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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza border chaos 'targeted PM'
2006-12-15
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. Ismail Haniya's convoy came under fire when it was allowed to cross, after being held there for several hours. A bodyguard was killed and Mr Haniya's son was shot in the face as the fire fight erupted at the Rafah checkpoint.

Border guards allied to President Abbas' Fatah faction, exchanged fire with Mr Haniya's security forces. After the Rafah border crossing was closed by Israel, Hamas militants stormed the post and Mr Haniya's convoy came under fire.
Posted by:Fred

#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  

#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  

#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  

#9  nope, the money was held in Egypt, IIUC.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-12-15 14:25  

#8  Did Israel confiscate the $$$?
Posted by: gorb   2006-12-15 13:58  

#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  

#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  

#5  Their version of nailing Sonny at the toolbooths...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-12-15 08:41  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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   2006-12-15 05:39  

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