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| Smell Of Cow Crap Offends King Abdullah |
| 2007-01-01 |
| Jordan King Complains of Israeli Odors It's the Jooos fault! JERUSALEM (AP) - Jordanian King Abdullah II has complained of bovine odors coming from the Israeli side of the frontier along the countries' shared southern border, Israel's environment minister said Monday. Speaking to Israel Radio, Gideon Ezra said the smells, from a livestock quarantine facility, were blown across the frontier toward the king's palace in the town of Aqaba, on the Red Sea next to the Israeli town of Eilat. Jordanian officials contacted Israel last week and requested the odors be neutralized, Ezra said. Jordan and Israel, enemies for decades, signed a peace agreement in 1994 and now enjoy close ties. In response to the Jordanian complaint, Israel has ordered the owners of the facility - where imported livestock is held in quarantine before being released to farmers - to clean up large amounts of animal waste that had built up at the site, Environment Ministry spokesman Sharon Achdut said. Ezra said that upon receiving the complaint, Israeli officials immediately spread "deodorants" around the site to offset the smell affecting Abdullah's palace, and that a thorough clean-up would begin within days. "I think that when we get a request from Jordan, just as when we make a request of Jordan, it's one country's duty to do as much as possible for the other," Ezra said. An official from the Jordanian Royal Palace said the complaint was relayed to the Israeli Environment Ministry through Jordan's ambassador in Tel Aviv. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #5 This article screams for the "Smells like BS" graphic. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-01 21:12 |
| #4 Complain to Allah, he controls the winds. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-01-01 19:47 |
| #3 Maybe I should send him a sample from Elsbeth's hog pen. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-01-01 16:48 |
| #2 We call those nutrients. They are not waste unless wasted. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-01-01 16:45 |
| #1 Yeah, I get that (overwhelming) odor every time I drive through Clayton, NM, but I don't ask the city to clean it up on my account. Omaha, Nebraska, has some stockyards that are a bit ripe, too. It goes with having large number of cattle in one place. Some people are way too sensitive. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-01-01 16:32 |