I wonder if the Persian population is waiting with baited breath for sudden mysterious explosions to cut the heads off of the REAL snakes… the insane mullah zealots fostering bloodshed throughout the Middle East in the name of Iran.
“Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown
September 28, 2024 1:40 PM GMT+2 Updated 27 min ago
DUBAI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed.
The group said in a statement it would continue its battle against Israel "in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defence of Lebanon and its steadfast and honourable people".
Israel said earlier on Saturday it had killed Nasrallah in an airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs a day earlier.
Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV started airing Koran verses after the announcement of Nasrallah's death.
Flexibility of command and "you can't kill an ideology" or not, coming on top of all the recent strikes against all levels of their leadership this will leave Hezbollah reeling, and probably paralyze them as a coherent actor for some time. And Iran still having not responded to the killing of the Hamas chief on their own soil, I'm not really seeing them reacting with more than additional strong words. But let's see.
September 28, 2024, 10:39 AM
sigmonkey
Meanwhile, in Israel...
"Hezbollah"
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
I'm stating the obvious but Mossad is not to be messed with. The second I heard about pagers killing terrorists I thought of the book "Countdown to Zero Day". I read it a few years ago but it tells the story of how Mossad put the virus on a maintenance techs laptop (theory) and when he performed updates on Iran's centrifuges Stuxnet installed itself.
Israel in general has a cutting edge tech industry. My IT department uses a software package called CheckMarx. It scans our source code for security defects. It did find major flaws that have been there for years, just hasn't been exploited. Pretty amazing. CheckMarx was developed in Israel. ( We did install the scanners on a machine that is not connected to any network and manually copy our source code over to it for processing. Israel is tricky )
September 28, 2024, 03:07 PM
Sigmund
quote:
Originally posted by Bytes:
...The second I heard about pagers killing terrorists I thought of the book "Countdown to Zero Day"...
Thanks, I'll add it to the list. I'm about 1/3 through "Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations." I'm up to about 1982, the weapons have pretty much been car bombs, letter bombs, and small arms.
Thanks again to SigFreund for recommending the book.
The world is now richer with oxygen. Good bye and good riddance to that murderous, terrorist, piece of shit.
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey: I'd fly to Turks and Caicos with live ammo falling out of my pockets before getting within spitting distance of NJ with a firearm.
September 28, 2024, 04:05 PM
sigmonkey
More than 80 bombs were dropped on the Hezbollah Cocksukka!!!
"You drop 42 tons and what do you get?"
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
September 28, 2024, 04:23 PM
gearhounds
That image brings a smile to my face and should serve to dissuade rash decisions to fill positions with Hezbollah…
“Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown
September 28, 2024, 04:28 PM
229DAK
So much for underground safety.
I hear job placement agencies in Lebanon are having a difficult time....
_________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902
September 28, 2024, 05:38 PM
sigfreund
quote:
Originally posted by Sigmund: Thanks again to SigFreund for recommending the book.
The least I could do for introducing me to Gabriel Allon.
As I read the series I am struck by what a good job the author, Daniel Silva, does at making fiction resemble what I have learned about real life from books like Rise and Kill First, or at least what conceivably could be real.
► 6.0/94.0
To operate serious weapons in a serious manner.
September 28, 2024, 05:41 PM
CoolRich59
quote:
Originally posted by braillediver: It makes me wonder what Israel could accomplish with our full support.
Trump 2024= Iran 2025 and they know it.
It's been a few years, but my recollection is that the Stuxnet attack on Iran's nuclear facility was a joint U.S.-Israeli project. I suspect that's why Iran and others are terrified of Trump becoming President again.
_____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell
September 28, 2024, 06:08 PM
trapper189
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey: More than 80 bombs were dropped on the Hezbollah Cocksukka!!!
"You drop 42 tons and what do you get?"
Well Bob, they’ve won a fabulous new swimming pool!
September 28, 2024, 06:16 PM
downtownv
Where are those famous NYC Subway pushers when you need them?This message has been edited. Last edited by: parabellum,
As I read the series I am struck by what a good job the author, Daniel Silva, does at making fiction resemble what I have learned about real life from books like Rise and Kill First, or at least what conceivably could be real.
Daniel Silva's early books featuring Gabriel Allon were really good. The last one I read was very leftist, anti religion oriented. I will never read another one of his books.
Edited to add that the name of the book was "The Order". Silva is also good friends with Paul Krugman the "acclaimed" New York Times economist.
September 28, 2024, 06:42 PM
ridewv
Outstanding job.
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
September 28, 2024, 06:58 PM
229DAK
It must have been quite the complex down there.
_________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902
September 28, 2024, 07:08 PM
ridewv
What always amazes me is how Israel is able to know exactly where the terrorist leadership is. Their inteligence and "moles on the ground operatives" are incredible.
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
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