Archive for the 'Terrorism' Category

There is an interesting piece over at the Asia Times, entitled “Nasrallah’s other fight.”  Not only is there a close connection between Nasrallah and Iraqi clerics, but Hezbollah fighters have been in Iraq (and in fact, some 18 have been captured).

Indeed, Iraq in 2006 looks a lot like the Lebanon of 1983. For example, the Iranian man in charge of this whole operation is Hassan Qommi, who had the exact same job … in Beirut in 1982. Qommi helped Hezbollah instructors get to Iraq to train Muqtada’s Mehdi Army, which has staged several high-profile confrontations with US forces, notably at Fallujah.

Starting in 2003, Hezbollah began building up organizational and military apparatuses in Iraq. For instance, that April, Hezbollah opened two offices in the Iraqi cities of Basra and Safwan. The campaign, targeting moderate Iraqi Shi’ite clerics willing to work with the US, was most likely orchestrated by Muqtada and Hezbollah.

Keep in mind that even though Nasrallah greatly respects Sistani, he is totally at odds with him when it comes to fighting the US presence.

Also in 2003-04, Imad Mughniah, the top Hezbollah operative wanted by most Western secret services for his role in most of the attacks perpetrated by Hezbollah, including the bombings of the US Embassy and the US and French barracks in Beirut in 1983, was sighted in Iraq. Syria had most probably facilitated his entry on to Iraqi soil.

Hezbollah also had a specialty in Lebanon in the 1980s, which was kidnapping foreign citizens. Is it a coincidence that it was happening on a daily basis in 2004 in Iraq? 

Given that Nasrallah has sent terror weapons into Israel, and given that he is responsible now for the deaths of innocents in Iraq and is making it more difficult for democracy to get a foothold, and given that his future existence may very well cause the deaths of more U.S. troops, I would like to be the first out of the gate to call for a targeted assassination of Nasrallah.  This would be the action that mose closely comports with the protection of American lives, and is therefore the moral thing to do.

I don’t care how it happens: bomb the Iranian embassy, target him with a .50 caliber rifle round a few weeks from now, or send in Israeli assassins.  It doesn’t much matter to me.  He needs to go.

There is an interesting piece over at the Asia Times, entitled “Nasrallah’s other fight.”  Not only is there a close connection between Nasrallah and Iraqi clerics, but Hezbollah fighters have been in Iraq (and in fact, some 18 have been captured).

Indeed, Iraq in 2006 looks a lot like the Lebanon of 1983. For example, the Iranian man in charge of this whole operation is Hassan Qommi, who had the exact same job … in Beirut in 1982. Qommi helped Hezbollah instructors get to Iraq to train Muqtada’s Mehdi Army, which has staged several high-profile confrontations with US forces, notably at Fallujah.

Starting in 2003, Hezbollah began building up organizational and military apparatuses in Iraq. For instance, that April, Hezbollah opened two offices in the Iraqi cities of Basra and Safwan. The campaign, targeting moderate Iraqi Shi’ite clerics willing to work with the US, was most likely orchestrated by Muqtada and Hezbollah.

Keep in mind that even though Nasrallah greatly respects Sistani, he is totally at odds with him when it comes to fighting the US presence.

Also in 2003-04, Imad Mughniah, the top Hezbollah operative wanted by most Western secret services for his role in most of the attacks perpetrated by Hezbollah, including the bombings of the US Embassy and the US and French barracks in Beirut in 1983, was sighted in Iraq. Syria had most probably facilitated his entry on to Iraqi soil.

Hezbollah also had a specialty in Lebanon in the 1980s, which was kidnapping foreign citizens. Is it a coincidence that it was happening on a daily basis in 2004 in Iraq? 

Given that Nasrallah has sent terror weapons into Israel, and given that he is responsible now for the deaths of innocents in Iraq and is making it more difficult for democracy to get a foothold, and given that his future existence may very well cause the deaths of more U.S. troops, I would like to be the first out of the gate to call for a targeted assassination of Nasrallah.  This would be the action that mose closely comports with the protection of American lives, and is therefore the moral thing to do.

I don’t care how it happens: bomb the Iranian embassy, target him with a .50 caliber rifle round a few weeks from now, or send in Israeli assassins.  It doesn’t much matter to me.  He needs to go.

From Ynet News:

Hizbullah steps up attacks: Hizbullah steps up attacks: For the first time since the fighting in the north began 17 days ago, Hizbullah launched five Pajr-5 missiles at Israel Friday afternoon. Police officials said that long-range missiles of this type can carry a larger amount of explosives than the rockets that had been fired at Israel so far.

The missiles landed in open areas between Afula and the Beit Shean Valley, causing no injuries.

A short while later sirens were heard in the Haifa and Krayot area and residents were ordered into shelters and protected areas. Some rockets landed in open areas near Haifa. In a separate barrage a rocket landed in Nahariya, hitting a vehicle that immediately caught fire. Another rocket struck a public building in town and damaged it. No injuries were reported in the attacks.

Up until today, in 17 days of fighting, dozens of 22o millimeter-diameter rockets were fired at Israel, including several Pajar-3 rockets. A police official said earlier that the missiles that landed in Afula today were “of an unknown type, something between the Fajr-3 and the Zilzal missile.” However, sappers that were dispatched to the place examined the missiles and reported they were Fajr-5 missiles equipped with 100-kilograms of explosives each.

Ynet has learned that some of the rockets fired in the barrages on the Western Galilee on Thursday included 220 millimeter-diameter rockets. Up until now Hizbullah had launched these rockets only at Haifa. One of them had hit a train depot and killed eight employees at the place. 

So that we don’t become numb to it, consider these actions for a moment.  The missiles are still just area explosives.  They are not guided, and land wherever their trajectory takes them as governed by Newtonian physics.  They usually either explode harmlessly in a field somewhere, or they hit civilians, i.e., non-combatants.  There is no military value whatsoever to the places these missiles are falling.

Hezbollah is firing “terror” weapons.  They are doing this because they are terrorists.

Once again, Hezbollah’s actions tell us exactly what kind of people they are.  This, from Arutz Sheva:

Hizbullah stored ammunition and weapons in mosques, knowing that the IDF does not attack religious sites. Civilians were not allowed to leave so that Hizbullah could use them as cover. IDF officers said they ordered pilots not to strafe Bint Jbeil in order to spare civilian casualties.

A United Nations peace keeping officer from Canada told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that Hizbullah used the same tactic to draw fire on the UNIFIL post which resulted in the death of four U.N. observers. “This is their favorite trick,” he said. “They use the U.N. as shields.”

Nice.  They know that Israel is hamstrung by this.  Israel follows rules of war to protect non-combatants, while Hezbollah doesn’t care.  The world imposes an impossible situation on Israel: You have two weeks now, no more.  You hear?  Also, you can’t kill non-combatants or else we will call you savages.  Oh and by the way.  Don’t use force that we might consider to be “disproportionate.”  And all the while, Hezbollah gets a pass from the world leaders while the UN calls for the end of hostilities by politically strong-arming Israel — not Hezbollah or Lebanon.