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Hezbollah militants carry the casket of the group's slain deputy leader Imad Mughniyah during his funeral Thursday in Beirut. (Reuters)
Last update - 19:32 16/02/2008
50,000 Hezbollah men said deployed along border with Israel
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press
Tags: Imad Mughniyah, Walid Moallem 

The Lebanese newspaper A-Safir reported Saturday that the Lebanon-based guerilla group Hezbollah has deployed 50,000 "activists" along the southern border with Israel and declared a state of high alert in southern Lebanon.

According to the report, the organization has also evacuated all buildings in the area designated for social or political purposes in recent days, in preparation for a confrontation with Israel in the wake of the assassination of Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniyah.

Mughniyah, the organization's deputy secretary general, was killed in a blast in an upscale Damascus neighborhood late Tuesday. On Thursday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah blamed Israel for the assassination and vowed to retaliate. Israel denied any involvement in the incident.
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Meanwhile Saturday, another Lebanese newspaper reported that Lebanese officials believe a serious military confrontation with Israel will erupt in the near future.

According to a report in the Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar this possibility has been raised in intensive discussions being held between Hezbollah officials and Iranian and Syrian officials. The various militant Palestinian organizations have also declared a state of high alert, the report added.

Al-Akhbar also reported that Syrian investigators probing the assassination suspect that "official security organizations operating in Arab nations" may have been involved in the killing, and that some of the suspects arrested in the course of the investigation were not civilians.

The report also said the investigation revealed that Mughniyah had been killed from a blast originating from a car bomb nearby, and not from a bomb planted in the vehicle he was occupying, as originally believed. The investigation revealed that the car bomb had been detonated remotely as Mughniyah walked past.

Lebanese security officials have identified the owners of the vehicle that exploded, Al-Akhbar reported. The reason why Mughniyah was in Damascus at the time of his death is still unclear.

"The investigations are being kept in full confidentiality due to considerations regarding the Mughniyah's location when he succumbed to an ambush," the Lebanese newspaper said.

Syria says will launch investigation on its own
Syria alone will investigate Tuesday's killing of Mughniyah in Damascus, contradicting earlier reports of a planned joint investigative committee with Iran and Hezbollah, government officials told the state-controlled Syrian news agency SANA on Saturday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki agreed with Syrian officials during a visit to Damascus on Thursday to set up a joint team to investigate the killing, Mottaki's deputy Alireza Sheik-Attar said on Friday.

Attar, speaking during Friday prayers, said that the team would investigate the circumstances surrounding the car bombing in Damascus, in order to "discover the identities of those who carried out this filthy crime."

Also Friday, Al-Akhbar reported that Hezbollah investigators would also launch a probe into the incident. According to the report, there has been progress in the investigation.

The newspaper also reported "hysteria in Tel Aviv," referring to the travel advisory issued to Israeli citizens traveling abroad by the Counter-Terrorism Bureau.

On Friday, a Lebanese source said that a joint Syrian-Iranian investigation into the assassination was well under way, and suspects have been arrested in the Syrian capital.

The suspects arrested in connection to the killing have been mostly Palestinians residing in Syria, the Lebanese source said.

Hezbollah and its main backer Iran have accused Israel of killing Mughniyah, who was also among the United States' most wanted men. Israel has denied any involvement.

The source added that Hezbollah has appointed a successor to Mughniyah. "A successor to Imad Mughniyah has been appointed, which is natural," said the source, who requested anonymity. "That's how Hezbollah works, they move quickly to choose successors of fallen leaders."

The source said the appointment was made hours after the announcement of Mughniyah's death in a car bomb in Damascus on Tuesday. He did not identify the successor, but said he was not one of the two names being circulated in the Israeli media.

Iranian FM meets with Hamas, Islamic Jihad in Damascus
Mottaki held separate Friday meetings at the Iranian Embassy with Damascus-based Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal and Islamic Jihad chief Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, said the Iranian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Later in the day, Mottaki held a one-hour meeting with Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa to discuss the Mughniyah assassination.

"We discussed the terrorist crime that led to the martyrdom of one of the most senior commanders in the Lebanese Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah), martyr Imad Mughniyah," Mottaki told reporters after his meeting with al-Sharaa.

Mottaki also discussed Mughniyah's death with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday, accusing Israel of retaliating for its "losses" in the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

The Iranian foreign minister said he "imagined it could exact a heavy price by assassinating one leader of the Lebanese resistance."

Mottaki flew to Damascus on Thursday from Lebanon, where he attended Mughniyah's funeral and offered condolences to the man's family and associates. Underlining Iran's close ties to Shiite Hezbollah, Mottaki sat between Mughniyah's father and a senior Hezbollah official.

Moallem: Perpetrators to be found soon

On Thursday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said investigations were underway into who was behind the car bomb that killed Mughniyah. He added that he expected the perpetrators to be found soon.

"Syrian security forces are continuing investigations into this terrorist crime and we hope you will hear results soon," Moallem said at a joint press conference with Mottaki. "We as a state will show with full proof the party involved in this crime and who stands behind them."

Moallem said those who killed Mughniyah "assassinated any attempt to revive the peace process," hinting for the first time that Israel might be involved.

Meshal said Thursday that Mughniyah's death would not deter the militant Palestinian group from continuing its resistance against Israel.

"We accept the challenge and we are not afraid at all," said Meshal at a wake for Mughniyah at a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus.

During Friday prayers in Baghdad, Sheik Suhail al-Eqabi read worshippers a statement that was issued Thursday by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr regarding Mughniyah's death: "The dirty hands have stretched out to get [Mughniyah] and he was sent to paradise where he became a martyr of world Islamic resistance."

Al-Sadr on Thursday declared a three-day mourning period for the death of Mughniyah.

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      1.   Hahahaha 04:32  |  Jeffrey 15/02/08
      2.   Internal coup 04:48  |  Avrum 15/02/08
      3.   Klown skool is doin what 04:53  |  Adrian de Klerk 15/02/08
      4.   I cannot rule out that he might have been whacked 04:55  |  Mark Lincoln 15/02/08
      5.   What consequences could Syria whacking the guy have? 05:00  |  Mark Lincoln 15/02/08
      6.   Syrian FM harboring murderers. 05:45  |  Abdul Hasan 15/02/08
      7.   The results of the "investigation" are a foregone conclusion 06:38  |  Conroy 15/02/08
      8.   he expected the perpetrators to be found soon 06:43  |  akiva (zionist) 15/02/08
      9.   What a wally 07:15  |  geoff 15/02/08
      10.   Peace with Syria ? a cheap joke. 09:36  |  Jean Van Daem 15/02/08
      11.   Let them name Dept. of Defense official he met just before explos 10:46  |  Just The Facts 15/02/08
      12.   Motaki+Mughniah 10:47  |  Soraya 15/02/08
      13.   10Jean van Daem,why is israel occupying Palestinian land? 11:08  |  lakshmi 15/02/08
      14.   mark lincoln may i suggest you stick to watching television 11:53  |  hussein obama 15/02/08
      15.   occupying? 12:44  |  rondi 15/02/08
      16.   According to your logic 12:48  |  JP 15/02/08
      17.   Lakshmi, how many terrorists attack on Israel between 48 and 67 ? 12:58  |  maurice 15/02/08
      18.   # 5 Mark Lincoln..Good analysis....get a job at 13:15  |  Stephen. 15/02/08
      19.   a small detail 13:29  |  JR 15/02/08
      20.   # 13 Lakshmi....why is Hezbollah, Syria 13:46  |  Lynn 15/02/08
      21.   Lakshmi 13 - It isn`t 13:49  |  ChanahS 15/02/08
      22.   lakshmi 14:29  |  The Judge 15/02/08
      23.   #13 Lakshmi - Because Palestinian`s tried to occupy 15:11  |  * BEN JABO 15/02/08
      24.   the only puzzle is why did assad assassinate him 15:12  |  peace 15/02/08
      25.   shylock homeless 15:23  |  shlock treffen 15/02/08
      26.   definitely is syria 15:34  |  robert 15/02/08
      27.   MUGHNIYAH KILLING INVESTIGATION 15:36  |  STEVE H. 15/02/08
      28.   Nasrallah the most Important Terrorist? 15:40  |  Magnify 15/02/08
      29.   So many islamofascists in Syria, bad luck for the West 16:01  |  maurice 15/02/08
      30.   To Magnify, don`t worry, Nazirhallah will go soon 16:02  |  maurice 15/02/08
      31.   meeting 16:33  |  Shmuelshachor 15/02/08
      32.   16, right you are 16:47  |  sherlock 15/02/08
      33.   One more peace initiative.. 16:55  |  Bo 15/02/08
      34.   Mostly Pals being arrested in Syria????? 17:09  |  Lynn 15/02/08
      35.   # 13 lakshmi’s preoccupation with occupation: the shocking truth 17:16  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 15/02/08
      36.   #13 lakshmi....why are the Syrians arresting 17:16  |  Lynn 15/02/08
      37.   The friends you choose 17:23  |  Sam 15/02/08
      38.   Iran`s involvement is clear 17:27  |  Avi 15/02/08
      39.   hit list 17:39  |  Bar Kochba 15/02/08
      40.   Please leave Nasrallah in the cave, he is learning hebrew 17:49  |  Fuad 15/02/08
      41.   been smoking see visions. 17:52  |  bozhidar bob balkas 15/02/08
      42.   when will eu, us incinerate iran, syria and clients? 17:54  |  frenz 15/02/08
      43.   How can Israel have any peace talks with Syria 18:20  |  Abdul Aziz Higazi 15/02/08
      44.   Blasphemous 18:22  |  Paul 15/02/08
      45.   Who is the next 18:25  |  Daniel 15/02/08
      46.   Mark Lincoln 18:28  |  ODP1 15/02/08
      47.   How many Arabs were killed by this Terorist 18:29  |  Abdul Aziz Higazi 15/02/08
      48.   Just a thought...Arrest the usual suspects? 18:29  |  bat yam 15/02/08
      49.   Why Israel didn`t do it 18:30  |  Tzfonit 15/02/08
      50.   Re #10 `Peace with Syria?` 18:32  |  Colin Wright 15/02/08
      51.   The Jury`s Still Out on Who Did It. 18:37  |  MIKE 15/02/08
      52.   "The war on terror" & all associated conflicts would have been 18:38  |  common sense 15/02/08
      53.   Syria.Iran Get REAL People! 18:41  |  Jimmie 15/02/08
      54.   I GUESS # 13 HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK GIVING CANDIES AWAY 18:45  |  HAL TRIPP 15/02/08
      55.   Tzfonit 19:03  |  ODP1 15/02/08
      56.   A mole in the highest echelons? 19:04  |  fiona 15/02/08
      57.   Foxes gathered in Syria 19:11  |  Michael 15/02/08
      58.   The Syrians did it!!! 19:13  |  Dr. Jack 15/02/08
      59.   Bashar Assad & Mughnia. 19:13  |  curious 15/02/08
      60.   Compare to the investigation of Hariri 19:20  |  Dan 15/02/08
      61.   mughniah execution 19:21  |  jeff 15/02/08
      62.   Syria has already determined what the Lebanese 19:24  |  * BEN JABO 15/02/08
      63.   Palestinians Arrested 19:25  |  Yosemite 15/02/08
      64.   It is very easy for Hezbollah to replace Mughniyah, 19:28  |  Akram Zekaria 15/02/08
      65.   Who dun it? 19:29  |  American in Paris 15/02/08
      66.   Hezbollah militants carry the casket (Photo) 19:30  |  Yosemite 15/02/08
      67.   Fatah Palestinians Employed by Mossad 19:34  |  James Kevin O`Leary 15/02/08
      68.   The enemy of my enemy is my friend. How APT. 19:34  |  Phillipe T. Lucre 15/02/08
      69.   To Obama Hussein, perhaps you saw this on TV too... 19:37  |  Jacob Blues 15/02/08
      70.   detained suspects of mughniyah 19:41  |  psi 15/02/08
      71.   The Late Great Eli Cohen 19:44  |  George W. Bush 15/02/08
      72.   blame it on the Palestinians! (as usual) 19:45  |  Arab 15/02/08
      73.   The pal suspects didn`t do it 19:46  |  Adrian de Klerk 15/02/08
      74.   Hezbollah did it? 19:49  |  Miransky 15/02/08
      75.   The Late Great Eli Cohen Part 2 19:49  |  george W. Bush 15/02/08
      76.   Response to Mark Lincoln 19:56  |  Dan 15/02/08
      77.   I bet the best Syrian regime`s minds are investigating this 19:57  |  Marwan مروان خوري 15/02/08
      78.   30 Sam,the Palestinian civilians killed by israel in the month of 20:00  |  lakshmi 15/02/08
      79.   Lakshmi#13 - why Palestinians occupied? 20:01  |  William 15/02/08
      80.   Israel`s new ultimatum 20:04  |  William 15/02/08
      81.   Hi ODP Not without repercussions 20:07  |  Tzfonit 15/02/08
      82.   Syria arresting suspects? 20:10  |  rondi 15/02/08
      83.   Colin#43 - Plausible but extreme logic 20:14  |  William 15/02/08
      84.   Hasan Nsarallah chara aleihu 20:17  |  rondi 15/02/08
      85.   The future article will read.... 20:18  |  William 15/02/08
      86.   Follow up to Mark Lincoln 20:19  |  Dan 15/02/08
      87.   THE KILLERS WERE HIRED BY ISRAEL... FOR MONEY 20:23  |  TripleJump 15/02/08
      88.   Why did not Israel deny involvement? 20:34  |  W 15/02/08
      89.   LAKSHMI AND OCCUPATION 20:37  |  Brant 15/02/08
      90.   Tit for tat.... 20:38  |  Blogowitz 15/02/08
      91.   killing 20:57  |  Maoma Zangano 15/02/08
      92.   Didnt the Mossad assassinate a palestinian activist in Syria?? 20:59  |  Soldja 15/02/08
      93.   bomb syria in next war for supplying ammo and hiding places 21:12  |  ralph 15/02/08
      94.   lakshmi-why are `palestinians` occupying WB ? 21:12  |  alan 15/02/08
      95.   To #17 21:16  |  Mark 15/02/08
      96.   Shame on Huzb-Shitan 21:22  |  Galvin Templar 15/02/08
      97.   IS HE REALLY DEAD 21:31  |  real vision 15/02/08
      98.   Palestinians detained! 21:35  |  Jon 15/02/08
      99.   Who Dunnit? 21:39  |  Mike in Nevada 15/02/08
      100.   Dear W (56), what about to see your doctor to talk to him 21:41  |  Karl 15/02/08
      101.   Mughniya Responsible For 1000 Deaths 21:52  |  Phil 15/02/08
      102.   Disingenuous Lakshmi and those of her ilk 21:52  |  Sam 15/02/08
      103.   No such thing as palestinian land 21:56  |  Mike 15/02/08
      104.   Mughniyah death 22:05  |  David 15/02/08
      105.   why assad assasinated him 22:15  |  adamo 15/02/08
      106.   WAKE UP, PEOPLE! MUGHNYIEH IS ALIVE AND LAUGHING! 22:26  |  A Jew 15/02/08
      107.   # 62 W.....They did 22:38  |  Lynn 15/02/08
      108.   # 51 Marwan....Nasrallah is looking 22:43  |  Lynn 15/02/08
      109.   # 52 lakshmi....Islamic jihad leader dead 22:44  |  Lynn 15/02/08
      110.   What? Pals trying to start a war?? Can`t be!! 22:45  |  Steve 15/02/08
      111.   #61 - a bigger idiot than the real tripplejump 22:49  |  Steve 15/02/08
      112.   Mughniyah was sent to paradise where he became a martyr! 22:56  |  AN ENVY PERSON! 15/02/08
      113.   TripleJump 22:57  |  ChanahS 15/02/08
      114.   great un teachers guess these pals got lost hire more such teache 22:59  |  ralph 15/02/08
      115.   Lakshmi 52 23:00  |  ChanahS 15/02/08
      116.   what is this world coming to pals working for israel blacks runn 23:03  |  ralph 15/02/08
      117.   lets start a game. weirdest event next week. pals working for isr 23:04  |  ralph 15/02/08
      118.   syria wants peace w. sir w.o. getting golan 23:04  |  bozhidar balkas 15/02/08
      119.   great investigation so far. we have date, place, dead man now for 23:05  |  ralph 15/02/08
      120.   Haaretz editors 23:33  |  Avrum 15/02/08
      121.   hussein obama 23:41  |  George 15/02/08
      122.   Now kill replacement quick and do same with next one. 23:50  |  Igal 15/02/08
      123.   To ODP1 on Tzonit`s point 23:59  |  Avi 15/02/08
      124.   Syrians should know a lot about terrorism.They`ve been behind 00:22  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/02/08
      125.   Abbas 00:22  |  Paul 16/02/08
      126.   Abbas 00:24  |  Paul 16/02/08
      127.   every last one of you know izzy did as sure as the sun rises in E 00:37  |  Assad-u-LLAH 16/02/08
      128.   #Ben Jabo. 01:11  |  Maureen Ann 16/02/08
      129.   Van Daem I hope all Zionists think like you 01:14  |  Truth 16/02/08
      130.   Ben Jabo and blindness 01:16  |  Truths 16/02/08
      131.   Maurice Nasrallah succedded some one 01:18  |  Truth 16/02/08
      132.   Personally I think he looks much better in the coffin hahaha 01:30  |  Dish It OUt 16/02/08
      133.   Kuwaiti newspaper calls it a "work accident" 02:37  |  Free Gilad Shalit 16/02/08
      134.   Hezbollah Successor Did It! 03:02  |  Jimmie 16/02/08
      135.   Syria first blames Israel, THEN carries out an investigation 03:03  |  Conroy 16/02/08
      136.   Source: Syria detains suspects in Mughniyah killing 03:20  |  Walt 16/02/08
      137.   A fitting death for this monster - #97 03:49  |  William 16/02/08
      138.   Personally I Think It Was Bugs Bunny _ That Dwated Wabbit 03:51  |  Eli 16/02/08
      139.   NO big deal, done all the time 04:07  |  * BEN JABO 16/02/08
      140.   Nr 13-Laksmuck of India, Read your KKKoran 04:20  |  Cristo 16/02/08
      141.   So who gets to collect the bounty money??? 04:33  |  Voice of Reason 16/02/08
      142.   SYRIA DETAINS (PALESTINIAN) SUSPECTS! 04:38  |  LJF-CANADA 16/02/08
      143.   Syrian President Hafez Assad once told PLO leader Yassir Arafat: 05:22  |  Joseph . E 16/02/08
      144.   So who gets to collect the bounty money??? 05:51  |  George 16/02/08
      145.   #78 - That`s strange Lakshmi 09:02  |  JES 16/02/08
      146.   Owners of the car were Palestinians.... 09:48  |  Palestinian Brit 16/02/08
      147.   Killing is killing.... 09:54  |  Palestinian Brit 16/02/08
      148.   Joseph E, that`s like saying 09:59  |  ELIAS KHOURY 16/02/08
      149.   Syria`s leaders are fools 10:01  |  Palestinian Prince 16/02/08
      150.   Check the Grassy Knoll Nearby 11:19  |  Mark 16/02/08
      151.   "Syrian security forces are continuing investigations" 11:34  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/02/08
      152.   Hezballoh killed Mughniyah, blame another 11:38  |  Jack 16/02/08
      153.   #77, Marwan`s prediction has been fulfilled 11:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/02/08
      154.   Israel is the only beneficiary to the killing 11:42  |  pal 16/02/08
      155.   Arab logic is unique 11:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/02/08
      156.   # 139. Ben Jabo. Point well made.....however. 11:51  |  Stephen. 16/02/08
      157.   Where is the body?? everyone should be asking? 11:54  |  Dror 16/02/08
      158.   Mughni sure was a sought-after guy... 11:57  |  Esther 16/02/08
      159.   What Arab "intelligence" it must be a joke? 12:09  |  El-Birawi 16/02/08
      160.   Too many suspects. 12:15  |  a wandering Jew 16/02/08
      161.   The plot thickens.... 12:22  |  The Judge 16/02/08
      162.   50,000 hezbollah deployed in S. Lebanon? 12:56  |  S 16/02/08
      163.   hezbollah willing to use toxic gas 13:07  |  watcher 16/02/08
      164.   Re Cipora #155 13:15  |  Esther 16/02/08
      165.   The" spark" that could just start a war....! 13:34  |  Stephen. 16/02/08
      166.   Mughniyah`s demise. 13:35  |  sandra chitayat 16/02/08
      167.   Lakshmi 78 13:37  |  ChanahS 16/02/08
      168.   # 148 elias 13:43  |  danny 16/02/08
      169.   Cipora and Logic and Strange Animals 14:01  |  Dorothy 16/02/08
      170.   El Birawi 14:05  |  The Judge 16/02/08
      171.   #127 assad u allah 14:09  |  danny 16/02/08
      172.   #157 Dror makes a good point! 14:09  |  tim 16/02/08
      173.   #154 PAL 14:13  |  J. B. 16/02/08
      174.   #149 Pal Prince 14:16  |  J. B. 16/02/08
      175.   102 Sam,israel does not have to hand out candies or plan anything 14:17  |  lakshmi 16/02/08
      176.   If Israel destroyed Hezbollah in Lebanon2? 14:54  |  Chris Linthwaite 16/02/08
      177.   As always, use your common sense and ask this question 14:56  |  Clickfool 16/02/08
      178.   Dror 157 14:59  |  Analyst 16/02/08
      179.   It will come out, NASRALLAH himself ordered this killing 15:05  |  Completely Logical 16/02/08
      180.   50,000 Iranian foot soldiers in Lebanon and Virgins 15:13  |  Brod 16/02/08
      181.   So it is not Israel that killed him after all 15:13  |  Abu Yusuf 16/02/08
      182.   dorothy some are born rightwingers and others left 15:26  |  bostonian 16/02/08
      183.   Friday Prayers, A TIME FOR HATE! 15:27  |  FOX 16/02/08
      184.   dorothy "what arabs say and what they do" 15:30  |  bostonian 16/02/08
      185.   If 50000 Hezb. are deployed, it means that Lebanese should leave 15:30  |  Vittorio 16/02/08
      186.   The headline to the article fails to mention the 50,000 women, 15:32  |  Murray of Montreal 16/02/08
      187.   dorothy "how other minds might think" 15:33  |  bostonian 16/02/08
      188.   Free Lakshmi from the Gaza Zoo (#35) 15:34  |  Steve 16/02/08
      189.   So Who killed Maghniyah? 15:37  |  FOX 16/02/08
      190.   dorothy "maybe they will torture others" 15:37  |  oklahoma 16/02/08
      191.   EVEN ISRAEL DOESN`T DARE TO ADMIT IT 15:43  |  indrajaya 16/02/08
      192.   #163 Use of toxic gas. 15:43  |  Dutch Dirk 16/02/08
      193.   To El-Birawi (with due respect) 15:45  |  Avi 16/02/08
      194.   # 169 Dorothy......actually, Tossi didn`t bring up 15:46  |  Lynn 16/02/08
      195.   Occupation? 15:47  |  Your neighbour 16/02/08
      196.   # 170 Judge....we have sent captured combatants 15:48  |  Lynn 16/02/08
      197.   Occupation? 15:49  |  Your neighbour 16/02/08
      198.   Syria is more interested in Lebanon than Israel`s Golan and the 15:50  |  Avi 16/02/08
      199.   # 159 El Birawi...might just be the way 15:54  |  Lynn 16/02/08
      200.   lakshmi: why is it that no reports of any maltreatment 15:57  |  Avi 16/02/08
      201.   lakshmi: let me ask you this 16:02  |  Avi 16/02/08
      202.   They only need about 100 16:05  |  Mike 16/02/08
      203.   Just The Facts # 11 Lots Of People 16:07  |  Jeff Northridge 16/02/08
      204.   #162, S 16:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/02/08
      205.   Magnaia was killed for the 3rd time ? he will be killed for the 4 16:12  |  Sal 16/02/08
      206.   ODP1 16:14  |  Mark Lincoln 16/02/08
      207.   Sal: It is funny how most simply accept that Muggy is dead 16:24  |  Avi 16/02/08
      208.   # 148 ELIAS KHOURY 16:31  |  Joseph E . post 1 16/02/08
      209.   # 148 ELIAS KHOURY 16:33  |  Joseph E . post 2 16/02/08
      210.   So Who killed Meshugeneh? 16:37  |  peter 16/02/08
      211.   UNFIL - protect that border 16:37  |  William 16/02/08
      212.   # 148 ELIAS KHOURY 16:41  |  Joseph E . Post 3 16/02/08
      213.   What about UN Res 1701 16:41  |  Headly 16/02/08
      214.   Logistical Problem 16:41  |  Johnson 16/02/08
      215.   # 193 Avi...the US has sent prisoners to Syria 16:41  |  Lynn 16/02/08
      216.   # 148 ELIAS KHOURY 16:46  |  Joseph E . Post 4 16/02/08
      217.   # 191 Indy...an explosion in Gaza 16:47  |  Lynn 16/02/08
      218.   Dutch Dirk - Hezbollah to inflict pain. With what purpose? 16:47  |  Jeroen de Jager 16/02/08
      219.   #169, Dorothy, there is only one recognized logic 16:51  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/02/08
      220.   Indrajaya # 191 16:52  |  ChanahS 16/02/08
      221.   It is easier to kill them all when they are together 16:52  |  realist 16/02/08
      222.   50,000 less to worry about 16:54  |  Chaim Gorenstein 16/02/08
      223.   Clickfool 177 16:55  |  ChanahS 16/02/08
      224.   Cipora #204 No, I didn`t hear Siniora`s speech 17:00  |  S 16/02/08
      225.   #224, S 17:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/02/08
      226.   Re Joseph #216 17:29  |  Esther 16/02/08
      227.   A ticket reading "Martyr of world Islamic resistance." 17:33  |  Karl 16/02/08
      228.   Welcome to Damascus,Gen.Ghassem Soleimani. 17:45  |  Stephen. 16/02/08
      229.   DOROTHY 17:47  |  Gabe1 16/02/08
      230.   Joseph #212, I`ll make it even more simple for you 17:48  |  ELIAS KHOURY 16/02/08
      231.   223 17:49  |  keith 16/02/08
      232.   Esther: what has Joseph said that does not make sense to you? 17:50  |  Avi 16/02/08
      233.   JOSEPH E, you address me as if I`m Muslim 17:51  |  ELIAS KHOURY 16/02/08
      234.   For Cipora and S re the 50,000... 17:52  |  Esther 16/02/08
      235.   #130 Truths - The land you`ve living on was stolen 17:57  |  * BEN JABO 16/02/08
      236.   #128 Maureen Ann - First of all 18:02  |  * BEN JABO 16/02/08
      237.   50,000 I didnt know Hezbolllah had enought hiding places 18:04  |  Dish It Out 16/02/08
      238.   Haaretz this is An Uncompleted Eulogy to Our Friends.Put Out Plea 18:06  |  KATHY 16/02/08
      239.   #234, Esther 18:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/02/08
      240.   Defeat Terrorists step by step 18:32  |  We are winning 16/02/08
      241.   Defeat Terrorists step by step 18:32  |  We are winning 16/02/08
      242.   heads in sand 18:46  |  ka 16/02/08
      243.   believe us we have more than 100000 militant 18:53  |  hezbollah fighter 16/02/08
      244.   How to deploy 50,000 men without being noticed 18:54  |  Mark Lincoln 16/02/08
      245.   # 234 Esther to Cipora 18:56  |  Lynn 16/02/08
      246.   To Dorothy (#169) and CJK (#219) re "logic" 18:56  |  Morris Valentine 16/02/08
      247.   Hi! Lynn, both assassinations do appear to be inside jobs. 19:02  |  bill gordon 16/02/08
      248.   Re Cipora #239 19:08  |  Esther 16/02/08
      249.   Talking about HYSTERIA wasn`t NASRALA HYSTERIC 19:11  |  Gil 16/02/08
      250.   there will be no war unless israel attacks 19:17  |  mehmet 16/02/08
      251.   Bush and Cheny will soon attack Iran... 19:29  |  HonestAbe 16/02/08
      252.   Sounds like an easy IAF target 19:29  |  a wandering Jew 16/02/08
      253.   Sounds like an easy IAF target 19:29  |  a wandering Jew 16/02/08
      254.   CLICKFOOL (#177) The USA has more reasons to have him dead 19:30  |  Gil 16/02/08
      255.   CLICKFOOL (#177) The USA has more reasons to have him dead 19:31  |  Gil 16/02/08
      256.   Hello Ka in Israel,a niceway of putting where their heads are. 19:39  |  bill gordon 16/02/08
      257.   240 Paradise - you are not winning - you sewing seeds of the end 19:41  |  Jeremy Martin 16/02/08
      258.   Justification for use of bomblets 19:43  |  William 16/02/08
      259.   Israel now has the proper munitions, so bring it on 19:43  |  Jason 16/02/08
      260.   Mark Lincoln #243 - magic carpets 19:47  |  William 16/02/08
      261.   #36 because they couldnt get their hands on jews 19:51  |  boxley 16/02/08
      262.   Who benefits? 19:51  |  Colin Wright 16/02/08
      263.   safe, stable isr w.o. safe, stable plstn? 19:57  |  bozhidar balkas 16/02/08
      264.   He did not identify the successor, but said he was not one of the 20:08  |  Jew 16/02/08
      265.   rE: 50,000 Hezbollah troops?! 20:14  |  Yonatan 16/02/08
      266.   It was a retaliation for killing that woman RIGHT ??? 20:21  |  M. S. 16/02/08
      267.   just as likely Assad, Iran, Nasrallah, etc.. 20:29  |  JJ 16/02/08
      268.   #61 Jeff in Toronto Bravo! 20:34  |  Travis 16/02/08
      269.   # 259 - Bring it on 20:35  |  Ready 16/02/08
      270.   Israel`s neighbors 20:36  |  Paul 16/02/08
      271.   If Hezbollah wants war they will get it and this time 20:44  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/02/08
      272.   LYNN Thanks for the Lebanon newscast CLICKFOOL Read 20:45  |  Gil 16/02/08
      273.   LYNN Thanks for the Lebanon newscast CLICKFOOL Read 20:46  |  Gil 16/02/08
      274.   William - the fundamental flaws with the story 20:47  |  Mark Lincoln 16/02/08
      275.   50,000 Hezbollah thugs taking positions behind women and children 20:49  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/02/08
      276.   50,000 Hezbollah males (men?) 20:57  |  Evan 16/02/08
      277.   Need a load of bananas for 50,000 monkeys 21:01  |  Ilan 16/02/08
      278.   # 243 hezbollah fighter...great, just what 21:01  |  Lynn 16/02/08
      279.   #243 Hey hezbollah coward fighter hiding behing kids 21:15  |  U R nothing 16/02/08
      280.   hizbullah 21:31  |  Joseph (Lebanese) 16/02/08
      281.   Yonatan, regarding 50,000 21:38  |  Bernie 16/02/08
      282.   #246 Morris Valentine 21:41  |  Labhras 16/02/08
      283.   # 182 bostonian re:Dorothy..Just Read On..Funny Woman 21:41  |  KATHY 16/02/08
      284.   colin wright # 262 i hope your right and i also hope syria and 21:42  |  terrornator 16/02/08
      285.   #259 Jason 21:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 16/02/08
      286.   IRAN Blamed Arabs,Israel AND West.Are they going to declare war 21:44  |  PETER SM 16/02/08
      287.   Cipora and Logic/ only two? 21:48  |  Dorothy 16/02/08
      288.   Suicide Bombers, Car Bombs, Etc - Israel Are You Prepared? 21:53  |  chet 16/02/08
      289.   Morris Valentine- Logic 21:55  |  Dorothy 16/02/08
      290.   #257 21:56  |  X` 16/02/08
      291.   #2 what you say is true. the murder of this man was carried out 22:03  |  psi 16/02/08
      292.   # 124 Marwan..Syrians should knowa lot about terrorism,They`ve 22:18  |  KATHY 16/02/08
      293.   # 247 bill gordon .....Hello, not the one in Gaza 22:35  |  Lynn 16/02/08
      294.   #246 Morris Valentine.(nevermind, Cipora is auf-fait.) 22:38  |  KATHY 16/02/08
      295.   Morris Valentine- Cipora lives in Germany? 22:41  |  Dorothy 16/02/08
      296.   Israel should oppenly tell the residents of S.Lebanon.... 22:53  |  Misha 16/02/08
      297.   # 239 Cipora J.K..If I did not miscalculate the numbers .. 22:56  |  KATHY 16/02/08
      298.   To Labhras (#282) 23:00  |  Morris Valentine 16/02/08
      299.   Joseph Lebanese # 280 23:00  |  ChanahS 16/02/08
      300.   chet (how old are you) 23:03  |  ChanahS 16/02/08
      301.   # 279 Joseph......the only thing standing 23:04  |  Lynn 16/02/08
      302.   Kathy & Bostonian 23:07  |  GABE1 16/02/08
      303.   To Dorothy (#289) 23:07  |  Morris Valentine 16/02/08
      304.   #286 Peter SM 23:08  |  Chris Linthwaite 16/02/08
      305.   Time to liberate Lebanon from Hezbollah-Syria-Iran occupation 23:11  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/02/08
      306.   Attn: Marwan--habibi! 23:18  |  Murray of Montreal 16/02/08
      307.   To Honest Abe 23:19  |  Persian Kitty 16/02/08
      308.   great news, actually: now we know where hissy sissies are 23:19  |  frenz 16/02/08
      309.   hopefully hezbollah annihilates israel 23:39  |  meagain 16/02/08
      310.   Wing Maker 23:40  |  Lyricus 16/02/08
      311.   Bolla 23:46  |  Paul 16/02/08
      312.   dorothy "it is not true that there is one form of logic" 23:49  |  natke nir 16/02/08
      313.   Pal 23:50  |  Paul 16/02/08
      314.   to #242 heads in the sand 23:53  |  Dik 16/02/08
      315.   They are one!Pal 23:56  |  Paul 16/02/08
      316.   Bolla 00:12  |  Paul 17/02/08
      317.   hezbollah 00:14  |  mikiel 17/02/08
      318.   The art of spin 00:24  |  maoriboy 17/02/08
      319.   #288 chet yes we are ready for new round of your humiliation 00:48  |  U dreamer 17/02/08
      320.   Chet # 288 00:51  |  Murray of Montreal 17/02/08
      321.   50,000 00:51  |  Shmuelshachor 17/02/08
      322.   288 chet. Israel has been dealing with Arab terror for almost 60 00:58  |  Marwan مروان خوري 17/02/08
      323.   # 297 Gabe 1 01:13  |  Lynn 17/02/08
      324.   # 302 Persian Kitty...I`ve been hearing an 01:17  |  Lynn 17/02/08
      325.   #289 Dorothy & #298 Morris Valentine - interesting discussion... 01:28  |  Smadar 17/02/08
      326.   Lakshmi- defending the untenable 01:30  |  Sam 17/02/08
      327.   Murray of Montreal. Suggestions on Lebanese food in Montréal 01:36  |  Marwan مروان خوري 17/02/08
      328.   a lebanese point of view 01:48  |  walid 17/02/08
      329.   to israelis on here 01:52  |  walid 17/02/08
      330.   Persian Kitty - an interesting development 02:02  |  Mark Lincoln 17/02/08
      331.   this is great new for Isreal 02:12  |  waste of sand 17/02/08
      332.   BRING IT ON LETS FINISH THE JOB 02:12  |  Joe Barnathan 17/02/08
      333.   #309- sure u can hope 02:13  |  waste of sand 17/02/08
      334.   #288 Chet - Canada 02:23  |  * BEN JABO 17/02/08
      335.   #307 Persian Pussy - I hate to burst your bubble 02:26  |  * BEN JABO 17/02/08
      336.   231 Headly,to answer your idiotic questions,israel has been 02:27  |  lakshmi 17/02/08
      337.   hizbullah 02:28  |  Joseph (Lebanese) 17/02/08
      338.   Nitel 02:33  |  Paul 17/02/08
      339.   326 Sam,since their suicide belts offend you as barbaric,why not 02:35  |  lakshmi 17/02/08
      340.   Thanks Marwan! 02:39  |  Murray of Montreal 17/02/08
      341.   # 303 Morris Valentine...With Jews Like You,Who Needs Enemies. 02:39  |  KATHY 17/02/08
      342.   Ni and ni! 02:43  |  Paul 17/02/08
      343.   Walid 02:58  |  Free Gilad Shalit 17/02/08
      344.   #341, Kathy 02:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/02/08
      345.   # 323 Lynn..re: Tossi--Who The Hell Cares About .. 03:03  |  KATHY 17/02/08
      346.   Chris Linthwaite 03:05  |  Jason 17/02/08
      347.   Joseph Lebanese 337 03:07  |  Free Gilad Shalit 17/02/08
      348.   Lakshmi-actually nothing is beneath the Pals 03:09  |  Sam 17/02/08
      349.   # 314 Dik...Well Said Dik from Holland.. 03:12  |  KATHY 17/02/08
      350.   Imad Mughniyah 03:14  |  gambino 17/02/08
      351.   # 327 Marwan re:Murray of Montreal,and Taouk 03:17  |  KATHY 17/02/08
      352.   Arab # 72....which is why there should be 03:19  |  Lynn