HUMOR BLOGGING THE WAR IN ISRAEL, Thursday July 27th

Israel has called up 30,000 reservists in a possible prelude to a larger invasion of Lebanon. The remaining 3.8 million people in Lebanon have just remembered that they're really Americans and need to be evacuated.

In his new videotape promising to aid Hezbollah, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri appears to be in a poorly-constructed studio with inadequate lighting. Apparently, he's either hiding out on the set of a porn movie or a local TV news station.

Al-Zawahiri's video first aired on al Jazeera... not in a news story, but in one of the station's public service announcements.

Al-Zawahiri's support for Hezbollah is shocking many experts who never thought the Sunni al qaeda would help the Shiite Hezbollah. Isn't it nice when suicidal hatred brings people together?

The possibility of a combined al Qaeda and Hezbollah terror force has many people worried. But there's no way it could turn out worse than the AOL/TimeWarner merger.

A Katyusha rocket caused a major blaze at a laundry detergent factory in Kiryat Shmona today. Apparently, personal hygiene of any kind is offensive to Hezbollah.

AND IN OTHER NEWS...

Landis Flunks
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has failed a drug test. This will serve to remind all American cyclists that before they compete, they need to get Barry Bonds' lawyer.