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Iranians among Hizbollah combat dead: TV
2006-08-09
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard have been found among Hizbollah guerrillas slain by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, Israel's Channel 10 television reported on Wednesday citing diplomatic sources. It said the Iranians were identified by documents found on their bodies, but gave no further details on how many were discovered or when. Neither the Israeli military nor Hizbollah representatives in Beirut had immediate comment on the report.

Iran, like fellow Hizbollah patron Syria, insists its support for the Shi'ite guerrilla group is purely moral. Israel says many of the rockets being fired against its civilian and military targets are Iranian made, and that Hizbollah fighters taking on its forces trained in Iran. Washington also accuses Tehran of actively funding Hizbollah.
Posted by:Destro in Indiana

#20  August 22nd...it's hidden Imam day and the third week of NFL preseason games...both portents of doom!
Posted by: Frank G   2006-08-09 23:11  

#19  Don't the Iranian moolahs have some weird end-of-the-world apocolypse, hidden Imam fantasy? I think i've read somewhere that their brand of shi'ism has a bunch of myths about something like the second coming related to a decendent of Ali (mahmout's son-in-law). Too many wacky cults to keep track of...
Posted by: Claviling Sholuth9192   2006-08-09 23:09  

#18  Frankly I'd like to see a LOT more IRG dead, as in "all of 'em"
Posted by: Frank G   2006-08-09 21:49  

#17  Much better

http://www.warbirdforum.com/avg.htm
Posted by: Clerert Uneamp2772   2006-08-09 21:45  

#16  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tigers
Posted by: Clerert Uneamp2772   2006-08-09 21:44  

#15  Thanks, DB. I didn't recall that, obviously.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-09 21:38  

#14  Actually, the Flying Tigers did not fly their first comabt mission until after December 7, 1941. That doesn't change the fact they were American pilots flying American supplied aircraft and being paid handsomely for it. However, they weren't in the employ of a regime bent on the eradication of a whole race of people.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-08-09 21:30  

#13  #7: were we supplying those fighters with American weapons?

Chenault's Flying Tigers were Americans flying American planes with American Bombs and Bullets.
I'd have to say "Yes"
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-08-09 21:25  

#12  Honestly, the more evidence I see of this sort of conventional Iranian involvement, the happier I am, since at least it seems to indicate that Iran doesn't have a big surprise planned for the immediate future.
Posted by: Botec   2006-08-09 20:42  

#11  acknowledged. IIRC they volunteered and resigned their commissions, if any, with us first. Lend/Lease was a fig leaf. The Iranians haven't even bothered with that
Posted by: Frank G   2006-08-09 20:14  

#10   were we supplying those fighters with American weapons?

Lend lease? The Flying Tigers? Yeah, I'd say so.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-09 20:10  

#9  Yes. Sold or lent/leased to the friendly countries. Lots of P-40's for example.
Posted by: ghostcat   2006-08-09 20:10  

#8  Seems Syria doesnt want war it is announcing war shelters being cheked:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3288995,00.html
Posted by: Clerert Uneamp2772   2006-08-09 20:09  

#7  were we supplying those fighters with American weapons?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-08-09 20:05  

#6  We had American flyers flying and fighting with China, England, and France before our own country got officially involved. This doesn't seem like an act of war unless Israel has proof these RGs were ordered there and not "over zealous" volunteers.
Posted by: Dar   2006-08-09 20:03  

#5  November 12.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-09 19:10  

#4  No surprise, just a matter of time. Iran doesn't care , they basically admit this is their operation and they started it. What I would like to know is when we are going to crack their knuckles ?
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-08-09 19:08  

#3  There were many acts of war. Israel did nothing.
Posted by: Clerert Uneamp2772   2006-08-09 19:07  

#2  act of war
Posted by: Frank G   2006-08-09 19:03  

#1  "Well, unless Iran is willing to claim them as their personnel, we will bury them in a grave with pig entrails in 72 hours."
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-08-09 18:22  

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