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Hamas ambushes Gaza "arms convoy" , Trucefire™ holding
When will it be time for the next one?GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas gunmen ambushed what the Islamic group alleged was a convoy carrying weapons to Mahmoud Abbas's presidential guard in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and at least one person was killed and 17 were wounded, residents said. The four-truck convoy, which set off from the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel, was stopped by gunfire in the central Gaza Strip. Must've skipped the weigh station...  The violence tested a 3-day-old ceasefire that had largely stopped a surge in internal fighting in the territory in which at least 30 Palestinians had been killed.Oh, it was just a test. I guess the dead guy flunked. A battle raged between Hamas gunmen and presidential guards accompanying the convoy, according to residents in the area who said a civilian was killed. Hospital officials said 17 people, including two children, were wounded in the clash. "A real war is taking place, gunmen are using the heaviest arms they have," a witness said. Hope this doesn't "derail talks on the unity government™"... Sources in the governing Hamas movement said the trucks were carrying weapons for the 4,000-man presidential guard, a force loyal to Abbas and his Fatah faction. Oh, boy! New guns! "Hamas's heroes have commandeered arms shipments that came through Kerem Shalom as part of the fight against the Palestinian people," a presenter on a Hamas radio station said. Ha! Now they're our guns! NYAH NYAH, NYAH NYAH... Asked about the convoy's cargo, a Palestinian security official declined to comment. A senior Israeli official said she knew trucks had entered the Gaza Strip but did not know their contents. Ummmmmmmmm...trucks? What trucks? Oh, those trucks. President Bush has committed $86 million to provide training and non-lethal equipment to forces loyal to Abbas. Guns and ammunition are being supplied by key U.S. allies Jordan and Egypt, with Israeli approval, Israeli officials say. Thanks, George. Let me know how much of it was mine, and I'll just flush it down the toilet. Diplomats say Abbas's military build-up was meant to counter strides by Hamas in smuggling in more powerful weapons into Gaza for its fast-growing "Executive Force" and armed wing, known as the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades. Mahmoud, is that an AK-47? No, it's an AK...48. Next week, we get AK...49s. Posted by: tu3031 2007-02-01 |
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