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France Calls for Israel to Stop Worrying

Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 7:19:04 am PDT

France says there’s no need for Israel to worry about Hizballah re-arming themselves, now that the blue helmets are on the scene: France calls for end to Lebanon blockade.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The French foreign minister on Wednesday called for Israel to lift its air, naval and land blockade of Lebanon, saying it was unnecessary with the U.N.-imposed cease-fire holding.

Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy was in Beirut with his Turkish counterpart to discuss the deployment of a 15,000-strong international force to south Lebanon, amid doubt over whether Hezbollah would lay down its arms or even withdraw them from the border with Israel. ...

The blockade was instituted shortly after fighting began July 12, when Israel bombed the Beirut international airport, blocked seaports and began destroying road links to Syria.

“The blockade imposed on the airport and Lebanese ports should be lifted. We ask Israeli authorities to lift the land and sea siege on Lebanon. And we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring” of points of entry to insure Hezbollah weapons are banned, Douste-Blazy said.

“There is no longer a reason for Israel to continue the blockade,” he added.

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1 GunsmithKat  8/16/06 5:20:21 am reply quote 0

Yeah, Like the fwench are gonna do something about it!

2 JammieWearingFool  8/16/06 5:21:00 am reply quote 0

Will the French "peacekeepers" be raping young girls during this deployment?

3 harley2002  8/16/06 5:21:48 am reply quote 0

Sure lift the blockade. Your safe the French and the UN will protect you. Bwahahahaha...

4 Dr. Shalit  8/16/06 5:22:31 am reply quote 0

Blockade to Quarantine - reserve the right to stop and board - OK with you Paris?

-S-

5 Dave the.....  8/16/06 5:22:35 am reply quote 0

LGF in the Milwaukee paper today. Part of story pasted below.

[Link: www.jsonline.com...]

Janesville man spotted doctoring of photo from war in Middle East

He initiated uproar that exposed ethics breach

The furor over a photograph began in such a quiet, ordinary way.

Mike Thorson, a Janesville artist and part owner of a tool distribution company, was sitting at his computer on a Saturday, checking a few news sites after looking at his e-mail. On Yahoo, he came across a Reuters photograph purporting to show the smoky aftermath of an Israeli air raid on the Beirut suburbs.

"As soon as I saw it something looked very strange," said Thorson, 39.
Within minutes Thorson went to the political blog Little Green Footballs and sent a comment about his suspicions that the photo had been doctored. He thought of the blog because it had been among those questioning the authenticity of the documents "60 Minutes II" used in a report on President George W. Bush's record in the Texas Air National Guard.

The very next morning, Aug. 6, Thorson saw his suspicions posted on Little Green Footballs, and the story soon caught fire.
"I was really surprised that the story got to be as big as it did," Thorson said. "I certainly didn't mean for anybody to lose their job or anything like that. I am glad that it was exposed.

"I think people do need to have some sort of skepticism about the news: What's being presented? Who's presenting it? Do they have an agenda? What's being left out?"

6 Occasional Reader  8/16/06 5:22:50 am reply quote 0
And we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring

Well, there you go. We asked them. What more do you want? Silly joos!

7 canadianconservative  8/16/06 5:22:59 am reply quote 0

No.they'll allow themselves to be raped by Hezbollah operatives.... after all Blue helmets will be all the Hezis have until the day or martyrdom for idol Allah.

8 NoSubmission  8/16/06 5:23:01 am reply quote 0

France insists that Hizbollah disarm ahead of troop move
By Martin Arnold in Paris, Roula Khalaf in London and Harvey,Morris in Jerusalem
Published: August 16 2006 03:00

French officials yesterday in-sisted Paris would resist leading a bolstered international force in southern Lebanon without Lebanese government assurances that Hizbollah, the militant Shia group, would be disarmed.

The requirements were spelled out on the eve of today's visit by Philippe Douste-Blazy, French foreign minister, to Beirut - a visit likely to prove pivotal in deciding the fate of the multi-national United Nations force proposed to police the ceasefire between Hizbollah and Israel.

[Link: www.ft.com...]

9 ruexperienced  8/16/06 5:23:27 am reply quote 0

Sure, Israel. Nothing to worry about. But hey, isn't that what the French generals said about the Maginot Line and the Panzers ability to navigate the "impassable" Ardennes ?

Yep.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

RU

10 mojo9  8/16/06 5:23:58 am reply quote 0

"we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring” of points of entry to insure Hezbollah weapons are banned, Douste-Blazy said". yeah, that's going to happen.

11 Ward Cleaver  8/16/06 5:24:15 am reply quote 0

"Stop worrying, Jews."

What does this remind me of what the Nazis said to the Jews as they got off of trains at Auschwitz?

12 canadianconservative  8/16/06 5:24:21 am reply quote 0

Jews have been told "nothing to worry about" too many times in history.

13 Pooh  8/16/06 5:24:46 am reply quote 0

Vichy lives!

14 ddd  8/16/06 5:25:06 am reply quote 0

Muslim are all peaceful people it is all USA , Israel fault of course this done not explain why Muslim are killing ethnic Chinese, Buddhist, Hindu, Russian, Christian in Sudan, darker Muslim in Sudan, etc, etc.

15 canadianconservative  8/16/06 5:26:05 am reply quote 0

311 wardcleaver... I was thinking teh same thing.... as they were greeted by the little chamber music orchestras.....

Jews will ALWAYS have something to worry about. at least until Jesus comes back.

16 freedom rings  8/16/06 5:27:31 am reply quote 0

Brilliant idea! Why didn't Israel think of that?

/slaps head

17 JammieWearingFool  8/16/06 5:28:05 am reply quote 0

First the children are held as human shields. Now they'll be subjected to the French

So charming, so sophisticated. LLL's want us to be more like them.

And it's not just the French.

* A French U.N. logistics expert in the Congo shot pornographic videos in his home, in which he had converted his bedroom into a photo studio for videotaping his sexual abuse of young girls. When police raided his home, the man was allegedly about to rape a 12-year-old girl sent to him in a law enforcement sting operation. As the Times reported, a senior Congolese police officer confirmed the bed was surrounded by large mirrors on three sides, with a remote control camera on the fourth side.

* U.N. officials are worried that the scandal, which already has netted 150 allegations of sex crimes by U.N. staffers, will explode if the pornographic videos and photos, now on sale in Congo, becoming public

"It would be a pretty big problem for the U.N. if these pictures come out," one senior official told the Times.

* Two Russian pilots paid young girls with jars of mayonnaise and jam to have sex with them, the report adds.

* U.N. "peacekeepers" from Morocco based in Kisangani – a secluded town on the Congo River – are notorious for impregnating local women and girls. In March, an international group probing the scandal found 82 women and girls had been made pregnant by Moroccan U.N. staffers and 59 others by Uruguayan staffers. One U.N. soldier accused of rape was apparently hidden in the barracks for a year.

Congo's Minister of Defense Maj.-Gen. Jean Pierre Ondekane told a top U.N. official that all U.N. "peacekeepers" in Kisangani would be remember for would be "for running after little girls," the Times reported.

18 BabbaZee  8/16/06 5:28:26 am reply quote 0
19 The Other Les  8/16/06 5:28:28 am reply quote 0

# 8 NoSubmission

"No, no. You must drop your rifles first!"

20 Buck  8/16/06 5:28:31 am reply quote 0
“There is no longer a reason for Israel to continue the blockade,”

The reason was to stop the hostages from being shipped to Iran.

Get Hezbolla to hand over the hostages, and poof... no more reason for a blockade.

21 Ak oilfield worker  8/16/06 5:28:34 am reply quote 0

Have no fear, the cheese eating surrender monkeys are here! If only the Fwench would train the Hezbos's how to fight, then Israel would have nothing to worry about.

22 FlyingTigress  8/16/06 5:29:58 am reply quote 0
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The French foreign minister on Wednesday called for Israel to lift its air, naval and land blockade of Lebanon, saying it was unnecessary with the U.N.-imposed cease-fire holding.

I see that Joe Isuzu has a new career as the Fwench foreign ministry.

Cool... "Trust me"

23 steve  8/16/06 5:30:12 am reply quote 0

Trust us, we come in peace.
Bang, bang.....

24 vapig  8/16/06 5:30:17 am reply quote 0

The french really must think the Israelis are idiots! I'm so sick of the french - they should just surrender their country to islam and stop pretending their still - well . . . french.

25 miguelj  8/16/06 5:30:35 am reply quote 0

How about release the Israeli soldiers first, then Israel lifts the blockade? Think you can broker that, crapauds?

OT, but lest it be forgot: America's first combat deaths in WW2 were in fighting against the Vichy French in North Africa. 3000 US casualties in the three days before the French caved in. Remember Oran!

26 BabbaZee  8/16/06 5:30:55 am reply quote 0

Lebanese Ceasefire Plan in Jeopardy

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The U.N. ceasefire plan is falling apart, leaving the possibility Hizbullah will re-arm itself while Israel's hands are tied by international pressure.


Foreign Minister Tzippy Livni told CNN Tuesday that the government has evidence that Iran and Syria already are supplying Hizbullah terrorists with more arms via Syria. The government is relying on United Nations Security Council resolution 1701 - the ceasefire - to solve the problem, but the agreement appears to have been followed by more problems than solutions.

France has provided the latest hitch in the deployment of the proposed international United Nations force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The French General in charge of UNIFIL was quoted in a French newspaper as saying that it could take up to a year to deploy the forces.

Paris has promised to send thousands of troops to lead the international force to carry out the ceasefire resolution, which requires "the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that... there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese State."

However, the resolution also calls for "no foreign forces in Lebanon without the consent of its government," and Lebanon already has said it will not force Hizbullah give up its arms. The French defense minister also has said its forces will not take away arms from Hizbullah terrorist guerillas.

Thousands of French soldiers are on ships ready to sail to Lebanon, but the government now is backtracking, wanting a clear definition of its mandate and when soldiers can open fire, according to the The Associated Press.

In a classic "chicken and egg" situation, the French government has said it does not want to commit how many soldiers it will send until other countries commit themselves. However, most nations have said they will act only after France takes the lead. Germany, a major European Union power, still is hesitating. The government has agreed in principle to send troops, but they may be deployed in non-sensitive areas to prevent the unwanted situation of German soldiers firing on Israeli troops or vice-versa.

[SNIP]

[Link: www.israelnn.com...]

27 Anat  8/16/06 5:31:21 am reply quote 0

As an Israeli, what worries me most is our apparently incompetent government and the abysmal chance of replacing it due to a useless electoral system.

28 Earth2moonbat  8/16/06 5:31:34 am reply quote 0
29 alkmyst  8/16/06 5:31:54 am reply quote 0

Hey fwance:

I don't worry. And I don't turn my back to you, either.

What does concern me is that I'll have to go and find a new cellphone company, because mine just went down the can

George Soros up 10% on $8.7m investment in Partner
Soros purchased some 1.05 million shares in the company during the second quarter of 2006.
Yuval Mendelson 16 Aug 06 13:11
American investor George Soros bought shares in Partner Communications (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR; LSE:PCCD) during the second quarter of 2006, for $8.7 million. The purchase comprised 1.05 million shares bought at between $7.43 and $8.83 per share. This is Soros's first investment in the company.

Partner shares currently trade on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange at $9.18, which means an "on paper" gain of some 10% on Soros's investment in the second quarter.

30 canadianconservative  8/16/06 5:32:29 am reply quote 0

Jammie wearing fool....UN slimebags impregnationg young african girls?
No wonder the UN is so aggressive on pushing abortion... covers up the evidence.

31 mingjaiyo  8/16/06 5:32:57 am reply quote 0

This really pisses me off.Talk about being hypocritical! Believe it or not,fellow lizards,France has some of the most draconian anti-terror laws on it's books of any country in the Western world,a result of their having to deal with terror,mostly coming from the former African colonies.Recently passed laws include the outlawing of polygymy.Any male entering the country (a thing allowed under deals brokered as France relinquished it's colonies to independence-"we are all French so come on in") may now only enter alone.He may not bring in the 3 wives and 20 children,all of whom immediately go on the dole.They have laws on the books applying to suspected terrorists that would drive the ACLU apoplectic.And yet,in this situation between the forces of hizbollah and Israel,they demand that Israel drop every effort at self-protection and containment that Israel has instituted.Hypocrites all in the Chirac government.SPIT!

32 Stuck in california  8/16/06 5:34:28 am reply quote 0

Mighty Mouse is on the wayyyyy!

33 Earl  8/16/06 5:34:51 am reply quote 0

Lizards:

Never forget to boycott all french goods and services. It is easy. Below, a handy primer:

[Link: www.boycottwatch.org...]

Nothing french. Ever. Rien.

34 SteveC  8/16/06 5:34:53 am reply quote 0

OT -- Trouble on a United flight from England, it's being diverted from Dulles to Boston.

No link yet.

35 Geepers  8/16/06 5:35:11 am reply quote 0
And we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring

Um, isn't one of the whole arguments legitimizing hisbollah that they have seats in government and cabinet?

36 ibrodsky  8/16/06 5:35:39 am reply quote 0

There is still time for Israel to renounce the UN's Hezb'allah Preservation Act and achieve military victory.

But once the full complement of UNIFIL forces are in place, it will be too late. Then Israel would need to attack the UN to get at Hezb'allah. And that is what the cease-fire is all about.

37 observer  8/16/06 5:35:40 am reply quote 0

Not to worry, mon amis and Jeweeesh friends. Ze French will become a new Maginot Line along ze Zionist entity-Lebanon border and nothing can penetrate zat. (As we know from ze experience, no?) As always, we French will stand firm. Well, at least for a little while.

38 dottcomm1  8/16/06 5:36:15 am reply quote 0

reminds me of an old joke from after wwII:

q: why are the streets in paris lined with trees?
a: so the nazis can march in the shade.

i'd be surprised if france wasn't funneling money to any of the terror groups.

39 least  8/16/06 5:36:16 am reply quote 0

A fwenchified quote:
"arafat, we are here!"

(Original was Pershing?)

40 mj  8/16/06 5:38:13 am reply quote 0

The French are still collaborating with those who seek the genocide of the Jewish people.

41 Mike C.  8/16/06 5:38:26 am reply quote 0

OT, but crikey - 6600 people on line ? Charles ? Could you please stop being so popular ? Thank you.

42 Manker  8/16/06 5:38:45 am reply quote 0

OT:

An interesting point from Pipes

Strange war logic

And Israel, both as a regional power in its own right and as a close ally of Washington, enjoys a parallel preponderance vis- -vis Hizbullah.

Such power implies that, when West fights non-West, the outcome on the battlefield is a given. That settled in advance, the fighting is seen more like a police raid than traditional warfare. As in a police raid, modern wars are judged by their legality, the duration of hostilities, the proportionality of force, the severity of casualties, and the extent of economic and environmental damage.

The fact is that people perceive the US and Israeli might more as police action. That this is going to be a simple raid.

I guess they don't get the fact that the US army isn't the worlds largest police force and that US special forces aren't swat teams for the world.

It's war, I guess that europeans have forgotten what war is.

43 beblebrox  8/16/06 5:38:56 am reply quote 0

With the Arabs on one side, who want them dead, and the Israeli's on the other; which direction can they retreat to?

44 Khoffee_Onan  8/16/06 5:39:27 am reply quote 0

France does a Neville Chamberlain, the public shows apathy and /or ignorance, Israelis are not allowed inside stores.
Things start to look like the 1930's.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3291342, 00.html

45 ronaldusmagnus  8/16/06 5:39:28 am reply quote 0

Would the frogistanis kindly inform us what about Hezbollah's attitude toward it's neighbor to the south has changed in the past 30 days that would make it not ship replacement weapons, ammunition, missiles, etc., over the border?

Lift the embargo my ass.

46 Geepers  8/16/06 5:40:10 am reply quote 0

BabbaZee (#26),

From your link:

The French General in charge of UNIFIL was quoted in a French newspaper as saying that it could take up to a year to deploy the forces.

And that's their rapid reaction force.

47 JammieWearingFool  8/16/06 5:40:46 am reply quote 0
4 SteveC 8/16/2006 07:34AM PDT

OT -- Trouble on a United flight from England, it's being diverted from Dulles to Boston.

No link yet.

Today was the scheduled day for the 10 planes to be blown up.

48 SteveC  8/16/06 5:41:14 am reply quote 0

I still can't find a link, but CNN, FOX, and MSNBC have coverage.

Flight is United Air 923, and the plane has landed safely. Video shows passangers walking off the plane.

49 ORD neighbor  8/16/06 5:42:03 am reply quote 0

To a degree, it's correct. Israel should stop worrying and start acting correctly.

50 big L  8/16/06 5:42:04 am reply quote 0

test

51 MacGregor  8/16/06 5:42:16 am reply quote 0

SteveC

Today is the day the attack was planned right? Last week was a test run. They had today's tickets in the raided appartments.

The euro-cowards only care about themselves.

52 Edouard  8/16/06 5:42:18 am reply quote 0

"Remember the Maginot."

53 Earth2moonbat  8/16/06 5:43:16 am reply quote 0

#41 Mike C.

Wierd thing is, the site's behaving, at least for me. I'm not having any trouble at all, for the moment.

54 mama winger  8/16/06 5:43:27 am reply quote 0

Breaking: United flight from London diverted to Boston after trouble with passengers on the plane.

My sister is a United Flight Attendant, flying from London today. I hope she calls soon.

55 Ben Hur  8/16/06 5:43:29 am reply quote 0

Right. We shouldn't worry. We should just sit back and what Saturday Morning Cartoons, like they do in Iran (and probably France.

56 big L  8/16/06 5:43:40 am reply quote 0

46 Geepers--French rifles for sale:
Fired once, dropped once.

57 mama winger  8/16/06 5:44:07 am reply quote 0

They are saying it was a confrontation with the flight crew. My.

58 Lawrence Schmerel  8/16/06 5:44:28 am reply quote 0

It is 1938 all over again and France has not changed.

59 blue_like_jazz  8/16/06 5:44:44 am reply quote 0
Indonesia is ready to send 1,000 troops as part of the U.N. force for Lebanon, officials in Jakarta said.


can you even believe that reuters isn't telling us that they are all muslim, hate-filled jihadis?

/sarc for real

(this quotation is from the yahoo article noted on charles' right sidebar "israel to halt pullout unless lebanon army deploys".)

60 freedom rings  8/16/06 5:44:45 am reply quote 0

United flight: Fox reporting 3 suspicious men and some kind of altercation with crew, pilot declared emergency because of "passenger disturbance"

passengers deplaning now
Fox says Logan spokesman says 3 passengers had altercation with crew, state police (?) took control of plane

61 Spiny Norman  8/16/06 5:45:09 am reply quote 0

#53 Earth2moonbat

#41 Mike C.

Wierd thing is, the site's behaving, at least for me. I'm not having any trouble at all, for the moment.

Charles is still using the streamlined low-bandwidth version.

62 canadianconservative  8/16/06 5:45:09 am reply quote 0

Manker #42...
"It's war, I guess that europeans have forgotten what war is."


Let's not lump all Europeans in this together.... Poland and some of the formr east Bloc also subscribe to the maxim of "never again!"

63 flawed_skull  8/16/06 5:45:14 am reply quote 0

Guys, I just heard that Indonesia and Malaysia want to contribute troops to the UNIFIL too. We've been watching the eagerness of Indonesian jihadis to join Hezbollah - thousands of them. CLEARLY, someone in Israel must connect the dots? They can easily be embedded in the Indonesian force and actively assist Hezbollah in their designs.

Nebody else think of that?

64 dead sea squirrel  8/16/06 5:46:22 am reply quote 0
...amid doubt over whether Hezbollah would lay down its arms or even withdraw them from the border with Israel.

Let's dispel some of those doubts:

Hizbollah: We won't disarm, withdraw north of Litani

There. Now there are no doubts about what they'll do.

65 Occasional Reader  8/16/06 5:46:28 am reply quote 0

#46 Geepers: Yes, in fact the Lebanese are doubtless putting one of their best Hizballah ministers in charge of the "Special Hizballah Disarmament Monitoring Task Force". Problem solved!

66 got milk?  8/16/06 5:46:51 am reply quote 0
67 Silhouette  8/16/06 5:47:00 am reply quote 0

#33 Earl

Never forget to boycott all french goods and services

Some highlights form your link.

BIC(Oh no), Allegra, BF Goodrich, Dior, Club Med, Dannon, DKNY, Evian, Krups, Lancome, Le Creuset, L'Oreal, Vuitton, Maybelline, Michelin, Mikasa (thought it was Japanese), Motel 6 (really? wow), Red Roof (figures), RCA, T-fal, Fina, Yoplait, various alchols and bottled waters.

Biggest surprise? Wild Turkey Bourbon.

68 Mike C.  8/16/06 5:47:01 am reply quote 0

# 53 E2m

Actually working well from here, too. And that's on dial-up.

69 Earth2moonbat  8/16/06 5:47:04 am reply quote 0

#42 Manker

A big part of the reason why that is is that Israel has fought both Hamas and Hezbollah with less than 100% force. Israel needs to use the Powell doctrine, or risks looking like they're fighting "a nusance, like prostitution" (- J. Kerry).

70 tangonine  8/16/06 5:47:07 am reply quote 0

How does Israel expect Hezbullah to rearm right under the noses of the French with a blockade up?

sheesh!

71 BabbaZee  8/16/06 5:47:10 am reply quote 0

63 flawed_skull

ha... I've been thinking of nothing but that all morning.....
lets get all the most anti-semeitc nations we can to put troops there.
uhuh

72 canadianconservative  8/16/06 5:47:47 am reply quote 0

The only solution is to get rid of Olmert and replace him with someone who gets it.

73 mama winger  8/16/06 5:48:06 am reply quote 0

#66 got milk

I'm afraid my sister is on that plane.

74 BabbaZee  8/16/06 5:48:19 am reply quote 0

#46 Geepers
Unfrigginreal......

75 MacGregor  8/16/06 5:48:53 am reply quote 0

54 mama winger

My wife and father-in-law are flying out of heathrow to NY today.

Needless to say I'm a little edgy.

76 BabbaZee  8/16/06 5:48:56 am reply quote 0

#73 mama winger
Prayin gor her now baby doll you hang in there
keep us updated

77 bweep  8/16/06 5:49:03 am reply quote 0

It'll be handy having the French there. They'll be able to keep track of the bill for clearing up Hezbollah's mess and send it straight to the UN for the USA to pay.

78 Earth2moonbat  8/16/06 5:49:16 am reply quote 0

#61 Spiny Norman

I understand, but I've had on-and-off problems with as few as 4000 online even with the bandwidth turned down. There's another variable in the mix, I just don't know what it is.

79 Dave the.....  8/16/06 5:49:32 am reply quote 0
Motel 6 (really? wow)

French company owns it but they are locally run. This is a company I would not boycott as you'd be hurting the local businessman who runs it.

Stick to products/imports.

80 got milk?  8/16/06 5:49:45 am reply quote 0

mama winger

At least she is off of the plane now. It must have been scary. If she was on that plane, give us an update when you can.

81 freedom rings  8/16/06 5:50:04 am reply quote 0

United flight:

Now MSNBC reports woman passenger became agitated and emotional, 2 other passengers tried to restrain her. Pilot thought it was out of hand and decided to divert & land. No info about suspicious carryon items. "Never any threat to plane." No terrorism threat.

82 Praxeus  8/16/06 5:50:38 am reply quote 0

Well at least the media coverage will improve: More Media Icons Join Struggle to Reform News

83 BabbaZee  8/16/06 5:51:00 am reply quote 0

woman passenger became agitated and emotional

LOL
there are too many jokes in that

84 big L  8/16/06 5:51:09 am reply quote 0

Cease fire applies to Lebanon. But the Israelis could take a page out of the Viet Cong book. They used the Laotian/Cambodian border areas to manuever.
Thus as Syria brackets Leb. then the Israelis could go thru Syria to north of Litani R. and kick Hezb in the behind, from behind.
/I know, armchair dueler.

85 canadianconservative  8/16/06 5:51:09 am reply quote 0

Freedom rings.... We'll see about that. Smells like cover up... but perhaps someone who was on the plane can enlighten us through the blogosphere.

86 xyan  8/16/06 5:51:17 am reply quote 0

French and Turkish troops in Lebanon, US and British in Iraq, NATO in Afghanistan plus the IDF. Ahmedinejad sucks at playing RISK.

87 mama winger  8/16/06 5:51:49 am reply quote 0

Thank you BabbaZee, I will do that.

MacGregor - I will pray for their safety and peace of mind as well.


The thing about being a flight attendant, as my sister is, they are really on the front lines up there with very little in the way of defense, and the added responsibility of keeping the other passengers calm.

88 beblebrox  8/16/06 5:51:58 am reply quote 0

keep the updates on the united flight coming, guys. no tv here in the IT dungeon that the server room is.

89 Junior  8/16/06 5:52:04 am reply quote 0

“There is no longer a reason for Israel to continue the blockade,” he added.

PEACE IN OUR TIME! PEACE IN OUR TIME!

idiots

90 big L  8/16/06 5:52:29 am reply quote 0

11 ward--"Arbeit Macht Frei"

91 jpkoch  8/16/06 5:52:39 am reply quote 0

Somehow I wonder if the French regret part as the "honest broker". It was after all, Hezbollah who murdered over 150 French soldiers in Beruit 23 years ago. The French will now be "patrolling" in open country, and Hezbollah will be in no mood of giving in an inch. The first sign of trouble and the French will be out of there.

I wonder if the 5th Fleet in Naples will have a carrier taks force assigned to Lebanon?

92 Mike C.  8/16/06 5:52:51 am reply quote 0

RE the airliner thing, that can be and usually is just asshole passengers. I've seen plenty. Let 'em cool their heels in a federal lockup for a while, and good riddance.

93 republic  8/16/06 5:53:01 am reply quote 0

Israel isn't the only people who clearly understand that the U.N., and any resolutions, treaties, etc aren't worth the single piece of paper that they are written on.

Middle America, also understands that the U.N. is a completely morally bankrupt entity, impotent, incapable of doing anything positive for freedom loving people, but they sure have a way of making things work like clockwork for islamofascist human butchers!

middle America

U.N.?

/spit

94 Earth2moonbat  8/16/06 5:53:10 am reply quote 0

#66 got milk?

London flight diverted over disturbance

For what it's worth, today was supposed to be the day.

95 Isadore  8/16/06 5:53:23 am reply quote 0

Have the French made a single comment on their strategy for disarming Hiz "if" they refuse to disarm themselves?

(Seriously, have they?)

96 Geepers  8/16/06 5:53:30 am reply quote 0

Occasional Reader (#65),

And the next time Syria is chair of the UN Security Council they can check off on it as a job well done.

97 big L  8/16/06 5:53:54 am reply quote 0

15 cons can- I don't think the Jews are planning on Jesus, but perhaps the Messiah.

98 mama winger  8/16/06 5:53:59 am reply quote 0

My sister has been struck in the face before by unruly passengers. It's a job I would never take.

99 Isadore  8/16/06 5:54:50 am reply quote 0

Answer to my own question:

"French officials yesterday in-sisted Paris would resist leading a bolstered international force in southern Lebanon without Lebanese government assurances that Hizbollah, the militant Shia group, would be disarmed."

100 sss111  8/16/06 5:54:55 am reply quote 0

If the French are wrong, they give permission to the Israelis to bomb Paris.

/sarc

101 rabidsquirrel  8/16/06 5:55:25 am reply quote 0

I'm surprised the French component of the UNIFIL contingent is refusing to disarm Hizb'Allah. After all, the French laugh at danger....

...then hide until it goes away.

102 MacGregor  8/16/06 5:55:29 am reply quote 0

Thanks mama winger. I'll do the same.

103 SteveC  8/16/06 5:55:34 am reply quote 0

Got Milk? has a good link to the United Flight 923 situation.

If you aren't near a TV, the official story is that a woman onboard became "nervous and agitated" and two other people tried to "help" her, which made the situation worse. The pilot decided to land the plane for safety measures.

They're going to take the lady off the plane, rescreen, and continue on.

FOX says the lady is claustrophobic, MSNBC implies that alcohol may have escalated the situation.

And since I typed that, The AP says the woman has Vasoline, a screwdriver, matches, and a note that refrences Al-Queda.

The plot thickens.

104 taxfreekiller  8/16/06 5:56:17 am reply quote 0

Note re: the French, under it all now comes the new President of France, who will end the uncontroled immigration, legal and illegal, he will send a lot of them home, and France will be different soon.

then there are the few the proud, the American women who take stands the President does not have the courage to do...

According to Dayton Ohio City Police Report:
She entered the store and when unable to get the owner to speak to her in English, she tore down the Mexican flag, kicked open the door and after yelling at the store's clerk , she then called the owner of the store and left a message on his cell phone.."learn to speak English or get out", she advised him that hanging the Mexican flag inside America was wrong,
She states it was not a spur-of-the-moment action, that she was using freedom of speech fact he could not speak English forced her to the flag action, her only other way of communication as he refused to speak English, she says his Mexican flag only flying is an action of "occupying America" and its territory, and is an insult to all of our citizenship, she says she will repersent herself as lawyers only know how to repersent "so call civil rights laws" and I am on First Amendment Rights and the ACLU would not help her as she loves America,

She will have a hearing in Rhea County on Class D felony charge of Civil rights intimidation and phone harassment, theft of property worth less than $500.00 class A misdemeanors.

Discussion of the case will be held Aug. 24 says District Atty. Jim Pope,

ya lady way to go,,,, stand up for America.

June Griffin we salute you and your courage.

105 canadianconservative  8/16/06 5:56:37 am reply quote 0

Big L, I think they will find that Yeshuah & Moshiach are one and the same!

And those Christians who fell for replacement theology will be equally surprised that the Old testament is still in effect for Israel, and the prophecy dovetails nicely....

106 dgd  8/16/06 5:56:44 am reply quote 0

“The blockade imposed on the airport and Lebanese ports should be lifted. We ask Israeli authorities to lift the land and sea siege on Lebanon."

Of course the blockade should be lifted. How else is the French arms industry going to make any money selling second rate s**t to Hezbollah?

107 republic  8/16/06 5:56:47 am reply quote 0

#81 freedom rings

United flight:

Now MSNBC reports woman passenger became agitated and emotional, 2 other passengers tried to restrain her. Pilot thought it was out of hand and decided to divert & land. No info about suspicious carryon items. "Never any threat to plane." No terrorism threat.

It was probably just the racist bigot anti-semetic Jew hating Cynthia McKinney!

108 WrathofG-d  8/16/06 5:58:55 am reply quote 0

Although I am disgusted in thinking that Olmert will probably give in to these demands....

I find France giving anyone advice on how to protect themselves to be the hight of chutzpah!

I would like to REMIND France that the untrained, unfed, abused, and originally unarmed, Jews of the Warsaw ghetto lasted longer against the Nazis then the entire French Army!

109 hornet  8/16/06 5:59:06 am reply quote 0

The world renound fighting force "Fwance" has you (Israel that shitty little country) right where they want you.....so relax and carry on as if nothing has happened in the last 6 weeks. We (France) will make sure that Hisbollah will not re-arm, we promise.

This UN 1701 is a sham and complete insanity as far as Israel signing it is concerned. That was not a war, no one surrendered,.... except Israel to the UN, again.

Now Olmert can get on with his "convergence" plan unhindered.

110 Pawn of the Oppressor  8/16/06 5:59:17 am reply quote 0

"Have no fear - FRANCE IS HERE!"

Um... Yeah.

111 Spiny Norman  8/16/06 5:59:20 am reply quote 0

#67 Silhouette

Biggest surprise? Wild Turkey Bourbon.

I draw the line at American companies owned by French-based multi-national conglomorates: American workers are harmed by a boycott. It's cutting off your nose to spite your face. It's not their fault that Seagram's was bought out, or Uniroyal Goodrich, for that matter.

Actually, I still buy "French-owned" Glenlivet Scotch whisky, too, another former Seagram's holding.

112 JaggedSkye  8/16/06 5:59:28 am reply quote 0

#88 beblebrox

Their saying a passenger became agitated during flight. Unsure whether he/she just had an anxiety attack, or was being an attack.

But the pilot did request and receive fighter pilot escort back in.

113 mama winger  8/16/06 6:01:20 am reply quote 0

PAssenger was carrying screwdriver, vaseline, matches and a note referencing Al-Qaeda.

114 Spiny Norman  8/16/06 6:01:45 am reply quote 0

#112 JaggedSkye

Their saying a passenger became agitated during flight. Unsure whether he/she just had an anxiety attack, or was being an attack.

Any wagers it was alcohol-related belligerance?

115 xyan  8/16/06 6:02:06 am reply quote 0

#91 jpkoch
The French army is pretty tough, they will kick Hezballah ass if attacked. The only difference will be the media coverage. It's unlikely the Hezb will attack, and unlikely the French will bother disarming them.

116 Spiny Norman  8/16/06 6:03:08 am reply quote 0

#113 mama winger

PAssenger was carrying screwdiver, vaseline, matches and a note referencing Al-Qaeda.

WTF?

117 JaggedSkye  8/16/06 6:04:14 am reply quote 0

114 Spiny Norman

.. almost a given :-)

the real bet is it Cynthia McKinney or not!

/LOL

118 republic  8/16/06 6:05:32 am reply quote 0

#115 xyan

The French army is pretty tough, they will kick Hezballah ass if attacked.

Thanks for the humor!

That's simply the best joke that I've heard in quite some time!

119 descolada9  8/16/06 6:06:50 am reply quote 0