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2006-07-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

First rocket hits Haifa; Katyushas hit Nahariya, Safed

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Posted by Steve 2006-07-13 13:19|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Seems hezbollah wants war. Or should I say, iran and syria want war by proxy.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2006-07-13 14:06|| 2006-07-13 14:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Hezbollah denies the Haifa rocket attack was their doing. Riiiiiiiiiiight!

Posted by Kirk 2006-07-13 14:39|| 2006-07-13 14:39|| Front Page Top

#3 They must think we believe this crap about the 'Political' branch of Hez not being responsible for the ~~terrorist~~ 'Militant' branch.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-07-13 14:45|| 2006-07-13 14:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Seems hezbollah wants war

I think they want to provoke a war, not necessarily to fight it openly, which is what's coming to them maybe.

Posted by lotp 2006-07-13 14:51|| 2006-07-13 14:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Kirk,
Perhaps they've had an 'oh shit' moment and are desperately trying to back-pedal.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-07-13 15:07|| 2006-07-13 15:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Someone posted this over at Redstate:

...that the missile fired at Haifa was launched by Iranian Revolutionary Guards stationed in south Lebanon

Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch 2006-07-13 19:31|| http://crosspatch.townhall.com]">[http://crosspatch.townhall.com] 2006-07-13 19:31|| Front Page Top

#7 That comment should have been preceeded with the words "There are UNCONFIRMED reports that ..."

Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch 2006-07-13 19:32|| http://crosspatch.townhall.com]">[http://crosspatch.townhall.com] 2006-07-13 19:32|| Front Page Top

#8 It was confirmed by Jane Harmon, Minority Leader of House Intel Committee, on FoxNews almost 2 hours ago, crosspatch. :)

Posted by flyover 2006-07-13 19:39|| 2006-07-13 19:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Confirmed that the IRANIANS launched it? Got a link?

Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch 2006-07-13 19:51|| http://crosspatch.townhall.com]">[http://crosspatch.townhall.com] 2006-07-13 19:51|| Front Page Top

#10 crosspatch - She was on John Gibson's Big Story - a show I usually skip - it will probably be released by Fox as a video on the show's page, but today's show segments haven't been put up, yet - they're still showing links for yesterday's videos.

The page is here.

It was pure dynamite.

Posted by flyover 2006-07-13 19:59|| 2006-07-13 19:59|| Front Page Top

#11 The truly interesting part of the Haifa attack is that Hezbollah denied they were responsible, LOL. Think about that for a minute...

What it unintentionally reveals is the truth - they didn't fire the missile, the Iranians who accompanied the al-Fajer missile did, because the dumb gunnies of Hezb wouldn't know how.

You can bet that if the Hezb Lions (LOL) had done it, they'd be crowing, not denying.

I sure hope the interview with Harmon is the vid they choose to put up from today's show...

Posted by flyover 2006-07-13 20:16|| 2006-07-13 20:16|| Front Page Top

#12 You can also watch for a link confirming it at the MyWay aggregator page. Currently, all of the MSM outlets offered there are going out of their way to mention it, one quoting the Israelis that it is a major escalation, and say it was Hezb a rocket. One story even claims it was two rockets.

Believe me, I pray for many confirmation sources. It would blow the whole Iranian game wide open. I don't know if Harmon "goofed" by spilling this, which just might be the case when you think about it, but I have no doubt it will put the Donks on the defensive and blow away the farce that Iran isn't pulling all the strings. They deserve to be center-stage and for the US take them down - all the way to Hell.

Posted by flyover 2006-07-13 20:28|| 2006-07-13 20:28|| Front Page Top

#13 "Flight pattern and refueling from Diego Garcia to Qom, Tehran, Isfahan, et al, plotted?"
"plotted"
"weapons secure?"
"secure"
"this is for the '79 hostages and Beirut Marines"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-07-13 20:29|| 2006-07-13 20:29|| Front Page Top

#14 BTW, the al-Fajer (al-fajr) missiles are also referenced as "Katyusha rockets".

From GlobalSecurity.org:
Iranian Artillery Rockets - Specs
and
Iranian Artillery Rockets - Overview whihc contains this:

In early 2001 it was reported that Hizbullah had set up a belt of mobile multi-barreled rocket launchers and truck-mounted missiles along Israels northern flank ready to go off the moment Israel launched a large-scale military offensive against Lebanon. The Japanese-made Isuzo truck launchers carry Fajr-3 (Arabic for dawn-3) projectiles, a third generation of Katyusha rockets with a 60-kilometer range manufactured by Iran's air force industry.

Hey, I'm diggin everywhere I can think of, LOL.

Posted by flyover 2006-07-13 21:01|| 2006-07-13 21:01|| Front Page Top

#15 thanks flyover. It would be REAL nice to capture an IRG unit....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-07-13 21:27|| 2006-07-13 21:27|| Front Page Top

#16 Now 2 confirmed dead (both women), 90 injured. Israel is not going to play games: they're going to put some serious hurt on those responsible. I'd love to see them capture a half-dozen Iranians, and send them back on the tops of nuke warheads.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-07-13 22:52|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-13 22:52|| Front Page Top

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