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  • Israel hints at full-scale Lebanon attack

    By HUSSEIN DAKROUB, Associated Press Writer
    18 minutes ago

    BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israeli troops met fierce resistance from Hezbollah guerrillas Thursday as they crossed into Lebanon to seek tunnels and weapons for a second straight day, and
    Israel hinted at a full-scale invasion.

    Israel warned residents to "immediately" flee a nearly 20-mile swath of south Lebanon along the border. Its warplanes also launched new airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, shortly after daybreak, followed by strikes in the guerrillas' heartland in the south and eastern Bekaa Valley.
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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    • Originally posted by SlowwHand
      ...So when the civilians flee they can make nice targets for the Israelis...

      I like the irony whereby Israel's precision strikes have killed 20 times as many Lebanese civilians (including about 100 children) than Hezbollah's random unguided missiles have killed Israeli citizens...

      But then Israel is no stranger to war crimes is it - how many civilians were killed the last time Israel systematically destroyed Beirut? 20,000?

      Though I think the biggest stench of betrayal is that of the foreign powers who scuttle in to evacuate their citizens like rats off a sinking ship without so much as mildly admonishing Israel for its actions - indeed my country is actively supporting Israel's wanton destruction of a peaceful country and the murder of its children. Not that I am surprised any more...

      Hezbollah is to blame, not the Lebanese Govt, not Lebanon and certainly not innocent Lebanese civilians...

      Still then next time neighbour's kid throws a ball through my window, at least I'll know I can go over to his house, kill his dog, smash up his car, kill his kids that weren't even responsible and then systematically destroy his house around him while he's inside - because that folks, is Israeli Justice...

      Then when the dust has settled the kid that did it can come back and throw another ball through another window...
      Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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      • Originally posted by Winston
        It's all done. I dropped you a PM.
        Hey Winston you moron, you're supposed to give aid to people who actually need it...
        Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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        • You're the moron. It's well documented by now.

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          • Originally posted by Spiffor

            But what exactly is false with it?
            Yeah, it seems to be fairly true... especially in this case.
            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
            - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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            • Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
              3 civilians killed in Nazareth




              Hezbollah has gone too far now. No one ****s with Jesus' hometown...
              Calm down, they were dirty Arabs. Like you care when they die....
              If you don't like reality, change it! me
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              • Clever.
                "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

                Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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                • Originally posted by Winston
                  You're the moron. It's well documented by now.


                  Well at least you haven't squealed to Ming like a cry-baby the way you usually do...
                  Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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                  • Originally posted by GePap


                    Calm down, they were dirty Arabs. Like you care when they die....
                    Now if only Israel provided shelters for the Arab Israelis like they do the Jewish Israelis...
                    Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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                    • Originally posted by Eli

                      Israel is already fighting with Hizballah for a good two decades, constantly demanding from the Lebanese government to dismantle it and constantly issuing threats to Syria. Israel sits on the international border for six years, during which 3 of it's soldiers were kidnapped and killed, at least 6 civilians were killed in one major attack and a few more soldiers and civilians were killed in sporadic fighting. After every such incident, there was quite a bit of "sabre-rattling, demands, diplomacy, etc".
                      In those six years, Israel's retaliation was always very contained and included mainly artillery fire on the combat zones and all those incidents ended within a few hours.

                      The current response is not an out of the blue attack. It is a wise decision to finally (try to) solve the Hizballah problem by force, instead of wasting another six years on "sabre-rattling, demands and diplomacy".
                      Yet you guys NEVER thought of, well, not "sabre rattling" diplomacy, but instead ACTUAL diplomacy, you know, like hold direct talks with the Lebanese government (including Hizbullah) about the outstanding issues between the two states, like the Cheeba Farms, Lebanese prisoners, and yes, the lack of central government control in Southern Lebanon and the fact that Hizbullah has an armed Militia.

                      You won;t "solve" the Hizbullah issue with force anymore than you have solved the "Hamas" issue, or even the "PLO" issue. 37 years of occupation have failed to pacify the Palestinians, who are the weakest people in the region, what makes Israel think that force will work any better anywhere else? Especially in Lebanon, where it failed already once?

                      Unless the Israelis get lucky and hit him, at the end of the day Nasrallah will come out of his bunker and be cheered throught the whole ME as a great hero. That will show him!
                      If you don't like reality, change it! me
                      "Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
                      "it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
                      "Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard Shaw

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                      • Originally posted by Jaguar
                        Clever.
                        not really. None of his post have shown any disquite at the large number of dead Lebanese civilians, or Palestinians, or Iraqis.

                        The father of the two young boys killed in Nazareth was in ITN news. He blamed the Israeli government for the death of his two young sons.
                        If you don't like reality, change it! me
                        "Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
                        "it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
                        "Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard Shaw

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                        • Originally posted by MOBIUS


                          Now if only Israel provided shelters for the Arab Israelis like they do the Jewish Israelis...
                          This is sig line material for someone. Mobius, in summary.
                          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                          • Why is Israel bombing Christians?
                            Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                            • There are six major religions in Lebanon.

                              Three are Christian: Maronite, Greek Orthodox and Melkite Greek Catholic.

                              Three are Islamic: Druze, Sunni and Shia


                              Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                              "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                              He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                              • Yes, and why is Israel bombing the Christians?
                                Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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