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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinians: IAF kills 2 PRC men
2008-01-17
Two Palestinian operatives from the Popular Resistance Committees were killed on Wednesday night when the IAF fired a missile at a car in the central Gaza Strip, near the Bureij refugee camp, Palestinians reported. The IDF said that the targeted vehicle was loaded with weapons.

Moments earlier, with over 50 Kassam rockets striking Israel on Wednesday alone, Defense Minister Ehud Barak vowed to increase the pressure on the Gaza Strip until the terrorism stops. "We will increase the pressure on the Gaza Strip in order to bring an end to the Kassam rocket fire," Barak said during an opening speech at a Naval graduation ceremony in Haifa.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Israel needs to retaliate with overwhelming force to rocket attackets. I agree with OP that a walking artillery barrage would be the most appropriate response. Just set the center of the target, draw a circle of agreed-upon radius and pound it to rubble. Tit for tat gets you nowhere. The Japanese and the Germans surrendered because of overwhelming force, and the threat of total annihilation, not because the Allies were nice and considerate people.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2008-01-17 21:36  

#4  I thought that a couple of weeks ago Israel promised to respond to all rocket attacks with a like attack. guess that didn't have any teeth (either)
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2008-01-17 14:16  

#3  The only thing that's guaranteed to work with the misfits inhabiting Gaza is a walking artillery barrage from 600-700 weapons. Second option is to seal 'em up tight and make Egypt take care of them. That will accomplish two things: reduce the daily cost Gaza imposes upon Israel, and cost Israel's enemies ("peace treaty" not withstanding) dinero they could otherwise use to make war against them.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-01-17 14:08  

#2  Ummm, second thought,
"Never correct your enemy when he's making a mistake".
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-01-17 09:54  

#1  You might hint that your missiles are aimed, not free flight, and hit what they;re aimed at, plus Israel doesn't need a lot since they're aimed , not just shot "That-a-Way".

I think they've got the idea that Israeli Missiles are as inaccurate as their Rockets, A fatal assumption.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-01-17 09:43  

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