Iran-made missile hit the Israeli ship

[tocqueville]

Missile, not drone, hit Israeli warship 24 minutes ago

JERUSALEM - A missile fired by Hezbollah, not an unmanned drone laden with explosives, damaged an Israeli warship off Lebanon, the army said Saturday.

The attack late Friday alarmed Israel because initial information indicated the guerrillas had used a drone for the first time to attack Israeli forces.

But the army's investigation showed that Hezbollah had fired an Iranian-made missile at the vessel from the shores of Lebanon, said Brig. Gen. Ido Nehushtan.

"We can confirm that it was hit by an Iranian-made missile launched by Hezbollah. We see this as very profound fingerprint of Iranian involvement in Hezbollah," Nehushtan said in an interview with The Associated Press.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060715/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_attacked_ship;_ylt=ArmuqrAzeh_a1FK3Fmw4KdUHcggF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

[LynnTheDem]

1. For fuck's sake...

So AMERICA gassed the Kurds in Iraq.

:eyes:

How the fuck can supposedly grown adults be so fucking stupid, so fucking idiotic???!!

PS; not meaning the OP; I mean the idiots in the supposed "government".

[peacebird]

18. suppose it was one of Reagon's AMERICAN missiles from Iran-Contra days?

:shrug:

just wondering....

[sweetheart]

2. Rocketic symmetry

In symmetrical strikes, remote about the place,
A trajectory likes boundless human race,
prison riot fights, ample loss of face,
recent death invites, a nuclear disgrace.

[leftchick]

3. wtf difference does it make where it was from

the US likes and promotes arms trading around the world doesn't it?

[LynnTheDem]

4. USA is the world's #1 arms dealer; so anyone killed by a US weapon

was obviously killed by the USA. :eyes:

And you know the rightwingnuts really are stupid enough to fall for the bullshit. Fucking unreal.

[malaise]

5. But, but, but

in the new world order only the US and its allies are allowed to have weapons.

[H2O Man]

7. The difference it makes

is that it indicates that the side that was believed to have lesser ability to strike at greater distances because of limited weapon types, actually has weapons that will allow it to do greater damage at a longer distance than Israel anticipated.

I say that not taking sides: I think both sides share in the blame, to the extent that their "leaders" are violent people. But the majority of the citizens, even if they are angry and filled with hatred for their "enemy," are being betrayed by their "leaders." It breaks my heart to see the little children from both sides, being exposed to the mental and moral illness of these "leaders."

Likewise, I share the concern that the Bush administration is attempting to arouse passions in this country, by saying "Iranian-made" weapons, in what appears to be a part of the "perception management" they think is required to make the US public accept the growing violence as necessary. Your point in particular is important, especially in light of the fact that the administration in Washington is made up of individuals who absolutely sold and traded weapons to Iran for decades.

[ladjf]

22. They must have had only one. Otherwise, they would have

taken out the entire Israeli fleet, a move that would have had devastating effects on the war.

[Sinistrous]

6. We now see the motivation behind Israel's obscene over-reaction.

These abominable attacks by Israel are part of the bush/neocon sales pitch for the war against Iran, long intended by bush, Inc..

I have been unable to believe that the Israeli leaders could generate this abomination on their own. But this allegation of Iranian involvement (by an Israeli functionary with no evidence, of course) is a perfect fit to the mold of the bush modus operandi.

The failure of bush, et al. to support a cease fire in Lebanon and the veto of the UN resolution condemning Israel are part of the program: bush, Inc. needs to keep the fighting going to generate a pretense for war with Iran.

Sinistrous

[LynnTheDem]

9. Yep.

WHat else to say, I think you hit it 100%.

Send the rightwingnuts to go die for bush & Israel.

[Junkdrawer]

15. And you're just going to LOVE the other shoe...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1635701&mesg_id=1635701

[Cooley Hurd]

17. That's it exactly...

The next chess piece to move will be the bombing of Syria by the IDF (to which a pretext might already be in the works - see this thread - a missile hit Tiberias, which is only 20 miles from Syria), which will draw Iran into this. Then all hell breaks loose. :(

[rzemanfl]

8. I found it hard to believe a drone had not been shot down before

it hit. Start figuring out how to walk to work, this is going to lead to the strike on Iran * has been wishing for.

[acmejack]

10. Afraid you are correct.

Just what the NeoCon ordered. Not so good for the rest of us living things...

[Cooley Hurd]

12. All of the Israeli missile ships have Phalanx systems that would've...

...knocked just about any drone out of the sky. I found it a bit unbelievable that a drone hit the ship, also.

[rzemanfl]

13. Didn't know that. Those would knock a suicide carrier pigeon out

before it hit.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. only muslim suicide carrier pigeons, however.

the christian and jewish suicide pigeons would remain untouched.

Now, that is high tech.


Yes, this is a planned invasion and escalation done by agreement between Israel and the US to invade iran. This is all pretext, this is all a scam. This is the October surprise from Rove in the making.

[rzemanfl]

21. But, but -Christians and Jews don't do suicide pigeons. Right? nt

[farmbo]

11. Breaking: North Vietnamese gunboats today repeatedly attacked US Naval...

vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin...

Something smells fishy here.

[rzemanfl]

14. Oh shit! I'm gonna get drafted and miss the Janis Joplin and

Jimi Hendrix concerts I have tickets for!

[originalpckelly]

19. Three words: Gulf of Tonkin...

Fuckers!

[Toots]

20. I think the missile also had a pristeen passport of Osama Bin Laden on it

So they now know for certain that Osama was the person that attacked that ship with Iranian missiles and Iraqi Insurgent assistance.

[Renew Deal]

23. The drone theory doesn't make sense.

It's just not believable.