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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Tunneling grows into major Gaza industry: That's what Vermin do!
2007-01-03
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- In houses along the steel wall separating Gaza and Egypt, the lights are flickering -- a sign that smugglers are digging tunnels below, their powerful drills weakening the flow of electricity.

Tunneling is the fastest-growing business in this impoverished border town and one of the biggest obstacles to any lasting Israeli-Palestinian truce.

Since Israel pulled out of the Gaza Strip a year ago, the number of tunnels for smuggling weapons, drugs and other contraband has more than doubled, evolving into an underground maze clawed out of Gaza's soft soil. Ending scenes of Paint Your Wagon to be re-enacted soon!
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#13  Thinking small, Alaska Paul.
(hey it rhymes!)
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-01-03 23:59  

#12  Cut off the electricity or put water and calcium carbide in the tunnels and light it off. Worked for gophers.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-01-03 22:01  

#11  Carbon monoxide, chlorine ? A little something down the hole to poison the air. Dirt nap.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-01-03 21:55  

#10  #6 The west bankers are syrians. The Gazans are Egyptian.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-01-03 21:07  

#9  Israeli fears that the militants are using the cease-fire to continue arming

Isn't that what a hudna is all about?
Posted by: DMFD   2007-01-03 21:01  

#8  Sigh. Now if all Muslims would go underground.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-01-03 18:28  

#7  Interesting point, liberalhawk. I didn't know that.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-01-03 16:40  

#6  actually theyre south syrians - their dialect of arabic, cuisine and other cultural traits are closer to Syrian (And Jordan and Lebanon) than to Egypt.

And dont think Damascus doesnt know that.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2007-01-03 16:08  

#5  If they were expelled to Egypt, they wouldn't need tunnels

Makes sense to me since they're Egyptians anyway.

.....still trying to figure out what a 'palestinian' is.........
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2007-01-03 15:55  

#4  If they were expelled to Egypt, they wouldn't need tunnels.
Posted by: ed   2007-01-03 15:36  

#3  "A Palestinian security official said cordite, an explosive propellant for anti-aircraft weapons, has come through the tunnels, in one case blowing up on the buyer and killing two persons in October"

Im not quite sure why this is a problem.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2007-01-03 15:17  

#2  Bunker-busters to blast the tunnel walls, followed by pipelines to the Med to flush the little rodents out into the open. Then kill them. Maybe we need to give Israel a few MOABs. I'm sure they'd do the trick. Photo looks like limestone.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-01-03 15:11  

#1  So does that make blinky houses legit targets?
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-01-03 14:36  

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