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Riots, Demonstrations after Hamas Win
Reuters/AP | 1-27-05

Posted on 01/27/2006 12:37:50 PM PST by tallhappy

Palestinians are demonstrating with guns and burning cars after the Hamas win. Some pictures.

Protestors are seen around burning cars inside the courtyard of the Parliament in Gaza City Friday Jan. 27, 2006. Thousands of members of Fatah, which badly lost Palestinian parliament elections to Hamas this week, burned cars and shot in the air in demonstrations across the Gaza Strip, demanding the resignation of corrupt officials and insisting that Fatah form no coalition with Hamas. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinian firemen try to stop the fire after Fatah supporters burned cars inside the Palestinian parliament during a protest in Gaza city January 27, 2006. Fatah activists burned cars in an angry protest outside the Palestinian parliament building in Gaza City on Friday after the party's shock election defeat to the Islamic militant group Hamas, witnesses said. At least two cars were set on ablaze by gunmen as thousands of Fatah supporters gathered inside the compound, firing rifles in the air. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Fatah supporters demonstrate against election results in the West Bank city of Hebron January 27, 2006. Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged fire in the Gaza Strip on Friday, fuelling fears of Palestinian turmoil following the Islamic militant group's crushing victory over the long-dominant faction in a parliamentary election. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel

Palestinian Hamas supporters chant slogans during a rally celebrating the group's victory in parliamentary elections, in the Khan Younis Refugee Camp, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 27, 2006. Hamas leaders have hinted that despite their hardline ideology, they will be pragmatic and not disrupt daily life in the territories they are about to rule. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fatah; hamas; israel; paelection; palestineburning; terrorists
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1 posted on 01/27/2006 12:37:52 PM PST by tallhappy
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To: tallhappy

looks like any other night in gaza.


2 posted on 01/27/2006 12:39:56 PM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: tallhappy

Woo-Hoo! Terrorist fighting Terrorist!


3 posted on 01/27/2006 12:40:07 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: tallhappy

Why do Islamists love to burn cars and tires so much? This is a curious past-time. Hamas needs to call France for some pointers on how to deal with it (rolling eyes)...lol


4 posted on 01/27/2006 12:40:39 PM PST by penelopesire
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To: tallhappy

Now, for general edification, could you please explain the difference between a riot and a demonstration in the present context?


5 posted on 01/27/2006 12:41:18 PM PST by GSlob
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To: TexasCajun

These is a slight chance this could work out and they kill each other off.


6 posted on 01/27/2006 12:41:24 PM PST by One Proud Dad
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To: tallhappy

What happened? Did someone win a basketball championship?


7 posted on 01/27/2006 12:41:32 PM PST by Enterprise (The MSM - Propaganda wing and news censorship division of the Democrat Party.)
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To: tallhappy

Nah - those are palestinian wedding pictures!


8 posted on 01/27/2006 12:41:32 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: tallhappy

These people are insane.


9 posted on 01/27/2006 12:42:13 PM PST by Leg Olam ("There is no Hell. There is only France." F. Zappa)
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To: tallhappy

I'm so happy we're bringing democracy to the Mideast. What a great idea!


10 posted on 01/27/2006 12:42:27 PM PST by Thorin ("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: tallhappy

"Fatah supporters burned cars inside the Palestinian parliament"


That's a pretty extreme protest.


11 posted on 01/27/2006 12:42:46 PM PST by gondramB (Democracy: two wolves and a lamb voting on lunch. Liberty: a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: tallhappy

Looks like Detroit after a Pistons championship.


12 posted on 01/27/2006 12:42:48 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe (North Texas Solutions http://ntxsolutions.com)
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To: tallhappy

Sore Loserman


13 posted on 01/27/2006 12:43:44 PM PST by randita
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To: Thorin

These people have been fighting each other for 5000 years. And we think we're going to step in one day and make em act like civilized human beings.

It's easier just to bomb them.


14 posted on 01/27/2006 12:44:27 PM PST by libertarianPA (http://www.amarxica.com)
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To: tallhappy
Two Words:

NATURAL SELECTION

15 posted on 01/27/2006 12:44:52 PM PST by NordP (Karl Rove's b-day is Dec 25th. It seems a great carpenter values a good architect ;-)
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To: tallhappy

If it wasn't for the Mediterranean foliage I'd have sworn that was Paris . . .


16 posted on 01/27/2006 12:45:10 PM PST by Caveman Lawyer (Cluckin' defiance)
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To: NordP

And I think it's about time we start thinning out the herd.


17 posted on 01/27/2006 12:47:38 PM PST by libertarianPA (http://www.amarxica.com)
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To: GSlob
Now, for general edification, could you please explain the difference between a riot and a demonstration in the present context?

Demonstrations they aren't burning things. There are some picts of large Hamas gatherings I call demonstrations.

The last picture is a close up of one.

18 posted on 01/27/2006 12:48:14 PM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: tallhappy
Palestinians are demonstrating with guns and burning cars after the Hamas win.

Relatively speaking, this is the best d@mn diplomacy shown by the Palestinians in the last 50 years.

19 posted on 01/27/2006 12:51:57 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: GSlob
This below for example is Hamas demonstrating -- they aren't rioting because they won.


20 posted on 01/27/2006 12:52:07 PM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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