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July 13, 2006

Israel hits Beirut Airport

Hizbollah is the defacto ruler of Southern Lebanon. After their incursion into Israel, in sympathy or in concert with Hamas (what was that again about Sunni and Shiite never cooperating?) and kidnapping two Israeli soldiers, Israel is demonstrating the consequences of others making war against it.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel widened its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas on Thursday, targeting Beirut's international airport and blasting southern Lebanon for a second day, police and airport officials said. At least 22 civilians were reported killed in the south, local media said.

Warplanes struck the runways of the country's only international airport early Thursday during Israel's ongoing air and sea assault against Lebanon, which began a day earlier after Hezbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. The airport was later closed, forcing flights to be diverted to nearby Cyprus, officials said.

In Israel, the military confirmed it had targeted the airport, saying in a statement it "is a central hub for the transfer of weapons and supplies to the Hezbollah terrorist organization."

It was the first time since Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and occupation of Beirut that the airport in the capital's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs was hit by Israel.

Meanwhile, Israeli aircraft and artillery continued attacking targets in southern Lebanon overnight, police reported.

More, please. And don't forget their allies in terror in Gaza.
"People are cheering this attack ... because they view it as a kind of revenge and reprisal against what Israel has been doing in Gaza," said Salah Bardawil, a spokesman for Hamas in the Palestinian parliament. "Militarily, by opening a new front against Israel, it would ease the pressure on us. Israel is using a huge force in Gaza now. It will have to use part of its military capacity in Lebanon."
I heard Dennis Prager today say we need to view Israel as the "canary in the mine." If the canary sickens, we can ignore it. When the canary dies, we can ignore it. But we ignore it at our own peril, because we are next.

Even if 90% of moslems across the world are peace-loving and wish no more than to live their lives and raise their families, that leaves something like 100 million Islamists.

100 million beings for whom life's priorities are not falling love, having a family, developing a career, doing well in school. All that is secondary to death. They prefer death than tolerating a world where others live, love and worship differently than them.

And that 100 million will not stop with Israel in the dream of dar ul Islam.

Question remains ... do you want your granddaughter to be forced to wear a burka?

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Posted by Darleen at July 13, 2006 12:06 AM

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Question remains ... do you want your granddaughter to be forced to wear a burka?

Do you seriously think there is any chance that Islamists would be able to invade and occupy the United States?

Posted by: Josh at July 13, 2006 04:14 PM

Well, they've already brow-beaten our press[*] from running the Danish cartoons...sometimes you don't actually have to invade and occupy to exert your will.

[*] under the laughable excuse that they didn't want to offend Muslim religious sensiblities. Remember that the next time the run something disparaging Christians or Jews.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at July 14, 2006 11:57 AM

Josh

It doesn't have to be an "invasion". IRA points out just one instance of willing capitulation.

Why is/was the Mafia allowed to operate pretty much unchallenged in certain neighborhoods, even if the locals didn't like being made to pay "protection?"

Look to France and that whole areas of Paris ghettos are defacto moslem enclaves no longer under French rule but Sharia? And in that climate even non-moslem women are forced to change their behavior (wearing modest clothing, covering hair with scarves, always chaperoned) to abide by Sharia least they be beaten, raped and even killed.

Posted by: Darleen at July 14, 2006 01:01 PM

Explain to me precisely how the US will go from its present state to one wherein sharia is imposed. Hypothesize the chain of events that gets us from point A to point B. Then ask yourself if that's really plausible.

Posted by: Josh at July 14, 2006 03:00 PM