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| Hezbollah unit based in Tyre wreaking havoc on Haifa |
| 2006-07-24 |
| We can say without a doubt that the war of attrition against the city of Haifa and its residents is a tale of two cities: Tyre in Lebanon versus Haifa in Israel. The Hezbollah unit deployed in Tyre and its environs has been bombarding Haifa with Syrian rockets and upgraded Iranian-made Katyushas. If this unit is not destroyed, it will continue to target Haifa. As such, it is odd that the Israel Defense Forces ground operation that began Sunday was not immediately directed against the threat from Tyre. In recent days, the air force has targetted Tyre, but this was not sufficient. The fact is that on Sunday dozens of rockets were fired from the area of Tyre toward Haifa, causing casualties. It is clear that the center of Hezbollah's campaign of attrition is Haifa, and most of the launches take place from Tyre and its environs. Therefore, at this time, this target is more important than Beirut and the Shi'ite quarter of Dahiya, and clearly more important than the little villages in southern Lebanon's central front. Without an immediate destruction of the rockets in the area of Tyre, the war of attrition against Haifa - the third largest city in Israel - will not end. In the front lines against Israel in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has deployed two units. The first, Nasser, involves 500 men who hold positions and outposts between the villages in the central to the eastern zones of the front. It is mostly equipped with short-range rockets. This unit is responsible for most of the rockets fired against central and eastern Galilee. Most of the rockets land in fields, but there have been strikes against Safed, Meron, Nazareth and others. The second unit is deployed in the area of Tyre, and is equiped with longer-range rockets. This is where the Syrian-made 220mm rockets with warheads of several dozen kilograms are based. |
| Posted by:Leroidavid |
| #5 Mobile launchers can be hidden and deployed anywhere. Destroyer those in Tyre poses the same problem that NATO had when they went after Serb tanks in Kosovo: Serbs could hide them in garages. Again, unless Iran is taken out Israel will face future missile threats, with the entire country being the target. We need to take Newt Gingrich seriously when he says he is in World War 3. Hiroshima...Nagasaki... |
| Posted by: Griper Whegum8464 2006-07-24 17:12 |
| #4 #1 wxjames - if someone tries to kill my Muslim friends, you may be very surprised at who winds up dead. Courtesy of my and my two friends, Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson. Also courtesy of their friend Elizabeth, and her friend Mr. Remington. NOT ALL MUSLIMS ARE NUTS. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-07-24 15:39 |
| #3 wxjames, I like you, but you need to rein in the 'kill 'em all' comments. I've warned you before, there won't be a next time. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-24 14:52 |
| #2 Several things come to mind... 1) Tyre's on the coast, so it is far more easily resupplied and reinforced than most places in Lebanon. 2) Israel knows where each and every rocket / missile comes from. As a professional military with all the tools, this isn't even remotely in doubt. 3) The range. Everything you need to know is on a map. 4) The missiles are definitely Syrian / Iranian sourced. 5) Hezb has many collaborators and sympathizers, but there are surely innocents among the populations of most (all?) cities. 6) Leaflet the place with notice of its impending destruction. Then follow through and level it or take the casualties of a Fallujah-style assault or cordon / search. In any case, it has to be cleaned - and kept clean - it's just too damned close to the border and, as said above, is too easily resupplied / reinforced. This is a war. Bad shit happens to those on the wrong side. The facts of war supersede wishes and PC BS. Make it happen. wxjames - are you coming unglued? This is the second comment today that suggests you are. |
| Posted by: Champ Angeger5024 2006-07-24 07:53 |
| #1 If these 'civilians' are muzzies, then they are 'insurgents' and should be eliminated anyway. The sooner we decide to kill them all, the sooner we end this World War Five bullshit. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-07-24 07:35 |