Israel strikes Lebanon

[Janice]

Civilians hit in Mideast violence

• Israel, Hezbollah attack new areas
• Sources: 15 die in airstrike on Lebanon minibus
• Ambulances rush to Sea of Galilee town
• Israeli sailor killed, 3 missing after warship hit
• Hezbollah leader ready for "open war" with Israel

http://www.cnn.com/

[wx247]

MSNBC is reporting this morning that 2 Israeli sailers have been killed now and 2 still remain missing.

[Janice]

Wow, did they find the two bodies. Were they killed as a result of the blast or captured and killed?

[cycloneye]

Updated: 9:26 a.m. ET July 15, 2006

Breaking News:AP

A senior Israeli intelligence official said Iranian troops helped Hezbollah fire a missile that damaged an Israeli warship off the Lebanese coast Friday night.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information, said about 100 Iranian soldiers are in Lebanon and helped fire the Iranian-made, radar-guided C-102 at the ship that killed one and left three missing.



Another evidence that Iran has it's hands in this.

[canegrl04]

Al Jazeera is claiming Israel is bombing the Syrian border.I have an awful feeling that this will sprout into ww3 very quickly.Its inevitable that Syria and Iran will be drawn in.israel has no choice

[cycloneye]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/14/ ... index.html

CajunMama,at link you can see the steps the U.S goverment is taking to start a proccess to evacuate Lebanon.I can tell you it will not be an easy thing if they decide to evacuate because it's dangerous to go outside in the open streets.

[canegrl04]

Ynet news is reporting Israel is giving Syria a 72 hour ultimatum:call off hezbollah,release the kidnapped soldiers. Things could really get nasty by next week http://www.drudgereport.com

[Derek Ortt]

It appears to be a general war against Lebanon itself now as CNN has just reported that Israel has started to bomb the CHRISTIAN parts of Lebanon

[cycloneye]

Israel points towards Iran



Now this may spread into a much wider conflict.Will finnaly the U.S and Israel strike those Iran Nuclear Plants?

[Regit]

World War III didn't start when the North Koreans launched test missiles.

World War III won't start when Israel occupies Lebanon and bombs Damascus.

The war won't expand to Egypt and Jordan, and more than likely Iran won't do anything but increase funding and support for Hezbollah.

All that may happen is the collapse of Arab dictatorships in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. But I find that doubtful.

This isn't the first time the Israelis and Arabs have clashed. There is nothing even close to the severity of former times. There isn't a Soviet Union to mess with things more. There are countries that have peace treaties with Israel.

Its dangerous but not to the point where I'm worried about full scale war.

I mostly agree with everything you say. I just don't see how this goes beyond a regional war. It would take a stupid act on the scale of Japan attacking Pearl Harbor. Such an event wouldn't happen until after a time that this war grew so widespread that Iran is involved. But if Iran becomes involved (which I don't think they will), Israel would launch a shock-and-awe-type campaign against Iran's major weapons sites and their ability to attack US interests would be severly handicapped.

The ONLY way this war goes global is for a NATO country to be attacked. Why would any country in the region do that?

I think people need to take a breath. Look at this map of World War II countries. Do any of you honestly believe this missle-throwing competition is going to grow to a scale that large?

Countries involved in WW2

[stormtruth]

It appears to be a general war against Lebanon itself now as CNN has just reported that Israel has started to bomb the CHRISTIAN parts of Lebanon

I saw that. Plus the dumb impatient strikes by Isreal have left 25,000 americans trapped in Lebanon. Couldn't they have held off on bombing the airport and let americans leave?

[feederband]

It appears to be a general war against Lebanon itself now as CNN has just reported that Israel has started to bomb the CHRISTIAN parts of Lebanon

I saw that. Plus the dumb impatient strikes by Isreal have left 25,000 americans trapped in Lebanon. Couldn't they have held off on bombing the airport and let americans leave?

You got to think this is a war..Air Fields are the first things you want to take out...

[Derek Ortt]

are you suggesting that Israel should not have responded to the acts of war committed against them? IMO, that would have been dumb

[stormtruth]

are you suggesting that Israel should not have responded to the acts of war committed against them? IMO, that would have been dumb

And no matter how many Americans end up being killed in Lebanon it is worth it? I'm just saying they could have been more patient. Maybe those Americans in Lebanon were just crying on tv because they enjoy the bombs so much Plus, the shiites in Iraq have already had marches and are planning strikes on our troops as a result of Isreal's action. And part of the reason Iran has become stronger is because when we invaded Iraq we took their biggest enemy off the table and freed the shias. Just something to think about as we watch gas prices soar here at home.

[Regit]

are you suggesting that Israel should not have responded to the acts of war committed against them? IMO, that would have been dumb

And no matter how many Americans end up being killed in Lebanon it is worth it? I'm just saying they could have been more patient. Maybe those Americans in Lebanon were just crying on tv because they enjoy the bombs so much Plus, the shiites in Iraq have already had marches and are planning strikes on our troops as a result of Isreal's action. And part of the reason Iran has become stronger is because when we invaded Iraq we took their biggest enemy off the table and freed the shias. Just something to think about as we watch gas prices soar here at home.

Well there aren't just Americans in Lebanon. I doubt that we searched Iraq before we invaded to make sure all foreigners were gone. For Israel to say, "Hey all foreigners, please leave. You have one week to do so." would be stupid. All that would do is allow Hezbollah a week's worth of free hits.

[feederband]

are you suggesting that Israel should not have responded to the acts of war committed against them? IMO, that would have been dumb

And no matter how many Americans end up being killed in Lebanon it is worth it? I'm just saying they could have been more patient. Maybe those Americans in Lebanon were just crying on tv because they enjoy the bombs so much Plus, the shiites in Iraq have already had marches and are planning strikes on our troops as a result of Isreal's action. And part of the reason Iran has become stronger is because when we invaded Iraq we took their biggest enemy off the table and freed the shias. Just something to think about as we watch gas prices soar here at home.

What does this have anything to do with Israel's border being violated and it's troops on their soil killed and kidnapped...War is War You can't look at the T.V guied and tell when its going to start and stop...Those people are in a bad place at a bad time...As a Ameican you wouldn't catch my @$$ in the mid east right now anyway...

[stormtruth]

Well there aren't just Americans in Lebanon. I doubt that we searched Iraq before we invaded to make sure all foreigners were gone. For Israel to say, "Hey all foreigners, please leave. You have one week to do so." would be stupid. All that would do is allow Hezbollah a week's worth of free hits.

No, it would have been a good idea to wait and give foreigners time to get out.

[feederband]

Well there aren't just Americans in Lebanon. I doubt that we searched Iraq before we invaded to make sure all foreigners were gone. For Israel to say, "Hey all foreigners, please leave. You have one week to do so." would be stupid. All that would do is allow Hezbollah a week's worth of free hits.

No, it would have been a good idea to wait and give foreigners time to get out.

Good thing you not one of the military Generals..

[Regit]

Well arguing this is pointless. The foreigners who are there knew the consequences of living in Lebanon before they went. They knew how likely it was that they could be caught in a conflict. So it's not like they are suddenly caught in this by surprise.

[Brent]

Well there aren't just Americans in Lebanon. I doubt that we searched Iraq before we invaded to make sure all foreigners were gone. For Israel to say, "Hey all foreigners, please leave. You have one week to do so." would be stupid. All that would do is allow Hezbollah a week's worth of free hits.

No, it would have been a good idea to wait and give foreigners time to get out.

At the same time however, that would have allowed the terrorists to escape. That was not an option and you know it. I'm not going to fault the Americans, but they travelled to Lebanon willingly and knew the dangers.