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2006-07-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah Says No Leaders Killed in Bunker
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Posted by Fred 2006-07-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 "in other news, the IAF slaughtered baby ducks, kittens, and puppies in addition to innocent women and children in their war with Hezbollah. No Lions of IslamTM were harmed."
Posted by anymouse">anymouse  2006-07-20 00:08||   2006-07-20 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 What? No fluffy bunnies?
Posted by newc">newc  2006-07-20 00:19||   2006-07-20 00:19|| Front Page Top

#3 They've been shipped to Damascus. Just in case.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-07-20 00:31||   2006-07-20 00:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Fully nine hours after the strike, Nasrallah has yet to be heard from. Silence from a man who immediately phoned Hizballah’s al-Manar TV to confirm his survival after Israel launched a strike that destroyed his home and headquarters five days prior. Never one to shy from cameras or microphones, perhaps this vanity contributed to his apparent demise.

Hizballah Leader Silent After Israeli Air Raid Drops 23 Tons of Ordnance on Beirut Bunker - threatswatch.org
Posted by KBK 2006-07-20 00:39||   2006-07-20 00:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Having a mosque atop your bunker might sound like a good idea, given the known reluctance to attack such structures on the part of the West. Nice cover for entry and exit, too.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2006-07-20 00:51||   2006-07-20 00:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Whacking Nasrallah won't stop Hezbollah, but surely it will cause some level of internal disorganization and confusion... at this pivotal point in time, that just might be fatal to Hezb in Leb.

Now we'll see if Syria & Iran are going to back up their statements about not allowing Hezb to be defeated. Some have speculated that they have to, politically. That should escalate this to include them openly militarily.

Slooooooowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch...

Fire up the barbecue, I'm thinking by this weekend we're gonna have us a real fight.
Posted by Omusing Angong1547 2006-07-20 00:52||   2006-07-20 00:52|| Front Page Top

#7 No word from Nasty? OK, put the Accordion Lady on standby.
Posted by PBMcL 2006-07-20 01:04||   2006-07-20 01:04|| Front Page Top

#8 He may not have time for interviews, because he may be meeting his Master, Ba'allah
Posted by twobyfour 2006-07-20 01:32||   2006-07-20 01:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Nasrallah to his Master: "You don't look like I imagined. Where's my virgins? By the way, what's the pineapple for?"
Posted by gorb 2006-07-20 01:48||   2006-07-20 01:48|| Front Page Top

#10 You mean the round object in Ba'allah's hand? Sort of a globular cluster. Looks solid, but it is a hive composed of flies. He is, after all, The Lord of Flies.
Posted by twobyfour 2006-07-20 03:12||   2006-07-20 03:12|| Front Page Top

#11 2x4: Ever watched "Little Nicky"? ;-)
Posted by gorb 2006-07-20 03:31||   2006-07-20 03:31|| Front Page Top

#12 pineapple
Posted by gorb 2006-07-20 03:35||   2006-07-20 03:35|| Front Page Top

#13 I see. Haven't seen the flick, so the ref was totally obscure to me. So, yes, it may be a pineapple. ;-)
Posted by twobyfour 2006-07-20 05:56||   2006-07-20 05:56|| Front Page Top

#14 Ima waiting for video, Nas. None of this date-unknown audio sh*t. I think you're a blob of overpressured protoplasm in a concrete sarcophagus, wearing a disheveled black turban.
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-07-20 08:14||   2006-07-20 08:14|| Front Page Top

#15 Time for a 'Weekend at Bernie's' reaction by Hezb.
Posted by The Paradise Nazi 2006-07-20 08:59||   2006-07-20 08:59|| Front Page Top

#16 Wow! That was close. There would of been no one to give the Joooooo's one hour notice.
Posted by plainslow 2006-07-20 09:02||   2006-07-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

#17 W4e don't need no stinkin leaders.
Posted by Herby Hezbo 2006-07-20 09:40||   2006-07-20 09:40|| Front Page Top

#18 Have not seen HeadsforAllan's leader Nass-asshole on TV lately. Any chance HeadsforAllan is playing "Weekend At Bernie's" with him?
Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-20 11:01|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]  2006-07-20 11:01|| Front Page Top

#19 23 tonnes of bombs may have made quite a rubble pile. If Nasrallah is in a deep bunker, he could be sealed up there for a while, assuming that he was not injured or mortally wounded by the shock waves. Also, rescuers may be a bit reluctant to start digging with the waves of bombing runs going on. This would be a good time for napalm and flame. If the fire does not get you, massive amounts of napalm would suck the oxygen away from the bunkers, suffocating the occupants.

A friend of mine who flew P-38s in WW2 did this in Borneo. They were taking out oil infrastructure, but were receiving murderous fire from a nearby mountain. They bombed and bombed, but the Japanese retreated behind blast doors to their tunnels. Then they made a massive napalm bombing, setting the whole top of the mountain on fire. No more AA. A trip to the top of the mountain found hundreds of Japanese soldiers dead in their tunnels, all suffocated to death.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2006-07-20 12:34||   2006-07-20 12:34|| Front Page Top

#20 Guys, it's not a pineapple, it's a sea urchin. (well, at least I hope)
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-07-20 12:39||   2006-07-20 12:39|| Front Page Top

#21 Disco ball.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-20 12:55||   2006-07-20 12:55|| Front Page Top

#22 I like the idea of the Hizballah board of directors trapped under 100' of dirt and rubble, surviving in the dark on the remains of their "comfort" goat and Zamzam cola...
Posted by Iblis">Iblis  2006-07-20 13:19||   2006-07-20 13:19|| Front Page Top

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