Nasrallah's Killing Reveals Depth of Israel's Penetration

Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Nasrallah's killing in a command HQ on Friday came barely a week after Israel's deadly detonation of hundreds of booby-trapped pagers and radios. It was the culmination of a rapid succession of strikes that have eliminated half of Hezbollah's leadership council and decimated its top military command.

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... In the days before and hours after Nasrallah's killing, Reuters spoke to more than a dozen sources in Lebanon, Israel, Iran and Syria who provided details of the damage Israel has wrought on the powerful Shi'ite paramilitary group, including to its supply lines and command structure. All asked for anonymity to speak about sensitive matters.

One source familiar with Israeli thinking told Reuters, less than 24 hours before the strike, that Israel has spent 20 years focusing intelligence efforts on Hezbollah and could hit Nasrallah when it wanted, including in the headquarters.

The person called the intelligence "brilliant," without providing details. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-29 12:22 AM | Reply

fwiw, I did see once source that said the detonation of those pagers was done because the ----- trap had beeny had been ~found out.~

OK, a search engine found this (not the source I saw, but ...)

Israel conducted Lebanon pager attack fearing Hezbollah was onto the operation
www.axios.com

... Israel decided to blow up the pager devices carried by Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday out of concern its secret operation might have been discovered by the group, three U.S. officials told Axios. ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-29 12:27 AM | Reply

@#2 ... because the ----- trap had beeny had been ...

Wow.

Type much?

I have to say, this evening I'm listening to tunes(currently, Brook Benton, "Rainy Night In Georgia" www.youtube.com ), so my attention may not be fully here.

Apologies.

What that sequence of babble should have said was...

... because the ----- trap had been ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-29 12:32 AM | Reply

"Rainy Night In Georgia"

My wife's late first cousins, Jimmy, wrote it as well as most of her other hits. When we met shortly after my wife and I married, we thought it was ironic we'd both worked with Gladys Knight.

The marriage of his songs with her voice was very successful. Like Jimmy Webb songs and Glen Campbell. (I also worked with Glen).

BTW, Jimmy Weatherly was a QB at Ole Miss.

#4 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-29 02:06 AM | Reply

(Oops, I'm responding in the wrong thread ...)

#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-29 02:07 AM | Reply

Nevermind. Right thread LOL

#6 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-29 02:08 AM | Reply

@#6 ... Nevermind. Right thread LOL ...

Been there, done that.

Yeah, for me, as the hours go on, the songs become more distracting..

For example, the current tune here (I'm in an 80's playlist now) is

Nails - 88 Lines about 44 Women
www.youtube.com

Though not the extended version I am currently listening to ...

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-29 02:29 AM | Reply

@#7

88 Lines About 44 Women
en.wikipedia.org

... The song was initially released in 1981 as side 1 of the EP, Hotel for Women; it was later re-recorded for the group's 1984 debut album Mood Swing.

The earlier version contained minimal production, a drum machine, and a single droning synthesizer; the later version contained more instrumentation and processing.[6]

Some promotional copies of the 7" original version included both the "X-rated" version and a "radio edit" in which language which could not be broadcast per FCC rules was removed in three places; the promo records were never released commercially.[7] ...

Yeah, back then, I first heard the tune on college radio.

One of the things I enjoy with college radio. You hear songs there that you hear no where else.

I'll leave it at that.

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-29 02:37 AM | Reply

Tony Joe White (1943-2018)

oldgreycat.blog

#9 | Posted by South_American at 2024-09-29 11:57 PM | Reply

Midnight Train to Georgia

en.wikipedia.org

#10 | Posted by South_American at 2024-09-30 12:01 AM | Reply

"The SquAD" is devastated right now.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-09-30 12:40 AM | Reply

Obviously Israel has been planning and plotting over the last two decades or so of relative peace in the region. Does that make them smart? Obviously Hamas and Hezbollah have been doing a really crappy job of scheming and preparing over the last two decades or so. Does that make them stupid? In fact, does that make Hamas Leadership the grand winner of the all time Stupid Award for initiating the attack on the Israeli music festival with litte to any plan for what to do when Israel predictably responds with overwhelming force? WTF?

We need a William Shakespeare for our times to adequately tell this story of modern tragedy and folly.

#12 | Posted by moder8 at 2024-10-01 05:19 PM | Reply