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Gunmen attack UN convoy in Gaza
 Probably just the Pali version of the job interview...GAZA CITY (AFP) - Palestinian gunmen fired on the convoy of the director of the United Nations refugee agency as he returned to Gaza City on Friday, but there were no casualties, security sources and witnesses said. "Eleven bullets hit his armoured car. We don't know who did it yet. We are investigating," a security source said. It appears eleven guys, who we don't know, dropped their guns. At once. Nothing to see here... John Ging, the Gaza director of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), was travelling from the Erez border crossing to Gaza City when the attack happened. Wonder who he pissed off to get stuck with that job? Violence has escalated in the Gaza Strip since Hamas came to power one year ago and plunged the Palestinian territories into a power struggle pitting the Fatah-dominated security services against Hamas militants. Yes, so I've heard... Although around 20 foreign journalists and aid workers have been kidnapped and released unharmed in the past year, such a direct and bold attack against foreigners in the Gaza Strip is rare. So what does AFP consider kidnapping, harmless fun? The latest victim, BBC reporter Alan Johnston, has not been seen since he left the BBC bureau in Gaza City on Monday afternoon. Palestinian security sources said he was Hello, BBC headquarters. Yeah. Send down another bag of money. We're probably gonna need it. UNRWA, the largest UN agency with more than 25,000 employees, was established in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war to provide relief for upwards of 700,000 Palestinian refugees uprooted by the war. UNRWA: Supporting your refugee needs for almost 60 years. Today the agency provides education, health, relief and social services to more than 4.3 million registered Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the Gaza Strip alone, UNRWA cares for nearly one million refugees. ...and they seem really grateful. Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-16 |
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