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IDF to use mammoth trencher to expose Gaza tunnels [Great Pic to Caption!]
Ha'aretz ^ | June 5, 2005

Posted on 06/08/2005 8:07:43 PM PDT by Alouette

The Israel Defense Forces have found a way to block the tunnels Palestinians dig under the Gaza-Egypt border to smuggle in weapons by using a huge trench-digging machine, according to a military publication.

The 100-ton behemoth would dig deep channels along the border route Israel patrols, exposing the tunnels, the soldiers' weekly "Bamahane" reports in its current edition.

The new trenching machine, made U.S. company Trencor Inc., might provide at least an interim answer to the smuggling problem by neutralizing tunnels now in operation.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bamahane; gaza; heavyequipment; idf; romeplow; trenches; tunnels; zahal
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To: Dog Gone
How does it work when Israel withdraws from Gaza?

Israel will maintain a security cordon between Gaza and Egypt even after the Gaza pullout. They won't stop trying to interdict arms smuggling.

41 posted on 06/08/2005 9:32:37 PM PDT by Sparticus (She's so open minded that her brains leaked out.)
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To: Alouette

now thats a well hung machine!


42 posted on 06/08/2005 9:33:00 PM PDT by gdc61
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To: Alouette; HiJinx

Oh my GOSH!!!!!!

YOU GO IDF!!!!!!


43 posted on 06/08/2005 9:34:20 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Yo! Cowboy! I'm praying for a LoganMiracle! It CAN happen!!!!)
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To: Alouette

Hey big fella, is that a trencher or are you just happy to see me?


44 posted on 06/08/2005 9:35:22 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1
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To: datura
That looks like something out of Star Wars or Mad Max. Wheeeeee!
45 posted on 06/08/2005 9:36:35 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: Dog Gone

The tunnels won't be needed, nobody will stop the weapons from coming in.


46 posted on 06/08/2005 10:01:53 PM PDT by Honestfreedom
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To: Alouette

"Hi, Abdul. We're from Israeli Welcome Wagon and we're here to remodel your home, absolutely free!"


48 posted on 06/08/2005 10:54:04 PM PDT by atomicweeder
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To: Alouette

Ah yes, American know how strikes again! Don't you just love those big machines?


49 posted on 06/08/2005 10:56:56 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: datura

Can you give us more info on the piece of machinery? Dang it's huge!


50 posted on 06/08/2005 11:37:02 PM PDT by 1FASTGLOCK45 (FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
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To: datura

What is that behemoth?


51 posted on 06/09/2005 1:01:26 AM PDT by stradivarius ("If a donkey brays at you, don't bray at him." - George Herbert)
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To: stradivarius
Found it:

http://www.wcsscience.com/extreme/excavators.html
52 posted on 06/09/2005 1:07:38 AM PDT by stradivarius ("If a donkey brays at you, don't bray at him." - George Herbert)
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To: stradivarius
These Excavators could dig a canal to rival Panama and Suez:


53 posted on 06/09/2005 1:13:29 AM PDT by stradivarius ("If a donkey brays at you, don't bray at him." - George Herbert)
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To: 68skylark

That's what she said!


54 posted on 06/09/2005 3:05:18 AM PDT by Slump Tester (John Kerry - When even your best still isn't good enough)
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To: Alouette

The Gaza cleaner.....when Lye soap and a scrub brush just aren't enough.


55 posted on 06/09/2005 4:23:28 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (tired of all the shucking and jiving)
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To: Alouette; Checkers; Bloody Sam Roberts; NautiNurse; Convert from ECUSA
Uprooting Palestinian terror networks is:

DIRTY WORK:

Not Starring Don Rickles

;0)

56 posted on 06/09/2005 5:00:42 AM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("What in the world happened to Gerard's tag-line?")
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
57 posted on 06/09/2005 5:07:20 AM PDT by SJackson (Israel should know if you push people too hard they will explode in your faces, Abed. palestinian)
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To: Constitution Day

Thanks for the midnight ping.

Oddly enough, I am working on a bid that incorporates a slightly larger model chain trencher than that shown in the first pic. It's not often we get enough running room in Connecticut to make use of large chain trenchers feasible.


58 posted on 06/09/2005 5:12:21 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (This is not your granddaddy's America...)
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To: Delta 21; Alouette

*Appreciative grunts and growls*

Now THAT is a Ditch Witch.
I'd like about twenty of them.


59 posted on 06/09/2005 5:26:10 AM PDT by Darksheare (Hey troll, Sith happens.)
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To: Alouette

Bring on them virgins!


60 posted on 06/09/2005 5:30:00 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea
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