Chercheuse d'or
http://chercheusedor.blogspot.com/
I'm still up.

Yes, still... even though it's 9am. I couldn't fall asleep last night - I kept tossing and turning, half because I was apprehensive about the explosions I knew were coming, and half because it was 32 degrees in my bedroom (no fuel = no electricity = no AC).

Once the strikes started, they just kept going. Every third or fourth one would be intense enough to re-set off a cacophony of car alarms in my neighborhood.

It has been a while since Beirut got hit that hard, that unrelentingly. Jamal counted at least 20 strikes by 5:30am. And it sounds like much of the rest of the country had it even worse.

The bombardment stopped around dawn. But the smell of smoke in the air is so strong, it's actually keeping me from falling asleep. Guess it's time to make some coffee.

Jamal's propaganda site
http://jamalghosn.blogspot.com/
Early wake up call today.

I counted over 20 blasts before 5:30 am, which shows you that after a month of Olmert war crimes his Israeli superior mass murdering machine is resorting to random bombing of buildings in hope of catching something in his line of fire. Anything.

All the Hezbollah legitimate targets that Israel knew of were targeted in the first couple of days of this killing campaign. Everything since then has been frustrated mass homicide. Israel did not just discover that the 20+ buildings targeted today were strategic targets that they have missed, they just wanted to bomb stuff.

The biggest sign of Israel's military inability to hit targets of value can be seen around the world 24 hours a day. Al Manar Television, whose home has been reduced to sand from numerous bombings since day 1 of this war, is still broadcasting 24 hours a day. Not only is it a constant taunt for Israeli's confused military intelligence, but it hosts live daily shows with visiting guests. If Israel can't find the studio of a fully staffed TV station that they've been trying to destroy for a month, how are they to be expected to find Hezbollah's top leadership? Oh wait they captured a Hassan Nasrallah in Baalbeck.

Speaking of press, or lack of press in this case, have you noticed that IDF casualties are always confirmed between 2 and 3 am local time. While the IDF insists on a daily basis that their battles in Lebanon are going smoothly and spend all day denying any losses, sometime before dawn when no one is listening they sneak out a report that reads something like that: "The IDF lost 3,5,8, or 15 soldiers in battles near Aita El Shaab." That report is buried into the back pages by the time the sun rises.

Just now, news reports of another war crime against civilians are coming in from Akkar. 12 reportedly died by Israeli F-16 bombs. For those of you not familiar with Lebanon, Akkar is the Northern most district in Lebanon. No Hezbollah, no Katyushas, so let's just call them Islamo-fascists with bottles of liquid and disposable cameras