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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel Steps Up Raids in Bid to Free Soldier
2006-07-03
'Bout damned time...
Israeli aircraft intensified their attacks on Palestinian targets in Gaza early on Monday, hitting the downtown offices of the Fatah political party here and sites in the northern part of the territory, a day after Israel's prime minister ordered his military to do whatever was necessary to pressure militants to free an Israeli soldier captured a week ago. The strikes appeared to be a direct response to the instructions of the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, who told subordinates at a cabinet meeting on Sunday that he intended to make the lives of Gazans ever more miserable until the captured soldier, 19-year-old Cpl. Gilad Shalit, was released. But Israel also yielded somewhat to outside pressure on Sunday by allowing a limited supply of fuel and food into Gaza.

Mr. Olmert, whose air force has already bombed Gaza's bridges, crippled its only power plant, shelled the Palestinian prime minister's office here and subjected all 1.4 million Gaza residents to night after night of sleep-depriving sonic booms, said he had ordered the military and government "to do everything in order to bring Gilad back home." There were no immediate reports of casualties in the Israeli attacks early on Monday, but Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinian gunmen near the airport on Sunday night, raising the total Palestinian death toll in the latest crisis to five.
Posted by:Fred

#7  It's time for Olmert to ask his good friend George for the loan of about 40 B-52s (about all we have left, I believe) filled with iron bombs, to make the paleo life even more miserable. Bomb the sh$$ to rubble, then grind the rubble into dust. It's a better end than they deserve.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-07-03 14:10  

#6  Cold 6686, cold.
Posted by: 6   2006-07-03 12:38  

#5  "Rubble was good enough for me!"
-Aradead
Posted by: Ulonter Thimble6686   2006-07-03 10:40  

#4  Alter Ego-
What makes you think they'll spend it on infrastructure and not more bombs?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-07-03 07:23  

#3  There is a bright side to all this destruction in paleoland.The funds that the EU dhimmis were going to give to the palestian government employees will now have to be diverted to pay for repairs on the infrastructure.No one has mentioned this so I just thought I'd add this.Dead hamas footsoldiers is a good thing,tactically but a broken infrastructure is better,strategically.
Also,since the tunnel was a kilometer in length it is hoped that Isreal will place a new fence atleast a kilometer into paleoland to prevent future occurences.Of course it would be prudent to clear all buildings and orchads by a kilometer from this new fence.Both these actions should not be viewed as punishment but as an attempt to maintain peaceful relationships,it being only fair that it should be on palestian land since they are the ones digging the tunnels.
Posted by: AlterEgo   2006-07-03 03:34  

#2  Probably allowed food in to appease international seething.
Posted by: grb   2006-07-03 03:05  

#1  Agreed, Fred, the Paleos have been given the wrong signals of late
Posted by: Captain America   2006-07-03 00:56  

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