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In reply to the discussion: Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say [View all]
ColinC
(10,945 posts)1. Up to 3,000 people have been injured
Something tells me they weren’t all Hezbollah, and this is essentially a terrorist attack.
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Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say [View all]
RussBLib
Sep 2024
OP
Harmed by communications devices intended and distribured by Hezbollah for the exclusive use of its operatives.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#55
If the terrorist group Hezbollah had not been firing missiles into Israel at civilians,
former9thward
Sep 2024
#12
I don't know that. But I do know if pagers were not laced with explosives and exploded in heavily civilian areas
ColinC
Sep 2024
#13
Which leads back to the fact the if Hizbollah hadn't been firing missiles into Israel,
MarineCombatEngineer
Sep 2024
#17
Sounds eerily like "if the US did not invade Muslim territories, 9/11 would not have happened"
ColinC
Sep 2024
#19
Regardless of the semantics, he did it because of specific military actions that he felt warranted it
ColinC
Sep 2024
#25
Kuwait was an invasion, and among those referenced by Bin Laden for his war against the US
ColinC
Sep 2024
#28
Desert Storm, which I participated in, was a operation to liberate a Muslim
MarineCombatEngineer
Sep 2024
#31
You do know that Desert Shield/Desert Storm was before the 9/11 attacks don't you?
MarineCombatEngineer
Sep 2024
#71
In my view Hezbollah was a tiny minority of the people injured by those explosions.
ColinC
Sep 2024
#30
Thank you! Although I am interested mostly in the identities of the 2800 injuries
ColinC
Sep 2024
#41
So then who were the 2800 injured? You are telling me the vast majority were Hezbollah?
ColinC
Sep 2024
#47
We do! And I have no faith that any of these issues can be resolved unless she is elected
ColinC
Sep 2024
#64
Terrorists working within Hezbollah also are civilians. While Hezbollah has politicians who are elected to and
24601
Sep 2024
#73
Glad to help keep the dialog going. Sorry it too so long to post - after composing a draft, I removed information for
24601
Sep 2024
#75
No worries! I wish people took the time to be more informed about how this stuff works
ColinC
Sep 2024
#76
There is no evidence for anything. Absence of evidence does not constitute evidence to the contrary.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#65
Do you also know that if the pagers were not exclusively distributed to Hezbollah operatives
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#60
The circmstances surrounding the purchase and distribution of the pagers, according to the Heabollah source:
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#85
I am not sure what you want me to back up or what a declaration of war has to do with it.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#87
A military unit doesn't gain or lose its designation whether there us war or not.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#89
The means used to inflict injuries were military assets intended for exclusive use by Hezbollah operatives.
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#51
So these pagers were ordered from a reputable company in Taiwan, sent to Lebanon to Hezbollah where did the explosives
Srkdqltr
Sep 2024
#3
How long does it take for a ship to sail from Taiwan to the mediterranian sea?
Beastly Boy
Sep 2024
#63
So the company sent them to someplace? where someone? put the stuff in and sent them to Lebanon
Srkdqltr
Sep 2024
#11
Cargo containers can be on several ships before reaching its final destination.
Turbineguy
Sep 2024
#77
Lots of middlemen leading to gray market customer give many openings to a "supply chain attack."
Eugene
Sep 2024
#10
Frontline workers described hellish scenes: victims of thousands of small explosions
Beringia
Sep 2024
#43