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KFC smuggled into Gaza from Egypt
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 12:50PM BST 16 May 2013 | (AFP)

Posted on 05/16/2013 10:48:04 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Junk-food starved Gazans can now order Kentucky Fried Chicken to go thanks to a new smuggling service which brings takeout from Egypt via a network of underground tunnels.

It’s not exactly “fast”—taking several hours to arrive, with the Palestinian delivery company behind it charging hefty prices to cover the cost of fuel and transport. …

Tight restrictions on Gazans entering Egypt mean those with a craving for chicken cooked to Colonel’s Secret Recipe cannot just pop over the border and pick up a bucket.

Instead, some residents seem quite happy to shell out ₪130 (£23; $35) for just 20 pieces of fried chicken—double what it costs in El-Arish. …

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Religion
KEYWORDS: chickensmuggling; egypt; gaza; kfc; terrortunnels
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1 posted on 05/16/2013 10:48:04 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Better hope Bloomberg and Moochelle don’t hear about this!!!!


2 posted on 05/16/2013 10:48:56 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: F15Eagle

Maybe you need to get the UN to give you million$ of OPM.


4 posted on 05/16/2013 10:51:49 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Olog-hai

If they can afford to shell out thirty-five bucks for a bucket of chicken then the global pablum-pukers need to stop whining about how tough they have it.


5 posted on 05/16/2013 10:52:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Olog-hai

They’d have a KFC on every corner in Gaza if they’d stop blowing stuff up and killing everyone who isn’t anti-Israeli enough.


6 posted on 05/16/2013 10:52:58 AM PDT by EricT. (Another Muslim terrorist. Who saw that coming?)
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To: Olog-hai

Can’t wait til the craving for Wienerschnitzel shows up


7 posted on 05/16/2013 10:55:48 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Olog-hai

My local KFC here serves up nothing but pieces of greasy cartilage with skin hanging off it. Never again.


8 posted on 05/16/2013 10:56:20 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: Olog-hai

Yes, but is it still warm when the customer receives it?


9 posted on 05/16/2013 10:57:34 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Olog-hai
If you order the "special" you get three pieces of chicken and an RPG in your bucket.
10 posted on 05/16/2013 10:59:25 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
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To: rickmichaels
My local KFC here serves up nothing but pieces of greasy cartilage with skin hanging off it. Never again.

For a while I was calling them Kentucky Fried Chick because the chicken pieces kept getting smaller and smaller. If they took it any further I expected to get an egg fried in their secret herbs and spices.

11 posted on 05/16/2013 11:01:55 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

And there will be no large sodas with that chicken!


13 posted on 05/16/2013 11:02:58 AM PDT by brooklyn dave (I hope the FEMA camps are comfortable when they come for me)
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To: Olog-hai

“South Park” did an episode like this.


14 posted on 05/16/2013 11:04:36 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Olog-hai
Perhaps the KFC menu will be expanded to include كافر القلب والكبد
15 posted on 05/16/2013 11:05:23 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: fieldmarshaldj

i scrolled to see if someone put that in. I love that episode.


16 posted on 05/16/2013 11:11:28 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: rickmichaels

The owner of KFC closed shop( many shops ) where I live maybe a year ago can’t remember , but I do remember KFC was terrible


17 posted on 05/16/2013 11:11:41 AM PDT by molson209
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18 posted on 05/16/2013 11:24:41 AM PDT by RC one
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To: rickmichaels

Ours too. And they will charge you over $20 for a bucket ‘family meal’. Extra for every piece of real (white meat) chicken you add.
I quit KFC long ago. They are expensive. I have switched to El Pollo Loco which is cheaper and has much better meals anyway.


19 posted on 05/16/2013 11:43:26 AM PDT by sheana
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To: Olog-hai

Righteous plan. KFC’s worth the smuggle.


20 posted on 05/16/2013 12:10:34 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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