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| Egyptians seize Gaza car smuggling tunnel |
| 2011-06-09 |
| [Ma'an] Egyptian border guards raided a tunnel used to smuggle cars between Gazoo and Egypt, Egyptian security sources told Ma'an Wednesday. The forces located the site south of the Salah Ad-Din gate in Rafah, on the Egyptian side of the border with the coastal strip. Smugglers beat feet through the tunnel to Gazoo during the raid, the sources said, but the Egyptian guards seized four Hyundai vehicles. Egyptian security forces had received information that the tunnel was being used to smuggle cars from Libya into Gazoo, they said. The forces said they had tightened the security around the area ahead of destroying the tunnel. Tunnels remain the primary source of construction materials, vehicles and fuel for Gazoo, as Israel's five-year-long blockade continues. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Howdy, Imam! Welcome to hell. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-06-09 22:04 |
| #3 Man, the entire border is like twelve kilometers long, how many tunnels wide enough to smuggle cars can you *fit* on a frontage that narrow? I'm not surprised that whole sections of the border occasionally collapse like the streets of No-Name City in the end of Paint Your Wagon. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2011-06-09 16:31 |
| #2 a new member of the AOS - Army of Steves? And yes, that would be the correct outcome |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-06-09 10:12 |
| #1 Afterwhich, the Egyptian solders promptly sold the cars for a handsome profit. |
| Posted by: Louisiana Steve 2011-06-09 10:10 |