President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Hamas leader in Syria Khaled Mashaal and congratulated him on the "great victory" the Palestinians had achieved over the IDF in the Gaza Strip, the Iranian ISNA news agency reported on Monday morning.
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#5
It is a victory for Ahmadinejad and the MMs. Their cash outlay to support all the Hamas individuals has probably gone down considerably. In these tough times 'cost cutting', by whatever means, would probably be appreciated by them.
Posted by: Mullah Richard ||
01/19/2009 10:20 Comments ||
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#6
Does anyone really need more to realize that these people are from another world?...not sure what hinders these people more, their good book or the saving face crap. The UN needs to start a "Reality Check 101" class in the Middle East.
#11
MOUD = IRAN only needs 1-2 of NOKOR's alleged PLUTONIUM BOMBS [NYT].
* WAFF.com > IRAN: ASIA'S OTHER RISING POWER
[Pro-Iran/Islamist Middle East + Central Asia].
* ISRAELI MILITARY FORUM > US INTEL CHIEF [Mcconnell] SAYS IRAN NUCLEAR WEAPON COULD START A [major? Nuclear?]REGIONAL WAR, + ARAB STATES FEAR MUSLIM MILITANCY MORE THAN ISRAEL.
#12
#9: "A few more 'victories' like that and there wont be a single building standing in Gaza."
What's the downside, bigjim?
The Palestinians will have more rocks to throw at the Israelis. It's gonna take a lot of D-9s to push all that rubble into the Med. Most of the ground will be contaminated for four or five years before it can be cultivated or settled upon. Other than that, I think it's a MARVELOUS idea.
Posted by: Old Patriot ||
01/19/2009 20:10 Comments ||
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#13
#9: "A few more 'victories' like that and there wont be a single building standing in Gaza."
What's the downside, bigjim?
The Palestinians will have more rocks to throw at the Israelis. It's gonna take a lot of D-9s to push all that rubble into the Med. Most of the ground will be contaminated for four or five years before it can be cultivated or settled upon. Other than that, I think it's a MARVELOUS idea.
Posted by: Old Patriot ||
01/19/2009 20:10 Comments ||
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#14
#9: "A few more 'victories' like that and there wont be a single building standing in Gaza."
What's the downside, bigjim?
The Palestinians will have more rocks to throw at the Israelis. It's gonna take a lot of D-9s to push all that rubble into the Med. Most of the ground will be contaminated for four or five years before it can be cultivated or settled upon. Other than that, I think it's a MARVELOUS idea.
Posted by: Old Patriot ||
01/19/2009 20:10 Comments ||
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#15
what the???
Mods, please clean up #13 and 14. I only hit "Send" once, so I don't know why this happened.
Posted by: Old Patriot ||
01/19/2009 20:12 Comments ||
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#16
Well, it'll be the first 1.5 mile-deep riprap shoreline protection. Should be adequate for 3,000 or 5,000 years?
Posted by: Frank G ||
01/19/2009 21:23 Comments ||
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#17
LOL!
Yes!
Lovingly Manufactured PALEO RUBBLE makes for High-Grade FILL & BACK-FILL Stocks On Hand for any number of great Israeli Bizneth ventures.
Unlimited Rip-Rap uses Like Frank alluded to for AQUA-CULTURE Foundations, PORT Expansions, and Tons of rock to Grade and Expand Beaches, Dunes, Restaurants etc.
Ahhh... Lets Break Paleo-Rock and Buildings With BIG HUGE Bombs!
Posted by: Red Dawg ||
01/19/2009 22:26 Comments ||
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Hezbollah is behind the two Katyusha rocket attacks that struck northern Israel in the last two weeks.
In both cases, the organization used proxy Palestinian militant groups to launch the rockets from southern Lebanon.
In both cases, the organization used proxy Palestinian militant groups to launch the rockets from southern Lebanon.
Security forces in the north are in a state of heightened alert, for fear that Hezbollah will fire more rockets into Israel or try to avenge the February 2008 assassination of Imad Mughniyeh, the organization's No. 2, in Damascus. Hezbollah has since tried to carry out at least five attacks against Israeli or Jewish targets in various countries.
The second Katyusha attack, which occurred last week, was aimed at the northern Galilee. The rockets landed in open territory, resulting in neither casualties nor property damage.
The organization that physically fired the rockets was the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, founded by Ahmed Jibril, a former military officer in the Syrian Army and one of the PFLP's early leaders. Over the past few years, PFLP has become a close Hezbollah ally.
In coordinating the rocket strikes, Hezbollah went against several ministers in the Lebanese government who specifically asked the organization to refrain from perpetrating attacks on Israel, which risked igniting a conflagration of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel.
In declaring a cease-fire Saturday in Gaza, Israel asserted that it had achieved its goals: hurting Hamas' military wing, discouraging rocket fire into Israel and cutting the flow of smuggled arms into Gaza. But Israel had a broader goal: sending a tough message to its arch-enemies Iran and Hezbollah.
Israeli leaders say the pounding of Hamas dealt a blow to Iran, which Israel accuses of backing the Palestinian group, and to Hezbollah, the Shiite militia in Lebanon that fought Israel to a stalemate in 2006.
"The operation proved again the power of Israel and improved its deterrence against those who threaten it," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said.
Nonetheless, as Gaza quiets down, Israeli security officials acknowledge that the wider conflict could escalate, as it plays out in secret skirmishes in the Middle East and beyond.
For months, Israeli intelligence services have girded for a possible attack overseas intended to avenge the assassination last year of Imad Mughniyah, a Hezbollah warlord who was close to Iran. Israeli security officials say the threat has intensified as the Gaza bloodshed converges with the anniversary next month of Mughniyah's death, for which Hezbollah blames Israel. . .
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01/19/2009 00:00 ||
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