Reuters: Israel says hits 2/3 of Hizbollah's heavy missiles

[Eugene]

Israel says hits 2/3 of Hizbollah's heavy missiles
Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:40am ET

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli forces have destroyed an estimated two thirds
of Hizbollah's long-range missile capabilities, a senior government official
told Reuters on Monday.

The Iranian-supplied Zelzal-2 missiles have been Israel's main strategic
concern during an a 20-day-old fight with the Lebanese guerrilla group.
They have a range of 200 km (125 miles) and are believed capable of carrying
biological or chemical warheads.

"We know how many of them we destroyed and we know how many they shot,"
the senior government official said.

"But one third (left undestroyed) is a lot. that can cause a lot of damage
if they are launched," the official said.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-31T143945Z_01_L31539456_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-LEBANON-MISSILES.xml

[benburch]

1. They know how many they THINK they destroyed.

A cardboard missile looks JUST like a real missile in the targeting camera.

[msmcghee]

2. Your hatred of Israel is leaking. n/t

[Lerkfish]

4. can you possibly STOP harrassing other DU members?

is that even possible? I'm requesting it. thanks.

[FlavaKreemSnak]

21. He is supposed to say that stuff, there was a story here about it

Sorry, I can't find the DU link, but the news story link is

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2289232,00.html

Also you can go to

http://giyus.org/

and

http://www.beyondimages.info/

And there are some more that I can't find the links to, those two were on another website, but people go to these places to get information on where there are posts that either obvious criticism of Israel, or even just getting close, like suggesting that Israel does not know exactly how many rockets Hezbollah has, etc, and then they will send out people to call the critics out as anti-Semites and wanting to push Israel into the sea, and terrorist sympathizers.

I don't think most of them get paid. They look at it like community service, though, so it is kind of like their job.

[Lerkfish]

25. ah, well, if true that explains a great deal.

I don't have any reason to believe its necessarily true in this case, though.

[benburch]

30. The paid troll is a fact of life now.

Sad but true.

[endarkenment]

31. It is obviously a factor in what we have seen here for the last 3 weeks.

Is there any doubt?

[Lerkfish]

32. but I'm more concerned their hatefilled posts remain, but others are

deleted.

[benburch]

5. What the FUCK?

Decoys are and have always been primary military doctrine.

No hatred of any sort is "leaking" by saying that.

I think you owe me an apology.

[Lerkfish]

12. you're not alone.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1778286&mesg_id=1778757

I somehow doubt there will be an forthcoming apologies.

[newyorican]

7. Very odd response...

to a post commenting on standard military tactics.

[Massachusetts]

29. Agreed

[Name removed]

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[Ian David]

10. Already had whoever that is on ignore. Good call? n/t

[Lerkfish]

13. I'd say yes.

of course, you could have ME on ignore and not have read this...LOL!

[bemildred]

3. Missile counts have replaced body counts. nt

[Lerkfish]

15. I find that disturbing, as well.

[Mandate My Ass]

6. Maybe they'll let up on the carnage now, ease back...

Nah. Never mind.

[leftchick]

8. how many US MADE Weapons did they use?

and how many children were killed?



Lebanese children display posters during an anti-Israeli protest in Beirut July 30, 2006. (Issam Kobeisy/Reuters)

[frankieT]

11. Israeli battleship sunk by Hezbollah missile

according to Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya.

[Lerkfish]

16. yikes! thats not going to help anything, either

I wish EVERYONE would just take a valium and stop the killing!

[frankieT]

20. well ... if it's true

at least it is at least a military target. It's better than rocket barrages toward Israel or indiscriminate bombings by IAF.

[Lerkfish]

26. but it will only enlarge the conflict. I'd prefer BOTH sides stop

[Ian David]

17. Oh, good! Maybe if enough Jews die, liberals will like us again!

:sarcasm:

[Lerkfish]

28. your view is liberals want dead jews?

what leads you to this conclusion, and further, aren't we all liberals here?

[bigluckyfeet]

18. Israel says it did not happen

No ship sunk

[frankieT]

23. maybe it is propaganda

i'm quite surprised, so far Hezbollah claims were almost more reliable than those issued by IDF (regarding for example the situation in Bint Jbeil or Marun Ar Ras)

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. Nothing on the English Al Jazeera website about that

Do you speak Arabic?

[frankieT]

22. i barely read it

didn't understand everything http://www.alarabiya.net/

[benburch]

27. Google Automated Translation here...

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.alarabiya.net/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.alarabiya.net/%26num%3D30%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

Hizbollah launched rockets hit Israeli frigate off pictures

Beirut-agency

Said that Hizbullah fighters fired rockets at Israeli warships and burn off the coast of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Monday 31-7-2006. He said in a statement that the beginning of retaliatory attacks in response to Israel's bombing of a building in the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, which led to the death of 54 civilians, including 37 children yesterday, Sunday,. While Israeli security source said that none Israeli ship.

[Solly Mack]

14. Can it stop now then?

Please?

Please?

I really want the dying to the stop and I don't get the thinking that says more dying is needed to end the dying...I really don't get that

Somebody is always alive to remember and from that seed of remembrance blooms more hatred...honest! that's how it works.

You can't "kill'em all", so someone will always remember and they'll tell their kids, who tell their kids, who tell their kids...

at some point, someone has to say enough! and talk to each other instead of perpetuating the hate and violence...

People who see their children and parents dying or maimed don't rightly care about anyone's politics or anyone's grievences...seriously...wars and hostilities start all the time and go on for so long, that no one knows how they really started or why they were fought - all they know is how it hurt them and that's all they can see... and that's true of the people on both sides of any conflict

whatever "point" any side had is lost among the carnage

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. Remember when NATO thought they'd destroyed the entire Serbian force

in Kosovo, only the be shocked to see 90% of the original armor and artillery roll back into Serbia proper at the end of hostilities?

I don't think anyone assessing damage from the air these days is credible. Decoys are too effective, and it's too easy to produce them