[N8 v2.0]

Israel hints at a full-scale invasion
AP - 1 hour, 24 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. Israeli warplanes also launched new airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, shortly after daybreak. The attacks were followed by strikes in the guerrillas' heartland in the south and eastern Bekaa Valley

 

[preppie]

Israel = NaZionists

 

[BurlyShirley]

You would think that an actual ground invasion would REDUCE civilian casualties, no? Air Strikes would be less random with firsthand intel on the ground.

 

[N8 v2.0]

Israel = NaZionists

hater

 

[Changleen]

hater

Fvcking idiot. You're being an extra-double plus douchebag about this, N8.

 

[LordOpie]

Fvcking idiot. You're being an extra-double plus douchebag about this, N8.

you best join the winning team now before you're swept into the gutters

 

[Changleen]

you best join the winning team now before you're swept into the gutters

Piss off.

 

[ChrisRobin]

It's about time something happens over there... for years I've been saying that whole region should 'go at it' and get it over with. I just don't want my tax dollars to pay for CDN troops to get sent over there for no reason ...kinda like Afganistan.

 

[LordOpie]

I just don't want my tax dollars to pay for CDN troop...

you guys have a military?

 

[ChrisRobin]

you guys have a military?

For sure! Who do you think:

- is cleaning up the un-ending mess in Afganistan?
- gave the US military the idea for that nifty, new computerized camoflage?
- will be target practice for US pilots?

 

[N8 v2.0]

You would think that an actual ground invasion would REDUCE civilian casualties, no? Air Strikes would be less random with firsthand intel on the ground.

Good call!

BARING FIENDS' BURIED SECRETS

July 21, 2006 -- INSIDE ISRAEL JERUSALEM - What the Israeli military has learned since the Lebanese border war began nine days ago is that Hezbollah managed to secretly build a network of underground tunnels and bunkers to house a vast artillery arsenal.

In the six years since Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon, it has learned that Hezbollah was collecting a huge number of Katyusha rockets and Iranian-made missiles shipped from Syria.

But the drone planes and electronic intelligence didn't reveal what was going on underground.

To go after those fortified bunkers, Israel has begun sending special teams.

One team paid the price yesterday when it ended up in a firefight with Hezbollah in the Lebanese town of Marun a-Ras. Four Israelis were reported killed.

From the air, Israel has hit some 1,500 targets, mainly artillery arsenals and launchers.

"We are operating around-the-clock to interrupt the launching of rockets," said Air Force Brig. Gen. Benny Gantz.

He noted that only 60 Katyushas were launched at Israel yesterday, compared with 140 on Wednesday and 136 on Tuesday.

But to know where to shoot, his gunners need good information.

Former armed forces Chief of Staff Dan Shomron, who commanded the celebrated 1976 raid on Entebbe, said yesterday, "Without using ground operations to pinpoint targets and Hezbollah commanders, we will not be able to accomplish our mission in Lebanon."