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Offline aldo_14

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5171616.stm
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The Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah says it has captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes across the Lebanese-Israeli border.

The Israeli defence ministry has confirmed the two soldiers were seized by Hezbollah, Associated Press reports.  The capture occurred during morning clashes on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Hezbollah launched dozens of Katyusha rockets and mortar bombs at the Israeli town of Shlomi and at Israeli outposts in the disputed Shebaa Farms area.

Israel said its aircraft hit Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon after the rockets were fired and bombed a bridge. Israeli tanks were also firing artillery rounds at southern Lebanon.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/12072006/323/israel-army-launches-air-ground-assault-lebanon.html
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JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Israeli army launched a ground and air assault on Lebanon after admitting there was a strong chance two soldiers had been captured by Hezbollah militants, a spokesman said.

"Our planes, tanks and artillery are operating inside Lebanese territory," the spokesman said, stressing the offensive began after the army said there was a "strong possibility" that two soldiers had been captured.
Call me negativist, but I'm beginning to feel more and more we're on the brink of a major conflict.

 

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Call me negativist, but I'm beginning to feel more and more we're on the brink of a major conflict.

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So, if I go abduct 2 Israeli soldiers, will Israel invade Australia?

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Hey, the **** was gonna hit the fan some day.
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Well this should turn out interestingly enough.

 

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How long 'till it blows?
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You mean how long 'till it blows over? Probably a few weeks. Hezbollah has been firing Katyushas at Israel for years, and Israel has been bombing Hezbollah positions right back. It might very well be that the recent lull in violence has been an unnatural pause, as has the IDF's departure from Gaza, and things are only now returning to their normal pattern.

 

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The **** has officially hit the fan, ladies and gentlefolk. I'm well and truly surprised (and, I admit, quite relieved) that I haven't been called up yet today.

I found Hezbollah's offer to release the 2 captured soldiers and Gilad Shalit, the soldier captured by Hamas in Gaza last week (IIRC), in exchange for Israel's releasing of thousands of arrested Palestinians quite intriguing. Shows the value both sides put on the respective lives of people. But that's always been so. Even more interesting is the fact that Hezbollah is apparently speaking on behalf of themselves AND Hamas - throwing out the window any arguments that the two organizations aren't in cahoots.
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The **** has officially hit the fan, ladies and gentlefolk. I'm well and truly surprised (and, I admit, quite relieved) that I haven't been called up yet today.

I found Hezbollah's offer to release the 2 captured soldiers and Gilad Shalit, the soldier captured by Hamas in Gaza last week (IIRC), in exchange for Israel's releasing of thousands of arrested Palestinians quite intriguing. Shows the value both sides put on the respective lives of people. But that's always been so.

Mmm.  But let us also factor in the civillian casualties both sides are willing to inflict into that equation, eh?

Even more interesting is the fact that Hezbollah is apparently speaking on behalf of themselves AND Hamas - throwing out the window any arguments that the two organizations aren't in cahoots.

I didn't think there was any doubt the 2 organizations shared ideologies.  What interests me is what the Lebanon government does; it would seem pretty evident that they did not expect this, and it ****s them up royally; either they engage in a war they can't win against Israel (at least not without it expanding to the mother of all nightmares - a full on Arab world vs Israel conflict), or they have to take on Hezbollah itself and risk a civil war.

 

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So's Sandwich :)

Welcome aboard! Not sure you'll really see HLP at it'd best in this thread, opinions are strong and we are used to heated debate, but I hope you'll enjoy your stay nonetheless :)

For my part, I just hope this can be sorted out with as little bloodshed as possible. A dreamer perhaps, but the world needs more of us.

 

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ROBOT HOUSE!

Edit: Bollocks wrong forum.  :nervous:
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Also, good luck Sandwich.  Hope you don't even get called up in the first place, but if you do hope you make it through fine. :nod:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5175002.stm

Palestinian Foreign Ministry bombed....

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I really wish I knew what to say, hopefully this can be sorted out before it escalates all the more, but at the moment, this is looking unlikely :(


 

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So if Hezbollah Kills the 3 captured soldiers, can israel kill 3,000 prisoners?
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If we terraformed antarctica and relocated israel there (this is assuming future technology of course) we can leave muslims their palestine and the jews get the new antarctica.

That should put some decent distance between them and there would be no excuses for fighting then. The jews can have Zion (much bigger too !) and Palestine can exist where it is. Problem solved. Well, there would be the small question of what happens to the poor penguins. Well, we'd relocate them to the north pole, which would also solve the problem of starving Polar Bears !  ;)
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Yes but how would you convince the Jews that Antartica was their real holy land? Penguins looking like Nuns would only work for Catholics...
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There'd still be the issue of Mt Temple. That's one of the major bones of contention there, it has significance for both cultures. It's a terrible waste of both lives and money for both Israel and Palestine to keep this up, but the idea of sharing seems to be so far out the window as to be an impossible dream. Israel has it's reasons for blaming the Palestinians and vice versa, but when countries argue, people die, no foreign policy, no religion, no amount of conviction will protect you from a bomb or a bullet. So people are dying for an ideal, one that both sides know can never be achieved, and yet they continue to die.

Is that conviction or just plain stupid. My Uncle lies in a near Coma tonight dying of Motor Neuron disease by degrees, he cannot even go to the toilet on his own, and yet perfectly healthy young men and women are throwing their lives away without reason, they honestly do not understand the gifts they have been given :(