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[News] Exploding pagers across Lebanon
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Professor Plum
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- Jul 27, 2024
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Fair comment. I’m out.
- Oct 20, 2022
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I agree completely with your last sentence but question that in bold.
If it were the case that taking out several thousand pagers has shut down ‘an entire mo’, there might be a military justification to this attack but I do have doubt they have shut down anything. In fact this could invoke a response from Iran or Yemen while Hezbollah regroup and re-equip. Just this week, Yemen launched a new type of long range missile into the heart of Israel that evaded the Iron dome and oil has already leaked into the waters of the Red Sea from an attacked oil tanker.
Because Israel is not fighting just Hamas in Gaza nor even a state army located in another geographical area but fighting non-state terrorist entities who share a similar ideology to brethren groups spread throughout the ME and Yemen - an all out war with Hezbollah could be devastating for the entire region. Hezbollah are a military strength receiving most of its equipment, training and funding from Iran and Syria and are likely the most heavily armed non-state group in the world.
When all sides to a conflict have a history of showing scant regard for civilian casualties in pursuit of their military objectives, it leaves little hope for civilian welfare in the event of escalation.
There are no winners in this conflict, just losers.
There’s nothing to celebrate here imo.
(EDIT - I should add only my first sentence and next paragraph was really directed at you/your post not the rest)
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- Oct 20, 2022
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The tragic and very sad football incident wasn’t in ‘Israel’ any more than Gaza, East Jerusalem or the West Bank is in ‘Israel’ - it was in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. At least apprise yourself of the facts.
As for the sentence in bold, I’m speechless (unless you were just referring to Israeli citizens)
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aftershavedave
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I have taken you off ignore to suggest that you are arguing with an Israeli plant. Just stop
- Oct 12, 2022
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While sharing the amazement at the sheer chutzpah of the tactics used, I really wish Israel would consider likely collateral damage a little more. In all of their many conflicts, frankly.
They may have taken out some enemy operatives, but there’s a lot of innocent people who don’t deserve what’s happened out there tonight. It doesn’t feel like anyone’s winning to me.
They may have taken out some enemy operatives, but there’s a lot of innocent people who don’t deserve what’s happened out there tonight. It doesn’t feel like anyone’s winning to me.
Kalimantan Gull
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Oh well done Israel, more escalation towards blowing the whole world up. f*** sake
God Britain has got so much to answer for. "Need to help the Jews find a Homeland after their persecution in Europe, where shall we put it? Anywhere in the world? Anywhere. OK, how about this densely populated part of the middle east, the holy land for three major religions? Excellent idea, that won't possibly go wrong. Back to mine for Pimms?"
God Britain has got so much to answer for. "Need to help the Jews find a Homeland after their persecution in Europe, where shall we put it? Anywhere in the world? Anywhere. OK, how about this densely populated part of the middle east, the holy land for three major religions? Excellent idea, that won't possibly go wrong. Back to mine for Pimms?"
- Apr 13, 2015
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I can't help but admire the audacity of the Israeli military... "We will get you, you can't hide from us"This is a remarkable story, isn't it?
The planning and sophistication needed to infiltrate a supply chain and implant thousands of pagers, that remain completely operational, with high-grade explosives, such that they can be made to all go BANG! at some point in the future.
That's quite something.
Pager attack in Lebanon: Two children among 12 killed by exploding pagers, as reports say Israel was behind attack
Thousands of pagers exploded across Lebanon yesterday - reports say Israel's spy agency, Mossad, was targeting Hezbollah fighters.www.bbc.co.uk
- Apr 13, 2015
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Dick, I assume that's your real name... blocked
- Apr 13, 2015
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Who the fook in Israel would plant a poster on NSC,.. You dull Muppet.
crookie
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I haven't got to the end of the thread but I haven't read any posts so far celebrating the death of a child
- Oct 20, 2022
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I’ve taken you off ignore to answer you.
If I feel like it, I will fact check whoever posts bollix and presents them as facts on this forum so don’t tell me to stop.
As for Israeli ‘plants’ on NSC - really?
crookie
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Let's be honest, every man and his dog has a smartphone these days, including everyone who arrives here in a sinking dinghy. Who the fu*k uses a pager in this day and age ? I can guarantee noone on this board has ever seen one in the last 20 years. Used by a terrorist organisation to avoid phone hacking clearly. Horrible collateral damage it sounds like, but a hell of a lot more sophisticated and targeted than the blanket bombing of Gaza. From an operational and psychological angle, hugely impressive.
Just to state, not a fan of Netanyahu, who has an incredible amount of blood on his hands, and is only prolonging this conflict to keep his arse out of jail
Just to state, not a fan of Netanyahu, who has an incredible amount of blood on his hands, and is only prolonging this conflict to keep his arse out of jail
Kalimantan Gull
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Or instead of abuse, you could engage with the point. An Israeli homeland could have been anywhere in the world. Jews live everywhere in the world, still countless more outside Israel than in it. Almost anywhere else would have removed one of the biggest impediments to world peace that we have today.
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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I can't believe this **** hasn't been banned.Nice!
I’ve celebrated the death and de balling of terrorists in the most targeted mass attack possible. We have had 8000 rockets fired at us this year by these scum. However Israel reacts certain people have a problem with it, I wonder why?
de la zouch
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- Jul 12, 2007
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Read today’s BBC report even they talk clearly about a highly targeted attack, with only one known civilian death.
Question, how is Israel meant to defend itself?
de la zouch
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- Jul 12, 2007
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Yep. Pagers still used widely in hospital settings, purchased by parents for their kids who they don’t want to have smartphones etc etc
They moved to pagers because they thought they would be more secure (from Israeli hacking) than mobile phones. Apparently.
AstroSloth
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- Dec 29, 2020
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And how many civilian injuries?
Plus the fact Israel like to say that every citizen is a terrorist as we've seen in Gaza so to them anyone you hit is a terrorist, their reporting of civilian casualties is massively under reported.