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| 1 injured, 2 missing as Egypt pumps sewage into Gaza tunnel |
| 2011-09-27 |
| GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- One Palestinian man was injured on Sunday and two others were reported missing after Egyptian authorities pumped sewage inside a Rafah smuggling tunnel running underneath the border with the Gaza Strip, medics said. Ewwww. What's that smell? I thought it was you. I thought it was you. Uh-oh...GLUG GLUG GLUG GLUG Palestinian medical sources told Ma'an that a tunnel worker was hurt and two others went missing inside the Rafah tunnel as a result of sewage pumped in from the Egyptian side. Well, are we gonna go down there and look for them? Ummmmmm...no. I'm sure they'll turn up. "Yo, Mahmoud, we got a floater here!" Two Palestinians were killed and three others injured on Saturday after a gas canister exploded in a smuggling tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, medics said. Got a light, Mahmoud? Why, sur...BOOM! Egyptian security officials said in early September that they were cracking down on the network of tunnels used by smugglers from the coastal enclave. Medics say over 160 Palestinians have died in the network of underground tunnels since Israel imposed a siege on the Gaza Strip in 2006. Under Israel's crippling blockade, the tunnels have provided a lifeline for residents of the coastal enclave. Oooooh...crippling. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #11 Update: They've been promoted. To "martyrs"... Three Palestinians were pronounced dead on Tuesday morning after Egyptian authorities pumped sewage inside a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza border on Sunday. The ambulance and emergency services committee in Gaza said the three victims were found alive inside the tunnel. They were evacuated to the Abu Yousef an-Najjar Hospital in Rafah but were pronounced dead 30 minutes after arrival. Gaza medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya identified the victims as Fadi Mustafa Ash-Shaer, 20, Firas Ahmad, 18, and Anwar Abu Aradeh, 25. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-09-27 18:55 |
| #10 How insulting! That's not sewage. Them's Paleostinians! Although, differentiating between them is an exercise best left to an expert in pathogen microbiology. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-09-27 15:06 |
| #9 Pathogen city down there. Normally, one goes through a septic tank to settle the solids, then the clear liquid goes to the leach field. In this case, you have an underground cess pool, a mirror of what is going on above ground. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-09-27 11:05 |
| #8 A remarkably effective technique. Can you imagine what Egyptian sewage must be like? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-09-27 08:53 |
| #7 Poor Sewage! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-09-27 07:22 |
| #6 On the sands perking, not very well if my drives to work are any indication. |
| Posted by: hairofthedawg 2011-09-27 05:35 |
| #5 Like drawn to like. |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-09-27 04:01 |
| #4 Imagine if the Juices had tried that. |
| Posted by: Durnham Freebody 2011-09-27 02:42 |
| #3 I can't believe how funny I think that is. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2011-09-27 02:29 |
| #2 Biological or chemical warfare? wonder how well the desert sands perk? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2011-09-27 00:44 |
| #1 Great idea. Use as sewage leach fields. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-09-27 00:13 |