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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
PA transfers rocket materials to Israel
2007-09-27
The Palestinian Authority has transferred two metal pipes marked "Gaza Department of Streets and Sanitation" to Israel that were thought to be planned for use in the production of rockets in Bethlehem on Wednesday. The rockets, Palestinian security officials speculated, were to be fired at Jerusalem. Palestinian security forces had discovered the pipes, along with TNT and a briefcase holding documents in an area between Bethlehem's El-Aida refugee camp and Beit Jala, opposite Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood.

Palestinian news agency Ma'an said that the "rockets" were 1.5 meters long. IDF Central Command sources said that it was possible that Kassam rockets were being manufactured in the West Bank and particularly in Bethlehem, the base of a Tanzim terror cell that had fired mortar shells at the neighborhood of Gilo in recent years.

Palestinian intelligence head Tawfiq Tarawi said the so-called rockets were still in the early stage of production and had not yet been fitted with explosives.

Tarawi would not say whether any arrests had been made. He also declined to say who built them, but said the weapons resembled the rockets developed by Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip.

"This is not the first time. Two months ago, we found similar rockets and we destroyed them," he said. "This is unacceptable. We will not allow anyone to use such missiles because he will be destroying the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian towns," he added, referring to the likely Israeli military response a rocket attack would bring.
Posted by:Fred

#5  expect those that actually did the 'turning over' to be toast, real soon. this is a decoy ops and will just recharge all the dhimmis, liberals, bleeding hearts and other redundant life forms.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-09-27 14:03  

#4  and a briefcase holding documents

Did they turn that over too? Gotta feeling that might be a helluva lot more interesting then a coupla pieces of pipe...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-09-27 10:24  

#3  We will not allow anyone to use such missiles because he will be destroying the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian towns," he added, referring to the likely Israeli military response a rocket attack would bring.

Mercy me! It is almost like they are catching on. You know, that business about a state is responsible for what takes place inside its borders.
Posted by: SteveS   2007-09-27 10:08  

#2  Yeah, this almost needs a flying pig graphic.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2007-09-27 05:46  

#1  Odd. As if they got a glimpse of the cause and effect thingy. Or it may be just a token of PA plausible deniability if kassams start to fly.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-09-27 00:28  

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