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Gunmen blow up border wall to protest closure of Rafah |
2006-08-25 |
(KUNA) -- Palestinian gunmen on Thursday blew up the border wall separating Gaza Strip from neighboring Egypt in the town of Rafah, witnesses said. The gunmen of Salah Eddine Brigades, military wing of the Peoples Resistance Committees in Palestine, an umbrella of several factions, blew up a section of the wall in protest of Israel's closure of Rafah border checkpoint, they said. Palestinian policemen rushed to the scene and took measures after the blast left a large crater in the fence, and Egyptian security forces took up positions on the other side of the border to prevent infiltrations. The explosion came a day after the committees declared that a promise was made to reopen the border point, shut since several days ago. Some 2,000 Palestinians have been waiting to be allowed to cross on the Egyptian side of the border line since a week ago. |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 Myths: "Palestinians" "Gaza" "West Bank" These and other famous fables, brought to you by: Your friendly neighborhood Arabs. |
Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-25 16:36 |
#5 Palestinian policemen rushed to the scene and took measures after the blast You must be this tall to blow up the border wall... |
Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-25 16:18 |
#4 Palestinian policemen rushed to the scene and took measures after the blast "Lemme see here guys, so many pounds of dynamite makes a hole exactly this big ..." I'm sure this actually was just a tunneling "work accident". |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-25 16:16 |
#3 This is the 2nd time they've blown the wall. Wonder how Egyptians like this ? |
Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-08-25 15:33 |
#2 "Palestinian police ... took measures after the blast left a large crater in the fence, and Egyptian security forces took up positions on the other side of the border to prevent infiltrations" Do any of these "measures" and "positions" include shooting anything that moves or tries to move through the hole? If not - what a waste of time on both sides. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-08-25 13:54 |
#1 “Gunmen” using explosives...that’s the Gaza definition of multi-tasking. |
Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-08-25 09:04 |