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2007-01-03 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Four killed in Gaza fighting as tensions spiral

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Posted by tu3031 2007-01-03 11:44|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Caught in the Trucefire (tm)

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-01-03 12:11|| 2007-01-03 12:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey, what's not to like about spiraling tensions... itsa Ăllan's will!

Posted by twobyfour 2007-01-03 12:36|| 2007-01-03 12:36|| Front Page Top

#3 As Dave Barry said in his year-end round-up: "In the Middle East, tension mounts in response to mounting tension."

Posted by xbalanke 2007-01-03 13:02|| 2007-01-03 13:02|| Front Page Top

#4 This is a great tip on what life would be like under total control of the ROP.
Ceasefires would become so abundant that they would overlap. Daily, weekly, monthly, and even annual ceasefires would clog the calendar, but then, the use of a calendar suggests the ability to count, which would suffer among other civil practices, like reading, singing, and even talking.

Posted by wxjames 2007-01-03 13:24|| 2007-01-03 13:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Nine others were wounded, mostly combatants, hospital officials said.

Waitafrickingminnit.

When the jihadis gun each other down, the "mostly combatants" line is trotted out.

When civilized soldiers fire on jihadis, the barest scratch on the hand of someone not holding a gun at the very moment the reporter looks is declared a war crime.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-01-03 13:44|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-01-03 13:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Death toll is up to 5. All fatalies are Fatah, Fatah associates or fatah family members.

Posted by mhw 2007-01-03 13:54|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-03 13:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I call for a 2SS. That's diplomaticeze for two state solution. It's a seldom used diplomatic tool that really smart people (read "dhimmis")know will cause pathological societies to live in harmony with civilized neighbors.

It's the obvious solution to the RoP/Isreal, RoP/Vichy, RoP/Darfur, RoP/Rusky, RoP/Lebanese, RoP/Somalia, RoP/Iraq, RoP/Kashmir, RoP/(just fill in the blank darnit)......problems.

I'd do it all in one massive diplomatic orgy. I'd call it the "UN Packing Arrangement". Dhimmi Carter would of course be lead negotiator. That's a given.

Posted by Lanny Ddub 2007-01-03 15:09|| 2007-01-03 15:09|| Front Page Top

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-01-03 15:14|| 2007-01-03 15:14|| Front Page Top

#9 flash - Haaretz reports bodyguard of Hamas minister killed in blast. Oddly, Haaretz says this is unrelated to current clashes. Unfortunately this was in their immediate healines crawl, and no accompanying explanation. So what was it then? A work accident? Troubles with the gas range? and how the hell does Haaretz know? - Schnapps, rekud leat shel Argentina, rikud leat shel Eretzot HaBrit (whiskey (in Yiddish) slow dance of Argentina, slow dance of the United States - the closest my poor Hebrew can get to Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot)

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-01-03 15:16|| 2007-01-03 15:16|| Front Page Top

#10 :> LH

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-03 16:12|| 2007-01-03 16:12|| Front Page Top

#11

Since there is no Ash Wednesday to stop it Muzzie Gras goes on 24/7/365. This is particularly true during the weekly "Holiest Days of the Year"

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-01-03 17:13|| 2007-01-03 17:13|| Front Page Top

#12 I call for a 2SS. That's diplomaticeze for two state solution.

I'd go 3SS myself. West Bank and Gaza as two separate states. Divide and weaken.

Posted by Pappy 2007-01-03 21:48|| 2007-01-03 21:48|| Front Page Top

#13 #12 What are you planning to do about Hamas neighborhoods vs. Fata neighborhoods in Gaza?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-03 23:39|| 2007-01-03 23:39|| Front Page Top

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