War Video: Israeli Attack on Al-Marj in Lebanon

This video was recorded by a blogger in Lebanon. While I don’t agree with his stance on the conflict it’s always good to see bloggers working to get their take out to the world in situations like these.

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Iran: It’s the Duty of Muslims to Wipe Out Israel

Iran’s government openly calls for genocide:

In Teheran, the government has sanctioned billboards showing Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah and a message that it is the duty of Muslims to “wipe out” Israel. Officials also organized a demonstration in the southern city of Shiraz by Iran’s small Jewish community calling for Israel’s destruction and praising Hizbullah.

And the Left screams “Genocide!” each time we, or Israel, has to act in self-defense. Where’s their concern for innocents now?

Israel’s Order 8

Aron Heller’s look at Israeli military service, and the methods they use to activate reserves, is interesting:

Roy Bass emerged from the Mediterranean waves at noon Friday for a Popsicle break when, surfboard in hand, he heard his cell phone ringing on the beach. It was a recorded message: “An emergency draft has been activated.”

Four hours later, the 27-year-old computer programmer was at an army base, in full uniform, preparing to head to Israel’s northern border, where troops were massing to take on Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

…Where once Israelis were drafted to war by air raid sirens, passwords over the radio and recruiters going door to door, today they are summoned by computerized calls to their cell phones.

When Bass got his call-up, he sped home and swapped his bathing suit for an army uniform.

“There was no dilemma, no doubt in my mind because it is something you grow up with, that this is the most important thing there is,” he said. “It’s ingrained deep inside you _ if they call you, you go.”

Israel Building Prison for Captured Hezbolla

Yet another sign that this war may last a while:

IDF starts building detention compound to be used for holding Hizbullah members that will be captured during fighting in north. Officials: Project attests to government’s plans for large-scale ground incursion in Lebanon

Preparing for an extended ground operation: The IDF has started constructing a temporary detention center designed to hold the Lebanese prisoners that will be captured during army operations in Southern Lebanon, Ynet has learned recently.

A truck convoy carrying barbed-wire fences, containers, and mobile showers and toilets started unloading equipment at the Filon military base near Rosh Pina Friday, and construction works at the place are already underway. According to plans, the structure should be able to hold up to hundreds of Hizbullah prisoners at any given time.