoman---waste not... |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-07-29 00:37 |
| #1 What do you expect? Fisk takes writing lessons from comic books. Praying for another Batman style beating, this time from Hezbies. C-crack!!! |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-29 00:33 |