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| IDF Attacks Again; Paleos Unite |
| 2007-05-20 |
| Israeli warplanes sent missiles slamming into a car carrying Hamas militants early Sunday, then demolished arms factories belonging to two Palestinian groups, the army said, in a widening of reprisals against Gaza rocket squads. In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert threatened tougher action if the intensified rocket fire on Israeli border communities didn't cease. The sixth straight day of airstrikes came as an uneasy truce between warring Palestinian factions set in. Masked Hamas and Fatah gunmen who had controlled the streets and taken over apartment buildings in the previous week scaled back their presence sharply, and residents who had holed up at home seeking refuge from the gunbattles ventured out to stock up on supplies at busy shops. Children went back to school in time for final exams, and adults returned to work. Four previous truces last week quickly collapsed, but Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said he expected the cease-fire deal reached Saturday to stick because of Israel's military action. "No one would accept to fight one another while the Israelis are shelling Gaza," he said. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #6 If bombs were being launched from across US borders, there would be an immediate, decisive, and swift response until the threat was eliminated. And when bombs are launched from across Israel's border, US calls on Israel (with treats re millitary assistance & international backing, implied) not to hurt the Peace Process. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-05-20 21:56 |
| #5 It boggles why a country would allow terrorists to launch bombs upon Israelis. Yet This bombing has continued for months and years. If bombs were being launched from across US borders, there would be an immediate, decisive, and swift response until the threat was eliminated. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2007-05-20 15:40 |
| #4 "A Palestinian shopowner disputed Israel's account that it destroyed a weapons factory in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia, saying his stereo and video store had been mistakenly targeted." Video store? Right!!! Here is a nice tip that I picked up on CNBC: Stereo and video store acquisitions and mergers are only successful in Gaza, if the acquisition does not include a BOMB making factory. Pass it on. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2007-05-20 14:29 |
| #3 Damn, I've got to get my glasses checked. I thought the headline read "IDF Attacks Again; Paleos Urinate" The IDF retaliates and the paleos pee their pants - it's certainly believable. Fake but accurate. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-05-20 13:24 |
| #2 "No one would accept to fight one another while the Israelis are shelling Gaza." ItÂ’s been proven that societies predicated on hate and fueled by charlatan religious dogma would always maintain a culture of paranoia and corruption. Add to that a population that for decades willingly accepts, and indeed often expects, its leaders hypocrisy on matters of collective concern preserves a denial of personal responsibility at every level of its citizenry. This witches brew of irrational beliefs and behaviors has allowed some the most morally bankrupt of leaders to consistently coerce ignorant masses of a false object for their rancor. We are witnessing in Gaza how these parasitic beliefs, without external sustenance, have the potential to eventually consume their host. Their humiliation is the vermin amongst them. They need only to look in the mirror. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-05-20 11:41 |
| #1 If Israeli bombing causes the Pals to reunite and end their civil war will Olmert be up for the Nobel Peace Prize? |
| Posted by: Penguin 2007-05-20 09:48 |