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In the Middle East, America's Exit from Iraq Attracts Less Interest than Gathering War Clouds
Seeded on Mon Jul 9, 2007 6:42 PM EDT ()
A superb analysis by Debka on what the upcoming US 'withdrawl' from Iraq means: a long term occupation similar to that in Korea, but with regular engagements of an enemy that will probably gorw stronger.
Fatah Al-Islam Military Commander: We Are "Ready To Blow Up Every Place In Lebanon"
Seeded on Sun May 27, 2007 2:48 AM EDT (imra.org.il)
As if Lebanon has not suffered enough: the Islamic radicals that are now entrenched and fighting the Lebanese army have revealed their true colors and are openly planning the terrorize the country even more. This is the reward the Lebanese get for hosting the Palestinians...
Italy to sell Lebanon sophisticated ground-to-air Aster 15 missiles to stop Israel's aerial surveillance of hostile movements
Seeded on Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:39 AM EDT (debka.com)
The Aster 15 is a state-of-the-art SAM which is a match for anything in the Israeli arsenal. It will severely restrict the movement of Israeli aircaft - manned and unmanned - over Lebanese airspace...assuming the sale goes ahead.
Moscow posts two Chechen platoons in Lebanon outside UN Command; Israel worried
Seeded on Sat Oct 7, 2006 10:02 AM EDT (debka.com)
These Chechen units mark a serious attempt by Russia to imporve its standing in the Islamic world.
Israel army in disarray over Lebanon failures
Seeded on Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:38 AM EDT (Breitbart)
Disarray may be the right word: the IDF is without question the best trained and best equipped army in the Middle East and arguably one of the best in the world. Yet it proved unable to defeat a guerilla force / army of much less advanced means.
Iran's investment just went down the tubes
Seeded on Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:56 AM EDT (web.israelinsider.com)
Everyone has a point of view on who won or lost the recent war in Lebanon: here is another perspective. After reading through many analytical pieces, it is clear that whilst certain outcomes did occur, no one side can claim victory and both did suffer losses.
Turkey's high-stakes march into Lebanon
Seeded on Fri Sep 8, 2006 5:54 PM EDT (atimes.com)
Both America and Israel are making moves to subsidize the Turkish deployment into Lebanon. As the one Islamic state that is very close to both countries, Turkey's role as a bridge between West and the Middle East is potentially pivotal.
Massive Western naval flotilla off Lebanon points to possible confrontation with Syria and Iran
Seeded on Mon Sep 4, 2006 7:36 AM EDT (debka.com)
The sheer size of the naval fleets off Lebanon are way beyond what is needed to support a fairly small on-shore peace keeping force. The ships comprise of carriers, frigates and command ships among many others, form the US, France, Italy and Great Britain.
Western media duped again: Israeli aircraft did not strike Lebanese ambulances
Seeded on Sat Sep 2, 2006 6:36 PM EDT (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)
It is amazing that, given the ridiculous amount of blatantly false propaganda that originates from the Arab world, such as the story of Israeli aircraft striking ambulances in Lebanon, that so much coverage hostile to Israel has been accepted at face value by the press.
American electronic warfare experts in Israel to find out how Hizballah's Iranian systems neutralized Israeli EW
Seeded on Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:27 PM EDT (debka.com)
So much for American and Israeli EW capability: the Iranian's have over the past few years invested heavily in electronic warfare, with the end result the assumed Israeli supremacy in this regard during the recent Lebanon war was severely degraded.
Turkey forces one Syrian, 5 Iranian arms planes to land at Diyarbakir military base
Seeded on Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:26 PM EDT (debka.com)
This is interesting: if correct, it is more evidence - though admittedly inconclusive - of Iranian complicity in weapons supplies to Hezbollah.
Is Israel clearing the path for US war on Iran?
Seeded on Wed Aug 9, 2006 5:33 PM EDT (atimes.com)
A fascinating article on the possible logic of the Israeli strike on Hezbollah. By smashing Hezbollah now and establishing a prescence in Lebanon, Israel removes one particular problem early and allows the US a clearer focus on Iran.
"...and Beirut may in the end become hotter than Hiroshima..."
Seeded on Sat Aug 5, 2006 6:12 AM EDT (web.israelinsider.com)
There is always the unspoken fear of the use of nuclear weapons by Israel...and now it is being whispered. Whilst the author does not have his finger on the button, his views do reflect the great anger against Hezbollah and the Lebanese for letting them take over their country.
Tide of Arab opinion turns to support for Hezbollah
Seeded on Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:19 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Public opinion in the Arab world tends to be volatile, but whilst the leaders play along with public sentiment, privately they accept that Lebanon may well need to be sacrificed in order to keep Hezbollah, Iran and Syria in check.
A brief analysis of Syria's military strength
Seeded on Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:26 AM EDT (atimes.com)
If push comes to shove between Israel and Syria, what woudl the IDF be facing? They would have to contend with a motivated and well tarined armmy of over 200,000, but one that was equipped with obsolete equipment, albeit with large numbers of tanks.
Hezbollah inflicts heavy casualties on IDF...but Israel gains edge on Syria and secures critical water source
Seeded on Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:30 AM EDT (debka.com)
A ferocious Hezbollah counterattack at Bin Jubeil saw huge Israeli losses, which will result in even more ferocious Israeli reprisals soon.
Washington dissapointed with Israel: US expected an IDF grand slam to smash Hezbollah
Seeded on Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:12 AM EDT (debka.com)
Well now, one would have thought America's experience in Iraq would have taught them how long winning a war can take, but it seems not. The US expected Israel's powerful and exceptionally professional armed forces to smash Hezbollah in short order.
Israelis and Lebanese are still talking on the Net
Seeded on Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:05 AM EDT (JPost.com)
The Internet as a tool for communication between two sides in a time of war. Some discussions are heated, many are civilised and many more are sad for the horror of the situation.
Patrick Buchanan: No, this is not 'our war'
Seeded on Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:27 AM EDT (WorldNetDaily)
The war in Lebanon does not have complete support of the right wing in the US: Patrick Buchanan has vociferously criticized Israel's actions and the support Israel is receiving by fundamentalist Christians in America.
How will we know when it is World War III?
Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:13 AM EDT
The current situation unfolding in the Middle East has prompted former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich to label it as World War 3. Others say that World War 3 was already fought - it was the Cold War. Others say that it was the first Gulf War. No one seems to be certain.
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Please save me Royal Navy...so I can wage Jihad on you infidel dogs back in the UK
Seeded on Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:55 PM EDT (The Sun Newspaper Online)
You've got to laugh at this one: an extremist Muslim cleric previously based in the UK, who praised the 911 terrorists and left England vowing never to return, has tried to scam his way back onto a Royal Navy warship evacuating British citizens from Lebanon.
Israeli leaflets call on south Lebanese to evacuate territory south of Litani river: 300,000 people may need to
Seeded on Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:45 PM EDT (debka.com)
It is almost certain now that major ground invasion will soon take place, pushing Hezbollah further north.
Israeli cladestine strikes far beyond what is reported: Special Forces in action in Syria and deep into Lebanon
Seeded on Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:58 AM EDT (debka.com)
This was to be expected: there is the war that is reported on TV and there is the war behind the scenes which no side admits to, for their own very good reasons.
United States to Israel: you have one more week to blast Hizbullah
Seeded on Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:59 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Despite the repeated assertations that US foreign policy is run by "Zionists", the reality is that Israel acts largely at the behest of America. The US is using the Israeli strikes as a proxy to lessen Syrian and Iranian influence.
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