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Egypt starts building steel wall on Gaza Strip border (Essayons)
BBC ^
| Dec 9, 2009
| Christian Fraser
Posted on 12/09/2009 4:08:07 PM PST by decimon
Egypt has begun constructing a huge metal wall along its border with the Gaza Strip as it attempts to cut smuggling tunnels, the BBC has learned.
When it is finished the wall will be 10-11km (6-7 miles) long and will extend 18 metres below the surface.
The Egyptians are being helped by American army engineers, who the BBC understands have designed the wall.
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:08:09 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
18 meters below the surface?
wow.
To: decimon
Egypt isn’t any more enamored with the Palestinians than the Israelis are. That goes for Jordan, Lebanon, and anyone else who has had to deal with them in the last 60 years.
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:13:08 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(A MELTING POT not a potters wheel. Join us. Don't try to turn this nation into the one you fled.)
To: vladimir998
Imagine a real wall on our border.
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:13:46 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(A MELTING POT not a potters wheel. Join us. Don't try to turn this nation into the one you fled.)
To: vladimir998
18 meters below the surface? And they're using Rearden steel.
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:14:46 PM PST
by
decimon
To: DoughtyOne
Oh, come on. I don’t have that much imagination.
:)
To: decimon; SJackson
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:15:38 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Think we can subcontract those American Army engineers in Egypt to put a wall that goes 18 meters down on OUR southern border?
Maybe we can get some TARP or Cash for Clunkers money...
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:15:40 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: decimon
I’m sick and tired of every leftist crying a river about the Israeli blockade on Gaza.
Egypt is an equal partner in the blockade and nobody gives them a hard time for their role.
That’s proof that the leftists are simply anti-Israel. They don’t really care about helping Gazans, otherwise they’d be working on getting Egypt to end the blockade - not Israel. After all, Egypt should be the weakest link in the blockade, right?
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:15:56 PM PST
by
beagleone
To: decimon
Don’t understand this....After all, obamao the munificent has signed orders to bring as many Palestinian terrorists as possible into this country...at taxpayers (that’s about 20% of us) expense...
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:16:08 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: vladimir998
How long will it take to get an acetylene torch to cut thru the wall. Quick call Graingers for bid on torches....
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:20:39 PM PST
by
pointsal
To: vladimir998
How long will it take to get an acetylene torch to cut thru the wall. Quick call Graingers for bid on torches....
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:20:45 PM PST
by
pointsal
To: vladimir998
Heh heh heh... okay that’s the winner. I give up.
Good one.
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:20:48 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(A MELTING POT not a potters wheel. Join us. Don't try to turn this nation into the one you fled.)
To: decimon
Actions speak louder than words.
In spite of all the endless declarations of solidarity etc., this action is exactly what the real Arab world thinks of the Palestinians.
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:23:40 PM PST
by
denydenydeny
(The Left sees taxpayers the way Dr Frankenstein saw the local cemetery; raw material for experiments)
To: pointsal
How long will it take to get an acetylene torch to cut thru the wall.According to the article, the steel can't be cut or melted. That's some steel.
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:28:55 PM PST
by
decimon
To: DoughtyOne
No Arab country in the world will take in a palestinian.
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:30:02 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Sarah Palin 2010 - We Can't Afford To Wait)
To: decimon
It cannot be cut or meltedSo how did they make the steel if it can't be melted?
And how did they cut into pieces they use to assemble it if it can't be cut?
What BS.
To: decimon
Last paragraph:
"The wall is not expected to stop all the smuggling, but it will force the Palestinians to go deeper and it will likely cut the hundreds of superficial tunnels closer to the surface that are used to move the bulk of the goods."
Thats gonna be purty deep for a goat-herder to dig....heh heh heh.
Looks like they are expecting them to give it a try to keep on keepin on with their digging.
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:34:46 PM PST
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: decimon
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:36:35 PM PST
by
fso301
To: vladimir998
"18 meters below the surface?" That's 60 feet down!
When they're done, maybe we can put the contractors to work on our border!!
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posted on
12/09/2009 4:36:41 PM PST
by
cookcounty
(Enough of Obama’s “HOAX and CHEnge”)
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