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| Just Another Day in Gaza |
| 2006-09-19 |
| Democracy marches on in Gaza... GAZA (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed an office of a Palestinian news service under the control of President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, beating up one reporter and vandalising equipment, witnesses and the news agency said. Did you curse Haniyeh's beard? Ummmmmmmm...no? OUCH! Yes! OUCH! No! OUCH! Yes! OUCH! No! OUCH! The attack in Gaza coincided with rising tension between Abbas's Fatah movement and Hamas over the killing last week of a senior intelligence official loyal to the president, a shooting that has further complicated efforts to form a unity government. Hmmmmmm... rising tensions in Gaza. I see much seething on the horizon. Much shooting. A modern day Nostradamus I am... Witnesses said unidentified gunmen smashed a computer and destroyed other equipment at the official WAFA news agency office in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. The agency said one reporter was attacked and taken to hospital for treatment. Yes, but were they "masked" gunman? While there was no claim of responsibility, the gunmen accused WAFA of biased media coverage. You like them better! No we don't. Yes you do! No we don't. powpowpowpowpowpowpowpow Okay, we like you better... Fatah officials said later on Tuesday hundreds of armed Fatah gunmen had been deployed in Khan Younis to protect public institutions especially those controlled by Abbas. Hello, Mahmoud. Hello, Achmed. Could you wait til I get off shift before you torch the Ministry of Not Doing Much? I'll be doing paperwork for the next sixth months. Lemme call the boss... Last June, gunmen stormed an office of Palestine TV in Gaza, accusing the network, also controlled by Abbas, of favouring Fatah. Fatah blamed militants from the Hamas Islamist movement for that incident, a charge Hamas denied. They like you better! Do not! Do too! Seeking to resolve their differences and lift Western sanctions, the moderate Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas last week announced plans to form a unity government. However, bickering has since broken out, with Abbas freezing talks after accusing Hamas of reneging on a deal he says includes accepting interim peace accords with the Jewish state. Bickering! Can you believe it? Mahmoud! Ismail! It's bad for business. Kiss and make up and we'll all get richer then Suha... Hamas has said talks were only on hold while Abbas attended U.N. meetings in New York, insisting it would abide by the deals if they were in the "interest of the Palestinian people." Ah, yes, "the interests of the Palestinian people". Yasser rode that scam all the way to the grave. In a show of strength, thousands of workers waving Hamas flags took to the streets of Gaza in a rally organised by the group aimed at urging Abbas to help pay their salaries. Protesters also urged Abbas not to give in what they saw as U.S. pressure over the unity government. The Hamas-led Palestinian Authority has not paid full salaries since March, when Western powers cut aid to put pressure on the Islamic militant group. Abbas has started making partial payments using Arab funds that bypassed Hamas. It has been [7] months since our last paycheck. Witnesses at the demonstration said protestors assaulted three journalists including a cameraman with Palestine TV. Another journalist, Mwafaq Matar, known for his pro-Fatah stance, was seriously beaten in the incident, they added. Lemme help you up there, Mwafaq. Ouch! Ow! Ow! OUCH! Further jeopardising the planned unity government, Fatah officials said Abbas would not agree to form the coalition until Hamas arrested those behind the killing of Jad Tayeh, a senior official in the General Intelligence service in Gaza last week. Four of his bodyguards were also killed in the shooting. Leave the guns. Take the falafel... In a statement on Tuesday, Hamas reiterated it was not responsible for the killings and said its patience could run out if accusations of the group's involvement continued. Hundreds of relatives of the dead men marched to parliament in Gaza on Tuesday, firing rifles into the air. Welcome to Gaza: Disneyland for lunatics. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #2 Islam on Islam. They sure are nice to each other. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-09-19 22:15 |
| #1 Hamas reiterated it was not responsible for the killings and said its patience could run out if accusations of the group's involvement continued uh oh. more peaceful negotiations could break out if that happens. |
| Posted by: Unineper Jease7226 2006-09-19 18:10 |