Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

[TomT]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

Jul. 20, 2006 13:43
Russia blasts scale of Israeli actions in Lebanon
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW

Russia sharply criticized Israel over its offensive against Hizbullah guerrillas in Lebanon on Thursday, saying its actions have gone "far beyond the boundaries of an anti-terrorist operation" and repeating calls for an immediate cease-fire.

In a statement issued to media, the Foreign Ministry said that Russia affirms the need to fight terrorism and called for the immediate release of Israeli hostages, but added that the "unprecedented scale of the casualties and destruction" in Lebanon indicates that Israel is using too much force.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull

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Building for a future basis to act....?

[TomT]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

15:38 House of Representatives to vote Thursday whether to support IDF offensive (AP

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/ShTickers.html

Others around the world are opining that the "drums of war" against Iran are begining to sound in Washington....

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HG21Ak02.html

....US Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a resolution that not only endorsed Israel's military actions in Gaza and Lebanon without calling on it to exercise any restraint, but also urged US President George W Bush to impose across-the-board diplomatic and economic sanctions on Tehran and Damascus. The House of Representatives was expected to pass a similar resolution on Thursday.

[Issachar]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

... Russia affirms the need to fight terrorism and called for the immediate release of Israeli hostages, but added that the "unprecedented scale of the casualties and destruction" in Lebanon indicates that Israel is using too much force.

So much room to talk ....

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Issachar

[TomT]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

So much room to talk ....

http://www.tzfa.org/r_rpt004.html

Issachar

Agreed - and in other news of the day from Moscow "the pot called the kettle black"....

[TomT]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

Selected News Flash of interest www.haaretz.com

16:18 Saudi Arabia: Israel can`t be allowed to continue bombardment of Lebanon (Reuters)

16:18 UN: Middle East conflict could turn into `catastrophe` (Sky News)

14:18 Warning sirens heard in Haifa, Tirat Hacarmel, Nesher, and the Krayot (Israel Radio)

14:03 Katyushas strike Tiberias and Carmiel (Channel 10)

[TomT]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull


Jul. 20, 2006 17:23
Lebanese Army may join forces with Hizbullah
By JPOST.COM STAFF

The Lebanese Minister of Defense warned Israel Thursday that if IDF ground forces are sent into southern Lebanon, Lebanese troops will fight along with the Hizbullah against Israel.

While this would certainly be tough for Israel, IMO it would be a lot tougher on Lebanon's Army.... hopefully all Hezbollah supporters will rush to defend the border and thus can be "addressed" once and for all....

[Tennken]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

Others around the world are opining that the "drums of war" against Iran are begining to sound in Washington....

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HG21Ak02.html

You can't help but wonder, how soon it will be until the United States
is directly involved in this war.

[Tennken]

Re: Israel hints at a full-scale invasion

This may be the action that forces other arab nations to take action,
either militarly or some other type of support aganist Israel.

[N1095A]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

Jul. 20, 2006 13:43
Russia blasts scale of Israeli actions in Lebanon
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW




http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull

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Building for a future basis to act....?

Yea sure seems to follow that Russia is building towards the moment when she'll lose 83% of her armed forces. Or perhaps 1/6th of the population is left? It's hard to tell from Ezekiel.

[Glorify Him]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

I wasn't aware that there was much of a difference between the Lebanese Army and Hizbollah (tongue in cheek.) If this joining of forces occurs, I can envision Syria jumping on the band wagon. We already know Iran has troops on the ground. Not a good scenario, any way I look at it.

[Issachar]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

This may be the action that forces other arab nations to take action, either militarly or some other type of support aganist Israel.

Maybe force the US into $6+/gal. gasoline? That would have an immediate, negative impact on the US economy. Americans would either be crying out for smashing the OPEC nations or crying out to stop supporting Israel. I think they'd go for the latter.

Issachar

[TomT]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

Just posted: Olmert to allow transfer of aid to Lebanon

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert decided together with Foreign Minister Livni and Defense Minister Peretz to allow the transfer of humanitarian aid to Lebanese citizens via Cyprus.

The prime minister answered calls by the international community for the aid. The route will also be used to evacuate foreign citizens from Lebanon. (Ronny Sofer)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...279079,00.html

[TomT]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

Maybe force the US into $6+/gal. gasoline? That would have an immediate, negative impact on the US economy. Americans would either be crying out for smashing the OPEC nations or crying out to stop supporting Israel. I think they'd go for the latter.

Issachar

So far in the past 4 days oil has actually dropped from a peak price of over $78 barrel to under $72 -

....in other words the oil trader's "war scare" tatics could not sustain the run-up in prices in the face of the fact that no oil has ceased to flow anywhere in the world - and that gasoline inventories in the US (i.e. world's biggest consumer) are now at record highs...

[faith]

Re: Massive wave of rockets hit northern Israel around 3pm

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/740309.html

Hezbollah fired more than 100 Katyusha rockets at Israel on Wednesday, killing two brothers from Nazareth, aged 9 and 3, and sending 135 people to the hospital in Nazareth alone. The deaths bring the number of Israelis killed by Hezbollah rockets since the fighting began to 15.

A massive wave of rockets battered northern Israel at around 3 P.M. Wednesday, with strikes in Haifa, Carmiel, Tiberias, Afula and communities in the Galilee. Some 70 rockets were fired at Israel within the space of an hour.

[Issachar]

Re: Israel VS Hiz-bullies Part IV (MERGED)

I agree on the current oil/gas situation. I was speculating with my answer to the comment by Tennken:

or some other type of support aganist Israel.

that what the Arabs may do, should they want to act against Israel, is do an oil embargo against the US/any Israel supporter. I wasn't clear on that in my post. sorry ...

Issachar

p.s. Of course, should that happen, gasoline inventories would fall very fast ...