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Shootout at the Gaza Corral
Way to go to keep that vital Karni border crossing open, Paleos...
Six members of the Palestinian security forces were shot and wounded by militants who had planned to ram an explosives-packed vehicle into a Gaza-Israel border crossing. The militants, driving in two vehicles, opened fire at members of national and preventive security who were manning a post close to Karni, the main trade crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, security sources and the office of the Palestinian Authority president said Wednesday. The security forces ordered the militants to stop but instead they began shooting at the post.

According to Palestinian security sources, the militants had been planning an anti-Israeli suicide attack on Karni by driving a jeep into the crossing. The militants who intended to carry out the attack fled the scene in their second car but only after abandoning the first vehicle containing two explosive devices, later detonated by members of the security forces. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but security sources believe those planning the attack were members of the Popular Resistance Committees.
Posted by: Seafarious 2006-04-26
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