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Hamas bulldozer wrecks another section
AP via Jerusalem Post ^ | Jan 25, 2008 | AP

Posted on 01/25/2008 6:58:40 AM PST by ECM

Egyptian guards with riot shields formed human chains along the Egypt-Gaza border Friday, but were unable to stop hundreds of Palestinians from rushing into Egypt after a bulldozer wrecked another section of fence along the frontier.

Men in black clothing, some of them masked, stood atop the bulldozer as it knocked down a concrete slab under the watchful eyes of Egyptian forces on the other side who shot in the air in an attempt to hinder the flow of Gazans into Egypt.

Thousands of Palestinians, many of them carrying empty fuel canisters, managed to push through several openings despite the presence of the Egyptians deployed nine rows deep in some places. At one point, guards aimed a water cannon above the heads of people, not at them, to keep them back.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; gaza; hamas; israel

1 posted on 01/25/2008 6:58:41 AM PST by ECM
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To: ECM

Did they do the traditional rundown of the screaming little blonde spoilt child to kick it off???


2 posted on 01/25/2008 7:02:00 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: ECM

Sounds like Gaza is a part of Egypt now. Good riddance.


3 posted on 01/25/2008 7:07:04 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Amnesty! Taxes! Censorship! NY Times Endorsed! McCain! < / sarc>)
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To: ECM

The Palestinians can bond with their Egyptian brothers.
While the Egyptians are more then willing to make a buck off them they too don’t care for the palis.


4 posted on 01/25/2008 7:08:50 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: ECM
Men in black clothing, some of them masked, stood atop the bulldozer

Popping some head shots should chill this...

5 posted on 01/25/2008 7:09:22 AM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: ECM

Egypt may huff and puff, but Israel could, if it had the will, simply completely withdraw behind its own wall, seal the border with Gaza and leave it to Egypt to do whatever it wants with the Gaza problem.


6 posted on 01/25/2008 7:10:45 AM PST by Truth29
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To: ECM

fuel canisters? sounds like a euphemism for that previously-empty container part of a kassam.


7 posted on 01/25/2008 7:15:53 AM PST by C210N (The television has mounted the most serious assault on Republicanism since Das Kapital.)
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To: theDentist
LOL.

It is a deep, deep, deep character flaw - but I never get tired of Rachel Corrie jokes. Even the bad ones.

Especially the bad ones.
8 posted on 01/25/2008 7:18:08 AM PST by horse_doc (Visualize a world where a tactical nuke went off at Max Yasgur's farm in 1969.)
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To: ECM
At one point, guards aimed a water cannon above the heads of people, not at them, to keep them back.

"Ahmed! We are about to be overrun by hordes of smelly Palestinians! What do we do?"

"Quickly, Mustafa! Aim the water cannon over their head! It will not stop them, but at least they will get a free shower!"

"Insh'allah, Ahmed! You are brilliant!"

}:-)4

9 posted on 01/25/2008 8:39:52 AM PST by Moose4 (Wasting away again in Michaelnifongville.)
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