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I very well remember a time when our returning troops were not welcomed home. As I recall many received a welcome befitting an appearance by those sickos calling themselves the Westboro Baptist Church. Here at Ft Campbell we do it up special with each returning Combat Brigade. I have attended…
Egypt Plagued by Swarm of Locusts.
TIMES OF ISRAEL An enormous swarm of locusts is plaguing Egypt, in a development that agricultural authorities admitted they failed to predict. Egyptian Agricultural Minister Salah Abad Almoman said the swarm, comprising an estimated 30 million insects, descended on Giza, near southern Cairo, where it is causing great damage. ‘The armed…
U. S. Soldiers Ambushed by Taliban Fighters Kicks A** in Firefight
U.S. Soldiers come under fire from Taliban fighters and react with an immediate hail of suppressing fire to keep the enemies’ heads down. Once the firefight is won and the enemy breaks contact, the team does a break down of remaining ammo and supplies. H/t US Constitutional Free Press. …
Clinton announces cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas
By Julian Pecquet The Hill Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire in Gaza after a week of rocket fire and retaliatory Israeli air strikes left at least 100 Palestinians and three Israelis dead, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. Clinton said the truce would take effect…
Gazans fire 62 rockets at South, 20 intercepted
By YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST.COM STAFF Gazan rocket fire at southern Israel resumed on Wednesday morning after a relatively quiet night on the Israeli side. Terrorists fired over 62 rockets at various cities and communities in the South, with one person mildly injured according to Magen David Adom. One rocket…
Terrorist Attack on Bus in Tel Aviv; Hamas Celebrates
A terrorist blew up a bus in central Tel Aviv. Five people suffered serious injuries. Hamas celebrates in Gaza. By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Arutz Sheva A terrorist blew up a Dan local bus on Shaul HaMelech street in central Tel Aviv aroun noon. Five people suffered serious injuries, and two are…
Jihadists form “Islamic state” in Syria
JIHAD WATCH Revealing yet again the hollowness and naivete of the assumption that the Syrian rebels are a group of democratic pluralists. ‘Jihadists form ‘Islamic state’ in Syria,’ from AP, November 19 (thanks to Block Ness)… CONTINUE READING West Conjures Fake “Syrian” Government Predictably, the Western arranged confab in Doha, Qatar…
Dead Boy Used As Symbol of Israeli ‘Aggression’ Was Killed By…Hamas
THE BLAZE Egypt’s Prime Minister Hisham Kandil cried on Friday and kissed the dead child’s forehead, calling him a ‘martyr.’ CNN called him ‘another victim of an [Israeli] airstrike.’ Newspapers showed his photo as an example of the Palestinian civilians killed by Israel’s ongoing military campaign against militants in Gaza. The only problem…
Polls: Huge support for operation, not invasion
By GIL HOFFMAN Jerusalem Post Even fewer Israelis support a ceasefire. Israelis expressed strong backing for Operation Pillar of Defense’s attacks by air but hesitancy to add a ground offensive, according to polls taken in recent days. The polls were taken amid questions over whether thousands of IDF reservists…
Senior Israeli ministers to discuss cease-fire with Hamas
By Haaretz, Avi Issacharoff, Gili Cohen , Barak Ravid, Yanir Yagna and Natasha Mozgovaya Forum of nine senior Israeli ministers to convene to discuss future of Gaza operation; UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Cairo to discuss cease-fire efforts; Hamas-run Health Ministry says number of Palestinians killed in Gaza reaches…
The Escalating Conflict Between Hamas and Israel
James Phillips The Morning Bell-Heritage Over the last four days, militants in Gaza have fired more than 840 rockets at Israel. Hamas rockets have reached the outskirts of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv for the first time, thanks to the smuggling of Iranian rockets into Gaza. The increasing range and sophistication…
As IDF strike kills entire family in Gaza, Israel is starting to get in trouble
While Hamas leaders hide in underground tunnels, the civilian population is exposed to IDF strikes; the horrifying pictures from al Dalou family liable to be Palestinian version of Lebanon village of Kafr Qana. By Avi Issacharoff | Haaretz The horrifying pictures that emerged Sunday evening from the home of…
Amid massive call-up, many IDF reservists report food shortages
Some of the reservists called up for Operation Pillar of Defense who are stationed in the south are reporting shortages of food, coffee and beds on their army bases. By Lior Dattel and Ronny Linder-Ganz Haaretz “People aren’t getting food,” said one of the more than 30,000 Israel Defense Forces…
LIVE BLOG: Day 5 of Israel’s Gaza offensive
Two Israelis moderately wounded in rocket attack on Ofakim; ten Palestinians killed in IDF attack, raising death toll to 65; AP: Israeli envoy landed in Cairo for cease-fire talks. Barak Ravid Gili Cohen & Nir Hasson |HAAETZ Israel was bombarded by a barrage of rockets on Sunday, as Operation…