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Israel poised to invade Gaza: Reservists summoned on Day 2 of deadly air offensive
The Washington Times ^ | December 29, 2008 | Joshua Mitnick

Posted on 12/28/2008 8:16:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

TEL AVIV | The threat of an Israeli invasion of the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip loomed Sunday, with the call up of 6,500 reservists during the second day of an air offensive that sparked global protests and the deepest penetration yet by Palestinian rockets into southern Israel.

Israeli bombers targeted 40 smuggling tunnels linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt, while Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Egyptian border police in an attempt to flee the bombing.

The death toll approached 300 and demonstrations erupted throughout the Muslim world.

The Syrian government broke off indirect peace talks started earlier this year with Israel. A rocket fired from Gaza hit near the port city of Ashdod 18 miles from the border, the deepest penetration yet by Palestinian missiles.

The severity of the attack, the worst in decades, threatened to saddle the incoming Obama administration with its first foreign-policy crisis.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; democrats; gaza; gazastrip; hamas; hamasholes; hamastan; islam; israel; jihad; mohammed4obama; muslims; obama; obamasbuddies; operationcastlead; operationleadcast; wot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"You’d lose your U.S. citizenship, IIRC."

Technically speaking, only if you actually joined the IDF. You could hire out as a "private contractor".

21 posted on 12/28/2008 10:39:19 PM PST by Desron13 (If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
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To: Desron13

You could start your own PMC (Like Blackwater) and contract yourself out to Israel...


22 posted on 12/28/2008 10:47:09 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder how B.O. would be viewed if he were to say anything even slightly pro-Palestinian in such a situation.


23 posted on 12/28/2008 11:12:56 PM PST by JulienBenda ("Don't you just LOVE the Emperor's new clothes?!")
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To: Jeff Gordon
80 Percent of the Jewish vote went for Obama...... either they are ignorant, masochist, or stuck on stupid....
24 posted on 12/29/2008 4:41:01 AM PST by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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