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  • bachophileB bachophile

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    So does bibi claim the 7 mil. Because r we just offed him.

    Btw does this become the thread for the hezbollah front? And leave Hamas for the other thread?

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    LuFins Dad
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    #105

    @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

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    So does bibi claim the 7 mil. Because r we just offed him.

    Btw does this become the thread for the hezbollah front? And leave Hamas for the other thread?

    👍 on both suggestions

    The Brad

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      #106

      https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trail-mystery-woman-whose-company-licensed-exploding-pagers-2024-09-20/

      She speaks seven languages, has a PhD in particle physics, an apartment in Budapest plastered with her own pastel drawings of nudes, and a career that took her around Africa and Europe doing humanitarian work.
      What Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono, 49, the Italian-Hungarian CEO and owner of Hungary-based BAC Consulting, says she hasn't done is make the exploding pagers that killed 12 people and wounded more than 2,000 in Lebanon this week.

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        #107

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        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • LuFins DadL Offline
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          LuFins Dad
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          #108

          A TNT was pretty good…

          The Brad

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          • MikM Offline
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            Mik
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            #109

            Jon was right.

            https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-wipes-out-entire-senior-command-of-hezbollah-special-forces-in-airstrike/ar-AA1qUSCa?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=d2f4669cf5434e0886f67aaed419c793&ei=33

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • jon-nycJ Offline
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              jon-nyc
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              #110

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              • JollyJ Offline
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                Jolly
                wrote on last edited by Jolly
                #111

                With a grain of salt....

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • MikM Offline
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                  Aw gee.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • bachophileB Offline
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                    bachophile
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                    #113

                    Harry is on the way

                    https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-20/truman-aircraft-carrier-deploy-middle-east-15244264.html

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      #114

                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-hits-300-targets-in-expanded-lebanon-strike-campaign-against-hezbollah/ar-AA1r1U7U?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=717d885ce7414ae4aee7c4279ad73f66&ei=57

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • George KG Offline
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                        #115

                        These Israeli tactics are terrorism, says Leon Panetta.

                        https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/former-cia-director-leon-panetta-calls-israel-s-pager-explosion-operation-terrorism/ar-AA1r0Ymp


                        During an interview with CBS News Sunday Morning, Panetta told anchor Lee Cowan that the action’s by Israel are “a form of terrorism.” Panetta then added that the action’s by Israel could lead to more deadly operations going forward in the war.

                        PANETTA: The ability to be able to place an explosive in technology that is very prevalent these days. And turn it into a war of terror. Really, a war of terror. This is something new.

                        COWAN: Is it terrorism?

                        PANETTA: I don’t think there’s any question that it’s a form of terrorism…This is going right into the supply chain, right into the supply chain. And when you have terror going into the supply chain, it makes people ask the question, what the hell is next?

                        COWAN: It sounds like you’re genuinely worried.

                        PANETTA: I am. I am. This is a tactic. That has repercussions. And we really don’t know what those repercussions are going to be…The forces of war are largely in control right now. What’s going on?

                        COWAN: Do you think there should be condemnation for it? Should other nations step in, including us?

                        PANETTA: I think it’s going to be very important for the nations of the world to have a serious discussion. About whether or not this is an area that everybody has to focus on, because if they don’t try to deal with it now. Mark my word. It is the battlefield of the future.

                        Just a reminder, Panetta was one of the 51 intelligence experts who said the laptop was Russian disinformation despite being verified by the FBI.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • George KG Offline
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                          George K
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                          #116

                          John Brennan (another signatory to the letter) agrees.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            LuFins Dad
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                            #117

                            Wasn’t Panetta one of intelligence guys pushing the Iraq WMD line, too?

                            Edit.. Autocorrect is getting worse. It was refusing to let me write Panetta and kept making it Panera.

                            The Brad

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                              I don’t get the whole point of escalation… “Oh no! Hezbollah’s going to try and kill Jews”, uhm, yeah? That’s new, how?

                              The only concern I have is what comes after Hezbollah? It seems to me that between the recent tech strikes and the command strikes, Israel Luxembourg has pretty good intel on these guys. These operations are devastating them. It feels like as an organization, Hezbollah is about to be destroyed. If that’s the case, what’s next? Because we know there will be a next…

                              The Brad

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                              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                I don’t get the whole point of escalation… “Oh no! Hezbollah’s going to try and kill Jews”, uhm, yeah? That’s new, how?

                                The only concern I have is what comes after Hezbollah? It seems to me that between the recent tech strikes and the command strikes, Israel Luxembourg has pretty good intel on these guys. These operations are devastating them. It feels like as an organization, Hezbollah is about to be destroyed. If that’s the case, what’s next? Because we know there will be a next…

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                                George K
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                                #119

                                @LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers:

                                Because we know there will be a next…

                                That's right. But, considering the amount of damage that Israel has done to the command structure of Hamas and Hezbollah that might take quite a while.

                                Seems like the Israelis finally said, "Enough of this shit. We're going after the big guys." The fact that they got one of the masterminds of the Beirut barracks bombing in the last few days makes me think that.

                                Was it new intelligence that prompted that, or were they keeping their powder dry, waiting for the "right" moment? If the latter, don't you think the US would have had some concerns about it's only real ally in the Middle East?

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                  I don’t get the whole point of escalation… “Oh no! Hezbollah’s going to try and kill Jews”, uhm, yeah? That’s new, how?

                                  The only concern I have is what comes after Hezbollah? It seems to me that between the recent tech strikes and the command strikes, Israel Luxembourg has pretty good intel on these guys. These operations are devastating them. It feels like as an organization, Hezbollah is about to be destroyed. If that’s the case, what’s next? Because we know there will be a next…

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                                  #120

                                  @LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers:

                                  I don’t get the whole point of escalation… “Oh no! Hezbollah’s going to try and kill Jews”, uhm, yeah? That’s new, how?

                                  The only concern I have is what comes after Hezbollah? It seems to me that between the recent tech strikes and the command strikes, Israel Luxembourg has pretty good intel on these guys. These operations are devastating them. It feels like as an organization, Hezbollah is about to be destroyed. If that’s the case, what’s next? Because we know there will be a next…

                                  The alternative is simply live with an unacceptable status quo.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    taiwan_girl
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                                    #121

                                    Killing you by shooting a missle from a long ways away is okay. Blowing up a pager is not.

                                    I dont get it.

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                                      #122

                                      Maybe it is terrorism, but that doesn't mean it isn't OK. The French resistance were arguably terrorists, and we supported them, and rightly so obviously.

                                      Saying you've no idea who it's going to kill is kind of silly. Does we remember dropping all those bombs on Vietnam and Dresden?

                                      I was only joking

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                                        bachophile
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                                        #123

                                        Kewl military vid of the day
                                        F-15 downs a UAV

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                                          #124

                                          Very cool.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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