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| Middle East |
| Paleostinian target practice |
| 2002-11-17 |
| RAMALLAH â Palestinians residents have complained to authorities that mortar shells fired by Hamas toward Israeli communities have struck their homes instead. These guys are not only evil but incompetent as well. Whoâda thunk? Paletinian Authority officials said Fatah and Hamas mortar attacks have struck Palestinian homes near the city of Dir El Balah in the Gaza Strip. PA authorities also noted that getting a home improvement loan isnât so easy there, either. "Palestinian residents of Al Barka and areas close to the community of Kfar Darom have called on the nationalist and Islamic forces to stop firing, and especially from firing mortar bombs, from areas close to inhabited houses," the newspaper said. "Firing from densely populated areas just brings damage and destruction to the residents and their property." Firing from densely populated areas, however, manages to keep you alive when your Western, civilized enemy canât bring itself to waste the entire neighborhood to get you. Fatah commanders have been urged to end their mortar attacks toward the Gush Katif bloc of Israeli communities in the central Gaza Strip from the nearby cities of Dir El Balah and Khan Yunis. This reminds me of the old M*A*S*H episode with Five OâClock Charlie bombing the outhouse. Apparently no one in the Axis of Evil⢠can shoot straight. The PA and Palestinian insurgency groups employ a range of mortars. They include the 60 mm, 82 mm and 120 mm mortars. The maximum range of the mortars is said to be about 2.5 kilometers. The PA has no clue what the maximum range is: if they did, the shells wouldnât be landing on their own houses, now would they? "The residents call upon you to take into account the well being of the population and to ensure their security before carrying out any kind of militant action," the newspaper quoted the Al Baraka residents as saying. âCriminy, Mahmoud, if we did that weâd NEVER git to shoot anything!â |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Don't worry, I figured out it was because I didn't fill in the URL for where I got the article from. Mostly because I got it in an e-mail and couldn't track down where it came from, so once I filled in all the fields it posted okay. |
| Posted by: Paul 2002-11-17 19:08:04 |
| #3 I fixed your post, Steve. The rocket artists don't seem any more competent than the Kashmir grenade artists... Paul, let me know what kind of error you got and I'll try and chase it down. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-11-17 09:16:58 |
| #2 This Guest Poster thing isn't working for me today.. |
| Posted by: Paul 2002-11-17 03:43:34 |
| #1 Rats. I didn't get my name in the slot before clicking submit, and my hilites didn't work. This weblog stuff is harder than it looks! I'll do better next time, Fred, honest! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-11-17 00:44:08 |