Israel denies breaking Lebanon bombing suspension(Hadn't Started Yet ploy)

[uppityperson]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L31105813.htm

ERUSALEM, July 31 (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it launched air strikes in eastern Lebanon overnight but that the raids occurred before the start of a 48-hour suspension of aerial bombardments in the south.

Earlier, Lebanese security sources said Israel had launched attacks after the suspension went into effect and that at least two air strikes hit roads near the Lebanese border with Syria in the early hours of Monday.

[madeline_con]

1. Time zones are so confusing. n/t

[saigon68]

10. Israel is just one of two terrorist organizations at work here

Their Air Force kills more though



A 500 lb bomb blows your clothes off really well

[tuvor]

2. Are adults in charge anywhere?

[IndianaGreen]

3. Are we talking Eastern Time or Mountain Time?

I am sorry, but right now Israel has the same credibility as our own Pentagon.

David has become Goliath, and not a very nice one at that!

[Ghost Dog]

16. That would be GMT (aka UTC), no?

GMT = Greenwhich Mean Time (London)
UTC = Universal Temps Central (Paris)

UTC = GMT.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

4. I thought the cease fire started at 7:00

No I know it wasn;t untill 9:00 :sarcasm:

[IndianaGreen]

5. Are we speaking Earth Time or Mars Time?

I am so confused by all the IDF press releases that I could swear I saw something about Hezbollah using Godzilla to destroy Tokyo.

[Ghost Dog]

18. Yards or metres?

:not funny in this case:

[Jara sang]

6. FoxNews Claims: Israel resumes bombing after airstrike suspensions.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,206314,00.html

Israel Bombs Suspected Guerilla Positions After Announcing Airstrike Suspension
Monday, July 31, 2006

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli warplanes struck suspected guerrilla positions in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria early Monday, security officials said.

Israeli jets carried out two raids at approximately 1:30 a.m. local time near the village of Yanta, the officials said because they were not authorized to give statements to the media. The village lies about 3 miles from the border with Syria and 34 miles southeast of the capital, Beirut.

[Erika]

7. Kill as many innocents as they can is their motto

before public opinion steps in.

[tuvor]

8. Supposedly the suspension hadn't quite started yet.

Gotta get a few more in there before the deadline.

[madeline_con]

9. Didn't you read the Israeli disclaimer?

In any case, they added, striking targets which constitute a threat for Israel will continue. (Ynet)


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3283945,00.ht...

[mom cat]

26. Oh that is a "real" ceasefire"! ........... NOT!

[Gully Foyle]

11. Horrible

http://www.juancole.com/
Blanford reveals that Israeli warplanes actually continued to bomb the town while the rescue workers were pulling ragdoll-dead children out of the building. That's cold, man. Cold:


' An earth-mover ground down the lane and began clawing chunks of concrete away from the building. Even as the rescue team toiled to recover the dead, Israeli jets continued to roar overhead and the thump of air strikes and exploding artillery shells reverberated around the steep valley. '

[itzamirakul]

12. I think the reason that our government is able to lie to us so

successfully is because they are taking lessons from the Israeli leadership. "Promise them everything, give them nothing, and apologize for it later."

The Israeli government should be recognized as the greatest liars the world has ever known.

[Ian David]

13. Using parentheticals to editorialize in LBN forum is against DU rules.

[AnOhioan]

14. Read the rules again

4. When posting articles, always use the published title of the article as the title of the discussion thread. Additional information may be included in a thread title (in parentheses) if it helps to make the title more clear.

[Ian David]

15. If it makes it more clear. Calling it a "ploy" is editorializing. n/t

[uppityperson]

25. you are right, sorry.Been watching too much too much Pink Panther recently

morning now and too late to edit, will be more careful next time and leave out "ploy".

regarding Pink Panther, Peter Sellers says "the old ____ploy" often in there. It was meant as a sardonic joke. sorry.

[rocktivity]

17. They didn't acutally say WHICH 48 hours, did they?

Why spoil the surprise?

:eyes:
rocknation

[TheWatcher]

22. Maybe it's 48 Business Hours

[warrens]

24. Maybe Dog-Hours

Or in this case, fruit-fly hours.

[tuvor]

19. ON THE SPOT: Loopholes let Israeli airstrikes continue (TimesOnline UK)

Stephen Farrell, Times Middle East Correspondent, in Metula, says that Condoleezza Rice's diplomatic success in arranging a 48 hour halt to Israeli air strikes contains two loopholes so large that it is having virtually no effect

"There is a large discrepancy between the words that came out of the US State Department last night announcing an immediate 48 hour halt to Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon, and the reality on the ground this morning.

"Certainly this is no ceasefire. Any Lebanese villager stranded near the border with Israel would notice no difference in the level of military activity compared to yesterday.

"From where I am standing in the village of Metula I can see Israeli 155mm shells continuing to rain down on the Lebanese border town of Kila at a rate of more than one a minute, causing fires and covering the hillside opposite in a pall of drifting smoke.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2293221,00.html

[KKKarl is an idiot]

20. I know what happened

Bush was on Eastern time & he secured the cease-fire through Condi. The Israelis then called for a cease-fire but they knew since Bush was on eastern time which was 8 hours behind their clock they had that amount of time left to conduct air-strikes. The other theory could be they were now after only targets that were of an immediate threat which means they will not be killing any civilians. By immediate threat they meant people who are terrorists now, not they children who could grow up to become terrorists.

[BooScout]

21. They have been bombing all day....

Israel has decided to deploy troops into southern Lebanon and says the ceasefire does not apply to that. Meanwhile, the people still in southern Lebanon who thought they could get out are being rained on by bombs, tank shells, war planes, etc. Frankly Israel lies and is still lying. It's calling it all a 'partial halt'........basically they are 'partially' shooting at any thing that moves.:eyes:

[KKKarl is an idiot]

23. As opposed to full halt

So this is like a person who is an alcoholic who one day decides it is time to give up on alcohol, after causing a whole family to die in a car accident. But he then says I think I will just give up on hard liquor & drink beer instead.