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| Egypt fires water cannons at border, warns of closure |
| 2008-01-25 |
| Egyptian forces fired water cannons at Palestinians trying to force their way across the Gaza-Egypt border on Friday and warned over loudspeakers the border would close at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT), witnesses said. But security sources said Egyptian forces still did not have direct orders to fully close the border at any specific time, and a similar announcement made by loudspeakers on Thursday evening to close the border had not been carried out. "Palestinian brothers, quickly return to the border. The border will close at 3 p.m.," police announced on a loudspeaker mounted to a car at the border. Similar announcements were being made by loudspeaker in the coastal town of el-Arish. Security sources said Egyptian security men were trying to block Palestinians from entering at all, apart from one border point in Rafah, two days after Palestinians blasted open the border in defiance of an Israeli blockade. The sources said Egypt had closed back roads that Palestinians were using after entering at other spots along the border, and were also trying to stop Palestinians from reaching el-Arish. Egyptian forces began placing barbed wire near the collapsed steel border wall early on Friday, and witnesses said Palestinians threw stones at Egyptian forces, who responded by beating some Palestinians with clubs and firing several shots into the air. Security forces were allowing Palestinians to exit Egypt from any point along the border line. Witnesses said some 40 truckloads of security men had been sent to el-Arish and were awaiting orders to deploy at the border. Israel, which says its blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza is intended to counter rocket fire by militants, has said it wanted to cut its links with the coastal strip by handing the supply of electricity, water and medicine to others. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it was up to Egypt to ensure the security of its border with Gaza, and Washington said it was willing to work with Egyptian authorities to restore order but did not give details. Israel occupied Gaza in the 1967 Middle East war but pulled troops and settlers out in 2005, although it still controls the strip's northern and eastern borders, airspace and coastal waters. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #7 How about mixing purple indelible ink in the water-cannon's water, "He who riots and runs away, gets nabbed another purple day". |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-01-25 23:22 |
| #6 Scooter McGruder! #4 www, that would give "wetback" a new meaning.... ROTFLMAO! speaking of "backs", wot a Comeback /pc disclaimer, yes I have Mesikins in my family but we don't ever call them Mesikins, we call them AMERICAN CITIZENS! |
| Posted by: RD 2008-01-25 13:06 |
| #5 The Egyptians are not using "water cannons" on the paleos. They're using shower heads capable of expelling high speed jets of pulsating water. All very halal in conformity with the muzzie preoccupation with sharia compliant hygiene. The "barbed wire" mentioned in the body of the article was intended to be used as makeshift clothesline for drying. Jeesh. The MSM refuses to use competent fact checkers. |
| Posted by: MarkZ 2008-01-25 11:59 |
| #4 www, that would give "wetback" a new meaning.... |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2008-01-25 11:40 |
| #3 Water cannon? Hmmmm. Wonder what would happen if we tried that against the invading Meskins? Not just on the border, but if you see an illegal Meskin on the street, call the fire department, pin him down with a water cannon until the border patrol makes it way up to git him. |
| Posted by: www 2008-01-25 10:30 |
| #2 And some people said Egypt wouldn't provide water services to Gazans. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-01-25 07:23 |
| #1 Palestinians blasted open the border |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-25 06:52 |