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Post by Steve on Aug 9, 2006 14:04:45 GMT -6
Fox News just announced that a major invasion of Lebanon (100's of tanks, 1000's or even 10,000's of soldiers) is under way.
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Post by sybaelle on Aug 9, 2006 14:12:09 GMT -6
Oh boy, the Arab world will not respond well to this.
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Post by Keith on Aug 9, 2006 14:50:29 GMT -6
Israeli cabinet announced this morning they've given the go ahead for the IDF to move further into Lebanon than originally thought necessary. Move all the way North to the river (I forget the name), and hold the entire area until a multi-nation coalition of forces can be established to secure the peace...
Fox News
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Post by Steve on Aug 9, 2006 22:51:40 GMT -6
Fox News just announced that a major invasion of Lebanon (100's of tanks, 1000's or even 10,000's of soldiers) is under way. Now, several hours later, reports of this are widely varied. It's just an incursion...it's a full-scale invasion...it's the setup for an invasion...they just keep changing. I would imagine many people, especially those who are against Israel, say this is a sign of their disorganization. I find that hard to believe. The Israeli military is one of the best in the world. I think it much more likely that this is intentional disinformation to keep Hezbollah guessing.
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Post by Caretaker on Aug 10, 2006 4:34:05 GMT -6
directory.kol-israel.com/asites/?European carriers canceled flights Thursday to Britain, where airports were experiencing massive delays after authorities thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up aircraft in flight. Heathrow airport, the busiest airport in Europe, was closed to most European flights Thursday morning following a heightened terrorist alert, officials said. Flights from Tel Aviv to the UK were also cancelled, sources said. All airlines stopped flights Thursday from Brussels to Heathrow, which was closed until 2 p.m. (1200GMT). "For now, all flights to London Heathrow have been canceled," a Brussels international Airport official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with standing policy. He did not elaborate. British police said they had arrested 21 people in connection with the plot which was "intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale," a senior official said Thursday. Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson said the 21 had been arrested in London, its suburbs and in Birimingham, and that searches continued in a number of locations. German carrier Lufthansa said its morning and early afternoon flights were canceled because of "logistical and not security" reasons. No other Lufthansa flights were affected. Spain's Iberia said it had canceled four flights to Britain in total, and Italian carrier Alitalia stopped six flights through London _ four linking the city with Rome and two with Milan. Alitalia said it would decide later Thursday whether to continue the cancelations. Heathrow's block on incoming traffic applied to flights of three hours or less, an airport spokesman said on condition of anonymity. Congestion was building up rapidly at the airport as authorities enforced strict new regulations banning most hand baggage. Britain's Home Secretary John Reid said the alleged plot was significant and that terrorists aimed to "bring down a number of aircraft through mid-flight explosions, causing a considerable loss of life." ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [ftp]http://directory.kol-israel.com/asites/?[/ftp] US: The terrorists - whose airplane plot British security foiled - had targeted United Airlines, American Airlines and Continental Airlines August 10, 2006, 1:28 PM (GMT+02:00) All flights in and out of London cancelled after after Britain foils a major terror plot to blow up six or seven UK planes bound for the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Heathrow cancels all incoming flights amid chaotic queues in the terminals and disruptions at all British airports. All flights to the UK from Tel Aviv cancelled. Belgium, Lufthansa, Air France, Iberia and KLM cancel flights to UK. US raises terror alert to orange. Two people still sought by police after 21 overnight arrests. The suspects are all British-born of Pakistani origin. The US alert was raised to one short of maximum after Prime Minister Tony Blair briefed President George Bush on the security threat to the planes. UK police say this attack could have been bigger than 9/11, encompassing 20 attacks with substantial loss of life, had the plot not been thwarted by a British covert anti-terror operation very close to its execution. The British national security alert was raised from severe to critical to thwart any further threats. The planes were to have been blown up in mid-air by suicide bombers over cities in the US, Britain and other "allied" countries - possibly also Tel Aviv - by explosives smuggled aboard in hand luggage in liquid form to evade detection. Hand luggage is banned on flights departing British airports, except for essentials in transparent plastic bags such as medication, passports or baby food.
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Post by Murph on Aug 10, 2006 5:40:35 GMT -6
Have come with the same news as Caretaker *** British police thwart aircraft bomb plot By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press Writer 5 minutes ago LONDON - British authorities said Thursday they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in carry-on luggage. Britain's Home Secretary John Reid said 21 people had been arrested in London, its suburbs and in Birmingham, including the alleged "main players" in the plot. Huge crowds formed at security barriers at London's Heathrow airport as officials searching for explosives barred nearly every form of liquid outside of baby formula. Officials raised security to its highest level in Britain and banned hand-carried luggage on all trans-Atlantic flights. The extreme measures at one of the major international aviation hubs sent ripple effects throughout the world. Heathrow airport was closed to most flights from Europe. The U.S. government responded by raising its threat alert to its highest level for commercial flights from Britain to the United States amid fears the plot had not been completely crushed. The alert for all flights coming or going from the United States was also raised slightly. In Washington, two U.S. counterterrorism officials said the terrorists had targeted United, American and Continental airlines. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case. *** news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20060810/ap_on_re_eu/britain_terror_plot_33
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Post by sybaelle on Aug 10, 2006 7:09:38 GMT -6
And they think if we're just nice to the terrorists it will turn into a big lovefest.
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Post by Caretaker on Aug 10, 2006 13:13:52 GMT -6
directory.kol-israel.com/asites/?n this context, our soldiers should know that almost the entire nation is behind them, and in debt to them for carrying the weight of its future on their shoulders. They should know that they are not just fighting for themselves, their units, their families and their country, but for the free world, too, though much of that free world fails to appreciate the fact. This is so because Israel is not fighting an isolated militia but, as Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the visiting German foreign minister on Wednesday, "We are fighting against the Iranian commando, which is armed with sophisticated, modern weaponry. This includes Russian-made anti-tank missiles, which in the past it was promised would not fall into the hands of Hizbullah. This weapon is being used today against IDF soldiers in Lebanon." The IDF is fighting the terrorist arm of the megalomaniacal regime in Iran, which has openly proclaimed its ambition to commit genocide against the Jewish nation. If this were not enough, the same regime wants to dominate the Muslim world, and from that base, subdue the entire West. Israel is fighting for its own future, but it is hard to think of another time in history when so small a nation has done such a favor for the rest of the world. And the nation, ironically, that should be most grateful is Lebanon. As the brave Michael Behe wrote on July 30 from Beirut, "Before the Israeli attack, Lebanon no longer existed, it was no more than a hologram... Each Irano-Syrian fort that Jerusalem destroys, each Islamic fighter they eliminate, and Lebanon proportionally starts to live again!" Hizbullah's parasitical relationship to Lebanon had become so advanced that even now the Lebanese government seems unable to separate its own interests from those of the Iranian proxy force that plunged Lebanon's people involuntarily into war. Even now the Lebanese seem powerless to free themselves of Hizbullah's yoke, but a deliberate aim of this extended operation is to change this balance of power, to give Lebanese independence a new lease on life. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Post by Steve on Aug 11, 2006 11:19:25 GMT -6
Here we go again. First according to a military press officer, then the Defense Minister and now Prime Minister Olmert himself, the ground war has begun.
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Post by Keith on Aug 11, 2006 11:38:53 GMT -6
Yep. PM Olmert pretty much said NO to the UN's proposed "cessation of hostilities". If the UN only realized what we know is coming...
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Post by sybaelle on Aug 11, 2006 11:42:44 GMT -6
I can say this. I am on the edge of my seat in anticipation.
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Post by Keith on Aug 11, 2006 11:50:43 GMT -6
My eagerness at being with our Lord is only tempered by my sorrow for those who do not yet know Him. Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus...
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Post by sybaelle on Aug 11, 2006 12:20:18 GMT -6
Amen to that!
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Post by S F Lord on Aug 11, 2006 12:33:08 GMT -6
The farther they go into Lebanon, the closer they get to the Syrian border. And the closer they get to Syria the more nervous the Syrians get.
Like I posted yesterday about a news story that the Syrians were dusting off and checking their bomb shelters for "ANY EVENTUALITY"
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Post by Murph on Aug 11, 2006 12:52:54 GMT -6
I also am anticipating Jesus coming for us. Since yesterday military air traffic has picked up over my house considerably. I just watched a formation of bombers fly over head at very low altitude...they seem to fly in twos and threes...this was two groups of threes...one group a few minutes behind the last.
I live way out in the country and according to one of the two Arkansas Knights, the one Keith calls "wet rock," in a main flight path between two military bases between the north and south on the eastern seaboard of the US. Might be the hightened levels of security since the bomb plot was discovered in England...but it always spells something going on.
I know not until the last soul is safely on board will the Lord close the door...I rest on that and turn my eyes to the East...Amen?
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Post by Murph on Aug 11, 2006 13:01:02 GMT -6
SF...got a question you might know the answer to. Saw two planes yesterday. They had propellars on the front on either side on the wings and one on the top of each plane. They looked to be the size of a small air liner but were clearly military. Military insignia on them and painted desert colors.
Do you know what they were? Could they be a-wax? Is that what ya call 'em?
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Post by Steve on Aug 11, 2006 14:31:14 GMT -6
I know I'm not SF but is this what you mean? That's an E-2C Hawkeye, the U.S. Navy's carrier-based tactical AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System).
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Post by S F Lord on Aug 11, 2006 14:58:22 GMT -6
Duck...... I think Steve might have found your airplane. 2 props, but I don't know what you said was on the top. Did they have 2 props or 4?
Navy is the only service that flys them, carrier based. I see your VA, if your close to the coast then you have NAS Oceana. Home base for the A/C assigned to carriers out of Norfolk.
On a side note, you guys amaze me how you pull up and paste those pix so quickly.
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Post by Murph on Aug 11, 2006 15:04:44 GMT -6
Cool...dats it! Thanks Steve. I see the planes but don't always know what they are... but I know a stealth...and have seen several. Them guys fly alone...never see but one at a time...very big, silent, and sinister looking...
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Post by Murph on Aug 11, 2006 15:20:02 GMT -6
SF...I am about 150 miles or so inland from the Tidewater area, so not far by plane.
Thanks. That looks like what I saw painted desert colors, sand colored. They were flying north east, and what would be almost parallel to the coast.
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