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| Hamas Rocket Doesn't Reach Line; kills two Gaza Girls |
| 2008-12-26 |
| GAZA (Reuters) -- A rocket apparently fired by Palestinians on Friday struck a house in the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinian sisters aged five and 13, Palestinian medics said. Hamas police said they were investigating the cause of the blast in Beit Lahiya village in northern Gaza, which medics said seemed to be due to a rocket aimed at Israel that had misfired. Gaza militants frequently fire rockets at Israel from the same area. The incident came amid rising tensions with Israel, with officials threatening stepped-up military action against Gaza militants to stop rocket shootings from the coastal territory. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #13 Pali rocket men need to be taught the Islamic way of launching. Allan looks on the Jihadi's rocket offering as sincere only when it is launched straight-up. |
| Posted by: Tiny Ebbineger2654 2008-12-26 23:24 |
| #12 JosephM, about your first comment: Population demographics: I believe the non-European Jews have birthrates similar to the Arabs in the surrounding countries. The European Jews, on the other hand, tend to have only one or two children, like the European culture they came from. Emigration: has been a concern since the founding of the country. Aliyah, ie mass emigration to Israel: is indeed over. As far as I'm aware there aren't any large populations of beleaguered Jews left. There has been a steady trickle of individual aliyot from Western countries resulting from Zionist idealism; no doubt in future the Zionist trickle will come from the rest of the world as well. Muslim population numbers in the US vs. Jewish numbers: The point is silly and, in my opinion, meaningless. Not to mention that, like Palestinian population numbers, the number of Muslims in the US as reported by organizations such as CAIR tend to be exaggerated by an order of magnitude, eg 6 million vs 600,000, making projections a bit non-reality based. However, so long as the Muslims were as well-integrated, conscientious citizens as the Jews, it would not be a problem. We shall wait and see -- 2020 isn't that far in the future. As a point of information, most of the Muslims in this country are Asians and African-American "Black Muslims", not Arabs... and many Arab-Americans are Christian, not Muslim. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-12-26 21:50 |
| #11 WAFF POSTERS > believe LIBYA, EGYPT, IRAN, + SAID ARABIA will become de facto NUCLEAR POWERS [read, NUCLEAR MILITARY ARSENALS]. ALso, YEAR 2020 > MORE MUSLIMS OR ARABS MAY BE LIVING IN THE USA THAN JEWS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-26 19:50 |
| #10 ION ISRAEL > WAFF - WILL ISRAEL SURVIVE BY 2050 [long]? Israel's greatest single problem, moreso than any Arab Terror or Nuclear Threat, is ala POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS [e.g. RUSSIA BY 2050] which in turn will likely have ripple effect = consequences for ISRAEL's ECONOMY + SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMIC, ETC. * High Muslim Birth rate versus Israelis * IMMIGRATION - Over 600,000 Israelis living abroad. * JEWS comprise 60% of Israel's current popul, but by 2050 Muslims-Arabs 40% from 23 - 24% current. * "ALIYAH" is about done in Israel. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-26 19:47 |
| #9 So Achmed realigned it w/ his size 12 curly toe, and then it didn't make it over the line? Sounds like a textbook definition of an 'On Side Kick' t'me... |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-12-26 19:39 |
| #8 AlanC, there's always the possibility that the busload of Lutherans in town for a Bethlehem sightseeing tour were responsible.....somehow.....(don't ask me for specifics, ok? I'm still working on it...) |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-12-26 17:42 |
| #7 Uh-oh. Clean up on Aisle 6. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-12-26 16:01 |
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| Posted by: Rupert Wheaper6324 2008-12-26 14:21 |
| #5 "...apparently fired by Palestinians ..." Well who the f**k**g h**l do they THINK fired it? God I hate this BS |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-12-26 12:28 |
| #4 Israel can solve this problem by moving the border closer to the launch sites. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-12-26 12:10 |
| #3 Has the UN Condemned Israel yet? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-12-26 11:44 |
| #2 Saw a clip of some recent Ham firing this morning on Fox. Kicking the base of the tube to adjust fire is a bit primitive. (Achmed, was add 300m one boot stomp or two?) This might well have been operator error. In any event, Play it again Sam. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-12-26 10:46 |
| #1 Must be a devious Zionist plot. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-26 10:36 |