Palestinian gunmen linked to the former governing Fatah party have stormed the main government compound in the Gaza Strip, in the worst internal violence there for months. The gunmen from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades say they are angry at the government's failure to give them jobs in the Palestinian security forces. | Lemme get this straight: They're shooting the place up because they're not getting jobs in law enforcement? |
Palestinian Gunmen Take Over Power Plant
Three dozen gunmen blocked the main road leading to the Israel-Gaza crossing on Monday, exchanging fire with policemen trying to remove them from the area, officials and witnesses said. Two gunmen and a policeman were wounded. The firefight erupted along a road Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas needs to use to leave the Gaza Strip. Abbas was scheduled to leave Gaza on Monday morning and head to the West Bank city of Ramallah. Earlier, two dozen gunmen briefly infiltrated a power plant elsewhere in Gaza, exchanging fire with security forces and wounding two policemen, officials said. Gunmen also briefly entered a hospital near the Gaza town of Khan Younis. Several of the gunmen were recently hired by the Palestinian security services and demanded their salaries. | "Hokay. You passed your face-making test and your gun sex test. You know all the words to the Allahu Akbar chant. I guess you're hired! Welcome to law enforcement!" "Good! Gimme my paycheck!" |