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In reply to the discussion: Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say [View all]
DiamondShark
(1,115 posts)78. Still, doesn't make sense considering the context...
MarineCombatEngineer
Desert Storm, which I participated in, was a operation to liberate a Muslim...
country invaded by Iraq, and we were invited in by Saudi Arabia, which pissed off Bin Laden who condemned SA when they turned him down on raising an Army to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
BTW, we were part of a coalition, including Muslim countries that participated to expel Iraq.
Try to get your "facts" correct.
Desert Storm, which I participated in, was a operation to liberate a Muslim...
country invaded by Iraq, and we were invited in by Saudi Arabia, which pissed off Bin Laden who condemned SA when they turned him down on raising an Army to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
BTW, we were part of a coalition, including Muslim countries that participated to expel Iraq.
Try to get your "facts" correct.
There must be more to the story that is being left out.
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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