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| Gaza Gunmen Tout Taliban Tactics, or "Why do Palis Hate the Internet?" | |
| 2006-11-29 | |
| Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday attacked several Internet cafes in the Gaza Strip with hand-propelled grenades and explosive devices. The attacks occurred simultaneously and caused heavy damages to the cafes. No one was hurt. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attacks, some of the owners accused Muslim fundamentalists who have been waging a campaign against Internet cafes and surfers. "Some fanatics are unhappy with the fact that many young people have access to the Internet," one of the owners told The Jerusalem Post. "They claim that the Internet is corrupting young people because it exposes them to Western values and culture and pornographic sites." and your point? Another owner, Ala Shawwa, described the attacks as a "cowardly act." He estimated losses to his Internet café at $3,000, noting that the place had been entirely destroyed. Nabil al-Atleh, owner of Coffee Net in the center of Gaza City, said the attacks occurred just before dawn prayers in local mosques. He said all 30 computers in his center were destroyed and that the total damage was estimated at over $5,000.
"Those who are behind these attacks are trying to turn Palestine into a Taliban-style country, where people were executed for watching TV," said a Fatah official. "What will the next move be? Are they going to confiscate satellite dishes and radio stations from our homes?" Because most residents cannot afford to purchase a personal computer, several Internet cafes have popped up in various parts of the Gaza Strip in the past few months. | |
| Posted by:PlanetDan |
| #7 Lots of stolen Israeli stuff to be found in the Palestinian territories, too. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-29 23:09 |
| #6 The Goodwill store down the street here in NE OH occasionally sells working computers for less than $50. They're old and slow, but they work. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-11-29 22:21 |
| #5 Well, no, probably not... but the local techie/independent small businessman that I found (through a search service, and who has been very nice and understanding about my various tech-related woes) sold me a rehabbed computer unit(exclusive of monitor, etc) for about $200. He sold the small business I worked for another higher-quality computer for $350...So, OK, I am poor. Deal!! It works and I have internet, that's all I ask. So, considering all that... it could very well be that his computers were about that value. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2006-11-29 21:34 |
| #4 That works out to $167 per computer. Let me repeat: $167 per computer!?! They're not likely to be the latest-and-greatest. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-11-29 20:40 |
| #3 Those are the very same dumbasses that elected the radicals to power. I say suffer long and hard. |
| Posted by: Cluns Grerelet1554 2006-11-29 17:46 |
| #2 In Afghanistan it seems terrorists like to confiscate cell phones wherever they can. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-29 17:17 |
| #1 Fatah official (no mane brand), you sow wind, you'll reap huricane. "What will the next move be? Are they going to confiscate satellite dishes and radio stations from our homes?" Yep. See Iran re satellite dishes. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-11-29 15:35 |