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July 16, 2006
At least 9 People Killed In New Barrage of Missiles Into Haifa and Surroundings
Martial Law Declared in the North
At least eight people were killed as Katyusha rockets hit three cities along Israel's northern coast, including Haifa, on Sunday morning.Most of the fatalities were in an Israel Railways garage located near an Israel Electric Corporation installation on Haifa Bay, according to the Magen David Adom director general.
Following the strike, Israel Railways announced it was halting train traffic north of Binyamina...
A strategic installation on Haifa Bay was hit by another rocket, Channel 10 said.
Hizb'allah is threatening to hit petrochemical installations in Haifa if attacks continue in Beirut. Can they do it? They are claiming that so far they have avoided them intentionally.
Most of the casualties at the main railway terminal near Checkpoint in Haifa. Hizballah reports improved Grad rockets fired in its deadliest attack so far in reprisal for air raids against Beirut. Their range is 35-40 km.
London-based newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat quotes senior Iranian army official saying that:
In 2005, Hizbullah received the first shipment of huge 333 millimeter rocket launchers, as well as large quantities of ant-aircraft SAM-7 shoulder missiles and C-802 missiles, originally manufactured in China. The C-802 was used in the recent attack on the Israeli Navy ship off the Lebanon coast.
The official also said Hizbullah is in possession of four types of advanced ground-to-ground missiles: Fajr missiles with a range of 100 kilometers, Iran 130 missiles with a range of 90-110 kilometers, Shahin missiles with a range of up to 150 kilometers and a 355 millimeter rockets with a 150 kilometer range.
Channel 2 New in Israel is reporting that Nasrallah was wounded in the attack, though senior Hizb'allah officials are denying it.
It is reported by Al Manar he is to give an interview on Sunday to prove he is well.
Alcibiades | 07/16/06 at 03:04 AM | Categories: - The War of Dire Straits
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There are three things that should be clear from the current events in the middle east.
First, there are far too many on the Arab side that only seek the destruction of Israel, so until the underlying hate is eliminated, there can be no peace.
Second, the idea that military responses to terror must be proportional is idiotic. That is where asymetrical warfare gets its strength, so proportionately is really just fertilizer for future terror.
Third, and most important, there is no such thing as land for peace. What we are seeing today is the effect of land for peace. Israel gave up land (or withdraw from land it was using as a buffer) and the only thing that resulted was the rockets and missiles can strike deeper into Israel and the terrorists can easily sneak across borders to launch attacks. I hope that what is happening now shows that land for peace is one of the worst policies to ever be attempted.
More on this topic at http://vengefulzhid.blogspot.com/2006/07/why-land-for-peace-never-works.html
vengefulzhid | July 16, 2006 03:46 PM
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