But Nasrallah survived, and he is still full of threats and murder. "Nasrallah vows to strike south of Haifa; Hezbollah HQ in Beirut hit," from Haaretz:
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed Friday to strike Israeli targets south of Haifa, after an Israel Air Force attack left the group's headquarters in Beirut in ruins.The group was quick to announce that Nasrallah had been unhurt in the strike.
"Hezbollah's secretary-general, family and bodyguards are safe and sound," a Hezbollah statement said. Nasrallah's residence and office were destroyed in the attack....
In a speech aired live shortly after the attack, Nasrallah said the group would strike deeper inside Israel, which it charged with launching the operation in Lebanon to avenge its failure in preventing the abduction and killing of its soldiers by Hezbollah earlier in the week.
Hezbollah would also strike "beyond Haifa and what is beyond, beyond Haifa," Nasrallah said. He made reference to a new strike on an Israeli naval boat in Lebanese waters. The warship was lightly damaged in the strike, and there were no injuries, the IDF said.
"You wanted an open war and we are ready for an open war," the Hezbollah leader said. "You have chosen an all-out war with a nation which... has the capability, the experience and the courage."
Nasrallah said that Lebanon could either surrender or "have faith in Allah and victory," and said he was sure that most of Lebanese would want to stand side by side with Hezbollah....
A senior General Staff official told Haaretz that the IDF is planning to bomb Hezbollah headquarters in a densely populated area of south Beirut on Friday.
The IDF said it has dropped leaflets warning civilians of the impending attack and that many of them have left the Shi'ite Dahiya quarter of south Beirut, where thousands of people live in multi-story residential buildings.
"We will atack more significant targets than we have attacked until now," the officer said. "If we had chosen to bomb earlier, it would have ended with hundreds of civilians killed, and we took ethical considerations into account. On the other hand, we will not adopt a naive approach, and the model of terrorists hiding behind civilians will not be accepted."
He said any civilian who chooses to remain in the area is putting his life in danger....
Hezbollah official Ghaleb Abu Zaineb reiterated Friday the militant group's commitment to attacking Haifa if Israel attacks Beirut.
"We are committed to what we say, but we will decide the manner and timing of our response," said Abu Zaineb, a member of the Hezbollah political bureau. "The enemy must expect an attack on Haifa at any time."
Israel is attempting to put pressure on the Lebanese government and force Hezbollah to free two Israeli soldiers the group captured Wednesday. Israel has already bombed Lebanon's airports and blockaded the country from the sea, bringing trade and tourism to a halt....
IDF spokeswoman Miri Regev said Friday that the IDF has hit "dozens of rocket storehouses and stockpiles" belonging to Hezbollah. She also said the Hezbollah stronghold is "the place where the Hezbollah leaders, including Hassan Nasrallah, are located on a regular basis."
Friday's raids took place after Katyusha rockets slammed into the northern port city of Haifa on Thursday. Earlier that day, two Israelis were killed and 120 were wounded when scores of Katyusha rockets fired by Hezbollah guerillas rained down across northern Israel.
"We cannot tolerate a situation where a terrorist organization is operating from a sovereign country on our northern border and threatening well over half a million Israeli civilians," said army spokesman Capt. Jacob Dallal.
From above
"You have chosen an all-out war with a nation which... has the capability, the experience and the courage."
He is wrong on all three and neglected to include intelligence.
then , We are committed to what we say, but we will decide the manner and timing of our response," said Abu Zaineb, a member of the Hezbollah political bureau
Wrong again, he meant to say "After we check with our Iranian and Syrian masters then we will....
So is Nasrallah going to be as elusive as Osama? Hope not.
In the meantime, have Israel destroyed al Minar's complete infrastructure? That's a important requirement - their taqiyya broadcasts both within and outside Lebanon do need to be ended.
Opinion expressed by a retired Egyptian Army general of Nazrallah, courtesy of Egyptian Blogger, the Big Pharoah:
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My dad was a general in the Egyptian army. His comments are always so informative especially if they were related to a war that broke out. He had this to say about Lebanon:
This idiot Nasrallah. He is so funny. He keeps on issuing threats, he has no idea what he is talking about. What Israel is doing to him now is just gentle padding on the shoulders. Abou Shakha dah didn't see what we saw. Israel fought on 3 fronts in 1967 and it was hell. I was there, I saw it all. He has no tanks, no boats, he has nothing except a few toys he got from Iran and it seems abu shakha dah don't know that Israel confronted 3 of the most powerful armies in the region at the same time. If Israel wanted to brutally crush him it can do so in 1 hour.
*Abu Shakha dah literally means "this guy with the piss". We use this slang term to refer to a grown up whose capabilities is of a baby who wets himself.
like most Muslim leaders--his sense of reality is flawed. With so much hate on your mind, you cannot see the forest because it has too many trees.
exsgtbrown, I used to be confused by what the leaders of the Muslim world said until I started substituting "Jew" for "Muslim" and "Israel" for the nation the Speaker refers to. For example: if the Pres. of Iran is talking about character traits of the Iranian true believers, invert it and put it on the Israelis ( and vice versa)
It makes sense when you do it. The statements from these guys are the negative image of reality, or the mirror image, if you like.
It's projection and role-reversal when they speak to the Infidel world. It makes sense if you simply turn everything 180 degrees....
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"IDF spokeswoman Miri Regev said Friday that the IDF has hit "dozens of rocket storehouses and stockpiles" belonging to Hezbollah. She also said the Hezbollah stronghold is "the place where the Hezbollah leaders, including Hassan Nasrallah, are located on a regular basis"
As Usual, Israeli intelligence has done its homework, they know where the targets are.
To A_Plague_on_Both_Houses
Do you remember, in the old superman comics, there existed a mirror universe where everything was exactly the opposite of earth, good was bad, bad was good. a was b , b was a and so on .
You are correct. The Muslims cannot speak the works that would indicate they are at fault.
I listened to the Lebanese ambassador on tv last night, all he could do was accuse Israel and say that everthing bad has always been Israels fault.
When questioned about who is the aggressor, again, he said it is always Israel.
This is the Muslim party line--always blame Israel.
If they show up to look at the blasted locations, HIT EM AGAIN,.
KEEP EM ON THE MOVE ALWAYS SCANNING THE SKIES AND WONDERING WHEN THE S**T IS GOING TO START FALLING AGAIN.
Excellent posts Exsgtbrown!
I'm deeply worried. Can the IDF even hope to strike againts the frightening might of the Hezbollah juggernaut? The IDF is probably no match for a ragtag group of delusional madmen with RPGs.
exgstbrown - I didn't read the superman series but isn't that place you describe 'bizzaro world'?
I like to think of it as the 'narcissistic bubble universe' created by Mohammed... ( Ali Sina's term ) It's an alternate reality in the truest sense it seems. A bizzaro world where the polarity of things reverses and is the negative image of things here...
"live free or die" meets "convert, conquer or kill"
anti-matter and matter
"There can only be one" a la the cult classic "the highlander"
It's going to come down to that eventually in my estimation. The fact that it's been going on for 1,400 doesn't mean the end won't come for one or the other.
Latest from Jerusalem Post is the Hizbullah h/q in Beirut has been completely demolished.
Bill to Iran - $100m for new h/q