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Troops uncover large arms tunnel in Rafah
Jerusalem Post ^ | Apr. 3, 2004 12:16 | MARGOT DUDKEVITCH

Posted on 04/03/2004 10:47:21 PM PST by yonif

Soldiers and Border Police uncovered and destroyed an arms-smuggling tunnel 15 meters underground in ongoing operations that began overnight Thursday in Rafah near the border with Egypt.

The tunnel is 150 meters long and its entrance was found inside a house. It is not clear if the house was inhabited.

The Rafah operation began early Friday morning and IDF forces are still in the area.

While they encountered no resistance Friday there has been a number of shooting attacks against soldiers Saturday.

No soldiers were wounded.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; fakepeace; fakepeacetreaty; israel; muslims; terrorsupporter; waronterrorism

1 posted on 04/03/2004 10:47:21 PM PST by yonif
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Why don't they boobytrap those tunnels instead of destroying them?
2 posted on 04/03/2004 10:58:17 PM PST by McGavin999 (Expecting others to pay for your enjoyment of FreeRepublic is socialism: Donate now!)
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3 posted on 04/03/2004 10:59:26 PM PST by Support Free Republic (If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
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To: McGavin999
There is usually civilian population around, and the IDF doesn't want to hit any civilians mistakenly.
4 posted on 04/03/2004 11:00:04 PM PST by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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Great! Hope they remain safe while doing their job.

God bless and protect our people and our allies.
5 posted on 04/03/2004 11:02:09 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: yonif
Couldn't they rig them inside the tunnel so when they're coming through with the arms they trigger it and it collapses?
6 posted on 04/03/2004 11:05:33 PM PST by McGavin999 (Expecting others to pay for your enjoyment of FreeRepublic is socialism: Donate now!)
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Unsure. I would think the main problem with that is that, again, it is in a population center, and people are watching these soldiers. So if they would come out and the tunnel would be intact, they would suspect something and alert the terrorists.
7 posted on 04/03/2004 11:12:55 PM PST by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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In this koranic war crimes Terror War there are no muslim civilians. Every child over 6 should be considered a righteous target because of the Pallies' own well documented war crimes battle plan and abuse of their own children as bomb mules. Sick as it is pathetic. The jihadies have established that there are no muslim civilians, even Mein Koran et al. so command.

This is total war, a hideous Biblical scale war of live v. evil.
8 posted on 04/03/2004 11:38:05 PM PST by SevenDaysInMay (Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
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<< Why don't they boobytrap those tunnels instead of destroying them? >>

Also, seems to me the Suez Canal sets a pretty good neighborhood example of what's possible? Why not just a great big border moat?
9 posted on 04/04/2004 4:11:10 AM PDT by Brian Allen (Christian - Male - Republican - American - Pro-Bush - Pro-War - Pro-Gun - Pro-Life! - Any Questions?)
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To: SevenDaysInMay
The Koran also commands the Muslim to emulate the exemplary life of Muhammad. Who just so happens to have been a common thief, a merciless warrior and a pedophile.

We are lucky that many Muslims ignore this Koranic commandment.
10 posted on 04/04/2004 4:22:25 AM PDT by dennisw (“We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.” - Toby Keith)
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