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2006-12-15 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A bodyguard was killed and Mr Haniya's son was shot in the face as the fire fight erupted at the Rafah checkpoint.

Few things impress the girls like a third nostril.

If this was an outright attempt on Haniyeh, one can only ~~hope for~~ expect all-out civil war, despite any denials as to its existence in Palestinian vocabulary. Whatever Haniyeh wants to call it, let's all wish them a hot time in the old town as they sort out this latest batch of laundry.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-15 05:39|| 2006-12-15 05:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Hamas says the shooting on the convoy of the Palestinian prime minister at a Gaza border post was an assassination attempt by a rival faction

How come no blaming the Jooos?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-15 05:43|| 2006-12-15 05:43|| Front Page Top

#3 prolly too busy cursing the missed opportunity of getting '2 birds with one stone' .. Give em a couple of days and they will be back on track with the j00 hating

Hazard a guess and say that Haniya's convoy was laden with booty/cash

Posted by MacNails 2006-12-15 05:46|| 2006-12-15 05:46|| Front Page Top

#4 ooh just seen the video , yeh Haniya blamed Israel for the firefight , cos they delayed him crossing the border , this built up his supporters tension then bang bang .

Posted by MacNails 2006-12-15 06:36|| 2006-12-15 06:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Their version of nailing Sonny at the toolbooths...

Posted by tu3031 2006-12-15 08:41|| 2006-12-15 08:41|| Front Page Top

#6 AP story says "ISRAEL blocked the Hamas Prime Minister from crossing with tens of millions of dollars in aid".

There it is, the Joooos did it again. Glad to see our "aid" has finally produced some tangible results.

Posted by 0369_Grunt 2006-12-15 10:43|| 2006-12-15 10:43|| Front Page Top

#7 actually its quite possible that Fatah WANTED israel to keep the money out. With tensions so high, they could hardly have wanted all that money to go to their main enemies.

It would be very silly of the Israelis not to maintain SOME (deniable of course) contacts with Abbas and Dahlan at this time.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-12-15 12:05|| 2006-12-15 12:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Did Israel confiscate the $$$?

Posted by gorb 2006-12-15 13:58|| 2006-12-15 13:58|| Front Page Top

#9 nope, the money was held in Egypt, IIUC.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-12-15 14:25|| 2006-12-15 14:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Hopefully what is confiscated in Egypt stays in Egypt, but somehow I end up thinking it will grow legs and sneak across in the middle of the night.

Posted by gorb 2006-12-15 14:35|| 2006-12-15 14:35|| Front Page Top

#11 If they split it into smaller sums theyd have a much better chance of getting SOME of it through, on the other hand some probably would get confiscated, and some would stick to the hands of the couriers, some of who might well never show up in Gaza. Probably why they tried to move it all in with Haniyah in the first place.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-12-15 15:11|| 2006-12-15 15:11|| Front Page Top

#12 "Hopefully what is confiscated in Egypt stays in Egypt, but somehow I end up thinking it will grow legs and sneak across in the middle of the night."

Hopefully used to buy lots of bullets by both sides.

Sounds like a win-win situation to me.

And here I am just going on a diet just when it gets interesting. Alas, no popcorn for me.

Posted by kelly 2006-12-15 18:05|| 2006-12-15 18:05|| Front Page Top

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