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Israel-Palestine
Red Cross Thingy leaves 'lawless' Gaza
2005-08-10
Via Daily Pundit:
The Red Cross Thingy has shut down its field activities in the Gaza Strip because of growing lawlessness in Palestinian areas in the build-up to Israel’s pullout next week. The move came after a surge in kidnappings as powerful clans have seized Western hostages to use as bargaining tools in disputes with Mahmoud Abbas’s increasingly weak Palestinian Authority security forces. The decision was taken after the Red Cross office in Khan Younis was shot at by members of Al-Aksa Martyrs' Brigades an unknown militant group. Two UN staff were also briefly kidnapped and. It was the fourth kidnapping of Westerners in three weeks. Mr. Abbas, the Palestinian President, urged his people to maintain law and order, and promised elections in January. But one aid official said that law and order is breaking down after corrupt security chiefs were replaced by “cleaner” but less influential figures. With the pullout approaching, the Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories yesterday issued a fatwa forbidding any act that impeded the pullout departure of troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip, which Israel has held under military occupation for 38 years.
There is no Palestine. There is only chaos, and hatred, and the coppery scent of blood on the desert breeze.
Posted by:Seafarious

#4  But, it is still better land than Gaza and millions live there. Go figure!

There's nothing to figure - your taxes at work...
Posted by: Colt   2005-08-10 13:31  

#3  "But one aid official said that law and order is breaking down after corrupt security chiefs were replaced by “cleaner” but less influential figures."


My laughter is so loud that, my Bit Stream Richter Scale is picking up the waveform.

This article is not stating whether if it is the Int'l Red Cross or the Red Crescent. Probably, in reality, there is no difference.

I believe the real reason that they got shot at is because the Red Cross no longer wants to carry weapons caches, bombs, and/or rockets, in their ambulances.
Posted by: Poison Reverse   2005-08-10 10:13  

#2  wonder which will ultimately end up worse: Ein-El-Hellhole or Gaza...they have the same mix of death-cults, thug-lords, willing-to-kill populace, and many many weapons. Should be fun
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-10 08:38  

#1  My cousin's near scrub ranch is about 1/4 the size of the Gaza Strip. It barely supports her family of four and 1000 cattle. (No rain in years).
But, it is still better land than Gaza and millions live there. Go figure!

Posted by: 3dc   2005-08-10 01:36  

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