Archive for July, 2006

Operation Summer Rains: Day Thirteen

Israel continued with its air strikes today, killing 3 terrorists in two such strikes. In the first attack, Israel launched an air strike in Gaza City at a group of gunmen with an anti-tank missile, killing a Hamashole. Shortly thereafter, terrorists fired two Kassams toward Israel, the rockets landing in open areas near Sderot. They [...]

Operation Summer Rains: Day Twelve

The IDF pulled out of northern Gaza yesterday, after a few days of intense fighting which saw approximately 50 palestinians – the vast majority of them armed terrorists – and IDF soldier Yehuda Basel, killed. The current focus of the operation is near the Karni crossing, where forces are searching for suspected terrorist tunnels. Troops [...]

Caption Contest

You know the drill. Submit a caption to this AP photo of PA Prime Minister terrorist Ismail Haniyeh in the comments. My contribution: “No need to worry. I’m no Vladimir Putin.” Winners announced Tuesday.

Iraqi Reactions to Operation Summer Rains

Omar from Iraq the Model has been monitoring reactions from an Arabic forum to the kidnap of Gilad Shalit and Israel’s response in the form of Operation Summer Rains. About three dozens of comments were made by Iraqis both inside Iraq and in exile and all these comments were supportive of Israel or at least [...]

The World’s Greatest Palestinian Terrorist Blunders

Ever wondered why there is a relatively high ratio of palestinian terrorist fatalities compared to IDF soldier fatalities? Of course, it is due to the professionalism of the IDF. But the palestinian terrorists do not help themselves by committing elementary blunders. Take for instance this terrorist. In camouflage. With a large red marking on his [...]

Nursery Rhyme Time

Old Muhammad Had a GunSung to the tune of Old McDonald Had a Farm Old Muhammad had a gunEe i ee i oAnd with that gun he’d kill some JewsEe i ee i o With a kpow hereAnd a kpow thereHere a kpowThere a kpowEverywhere a kpow kpow Old Muhammad had a gunEe i ee [...]

Chrenkoff: The Book

Former blogger and Israellycool friend Arthur Chrenkoff has written a book. And it sounds like a real corker. Here’s the description at Amazon: Martin is an ordinary Australian twenty-something, whose comfortable, well-ordered life gets turned on its head when he starts seeing and hearing things each night at the nearby semi-deserted railway yards: mysterious lights, [...]

Operation Summer Rains: Day Nine

In the wake of yesterday’s Kassam rocket attack on Ashkelon – the second in as many days – the IDF has expanded its activities into northern Gaza, in order to end the Kassam rocket fire.   The media are reporting that the IDF have killed 11 palestinians in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia [...]

No Longer Banned in Bahrain (For Now)

Here’s an update from Esra’a: Hey Dave,   I wrote a mass e-mail to our main internet company and demanded to know the person responsible for this. With the 3rd call I made I was told that the banning was a “mistake” and that I should be able to access the site again. Though I [...]

Separated at Birth

An Iranian student showing his support for the palestinians Hamas, and Wilson from Home Improvement.     I guess for the Iranian student, the grass is greener on his side of the fence. But perhaps he should be looking in his own backyard.