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2007-02-23 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
The Impossibility of Keeping Order in Gaza
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Posted by PlanetDan 2007-02-23 09:48|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The tax revenues collected by Israel and the huge amounts of international aid given to the Palestinian government are the only things that keeps Gaza eating

Oh how easy they forget/hate who feeds them!!!!
Posted by Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-02-23 11:05||   2007-02-23 11:05|| Front Page Top

#2 By all means, feel free to kill each other.
Posted by tu3031 2007-02-23 11:05||   2007-02-23 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Seriously, this would be a bad movie script, wouldn't it? There's suspending belief and then there's just disbelief...

Ask me if I care about what happens in that god-forsaken place....

- tumbleweed -
Posted by Tony (UK) 2007-02-23 11:23||   2007-02-23 11:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Just found a goldmine. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights website:

PCHR’s preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 16:30 on Wednesday, 21 February 2007, Adham Atallah Sha’ath, a 25-year resident of Gaza City, was killed by a bullet in the back. Ahmad Khader El-Shamali (23) was injured by a bullet in the right foot. They were hit when bullets were accidentally fired from a firearm they mishandled in Johr El-Deek village, southeast of Gaza City. They were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where Sha’ath was pronounced dead upon arrival and transferred to the forensic medicine department in Shifa Hospital. El-Shamali’s injury was listed as moderate.

At approximately 13:00 on Wednesday, 21 February 2007, Nahda Sa’di Hasanein, a 20-year old female resident of Sheja’eya Quarter in Gaza City was admitted to Shifa Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the abdomen. She was injured while inside her house; and the source of the shot was not determined. When members of the young woman’s clan were inside the hospital, a verbal dispute broke out when they refused to give information about the injured woman to the Executive Force station in the hospital. At approximately 19:30 on the same day, the Executive Force prevented members from Hasanein clan from entering the hospital because they were armed. An gunfight broke out between both sides in the hospital compound, and led to the injury of 10 people.

At approximately 12:00 on Wednesday, 21 February 2007, Zaki Hussein Abu El-Thieb (39) from Deir El-Balah was admitted to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city. He was suffering from a gunshot wound in the right leg. El-Thieb, who works in the security apparatus Force 17, was injured from a firearm he was carrying when he attempted to fire during a dispute in a mechanics garage in Deir El-Balah.

At approximately 1:45 in the morning of Wednesday, 21 February 2007, an explosive charge was detonated in front of the house of the Director of Police Security, Abdel Naser Doghmosh (45), in Tal El-Hawa Quarter in Gaza City. The explosion shook the area, and caused damages to the house entrance. In addition, the house windows were shattered. No injuries were reported.

PCHR is concerned over the continued falling of victims by the misuse of weapons. In addition, the Centre strongly condemns the clashes inside Shifa Hospital. The Centre reiterates the call to the PNA, represented by the Attorney-General, to seriously investigate these crimes, and to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Posted by tu3031 2007-02-23 12:06||   2007-02-23 12:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Almost as good as Nuggets From The Urdu Press.

Almost.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-02-23 12:12||   2007-02-23 12:12|| Front Page Top

#6 But wait! There's more!

At approximately 20:30, 13 February 2007, 4 persons were wounded when bullets were fired in celebration of a wedding party in al-Sabra neighborhood in the east of Gaza City:

1)Saleh Nafez al-Nemer, 27, wounded by a bullet to the left foot;

2)Yousef Ahmed al-Azbaki, 17, wounded by shrapnel to the left leg;

3)Samer Hanna Shihada, 22, wounded by a bullet to the left foot; and

4)Zaki Mohammed al-Gharbli, 22, wounded by a bullet to the left foot.

In another incident, at approximately 13:30 also on Tuesday, Mohammed Zaher Abu Nasser, 15, from Jabalya refugee camp, was wounded by a bullet to the right foot, when he carelessly checked his father’s gun.

PCHR is gravely concerned for the increasing number of casualties resulting from the misuse of weapons. PCHR reiterates its call for the Palestinian National Authority, represented by the Attorney-General, to investigate such attacks and to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Damn. I could be in here all day.
Posted by tu3031 2007-02-23 12:19||   2007-02-23 12:19|| Front Page Top

#7 TOP SECRET - EYES ONLY

Four Rules for Handling Firearms

1. All guns are always loaded.
2. Never cover anything with the muzzie muzzle that you are not willing to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until the target is in your sights.
4. Always be sure of your target.
Posted by Al Aska Paul, Resident Imam">Al Aska Paul, Resident Imam  2007-02-23 16:00||   2007-02-23 16:00|| Front Page Top

#8 According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 15:30 on Monday, 22 January 2007, Sameeha Hammad ‘Eissa, 34, was killed by 3 live bullets to the head fired by mistake, when she attempted to stop a quarrel between two of her brothers. Her body was transferred to the forensic medicine department at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Posted by tu3031 2007-02-23 16:08||   2007-02-23 16:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Clashes broke out in Ramallah on Thursday afternoon after Palestinian security officers accidentally killed a Palestinian youth.

The incident began when a Palestinian military intelligence forces instructed a vehicle traveling in the West Bank city to stop. The driver refused and continued driving. The force opened fire at the vehicle, missed, and accidentally killed a teenager standing next to the vehicle. The boy, Ahmed Abu Nefisa, was killed on the spot. In response to the killing, the boy's family members began attacking Palestinian Authority security officers and vehicle and set fire to police vehicles. The rioters also vandalized several shops in the city and vandalized them. Almost all businesses in Ramallah were shut down in response for fear the clashes would continue.

Several hours later, senior members of the security organizations reached an agreement with the family members after promising them that the dead youth would be declared a "shahid" (martyr) and his family members would be compensated by the PA.

The people injured in the riots and their family members would also be compensated, and in return, the riots would be halted until the three mourning days are over. After the mourning period, the parties would agree on the amount of compensation. The security organization which killed the boy apologized for the incident.
Posted by tu3031 2007-02-23 16:23||   2007-02-23 16:23|| Front Page Top

#10 The dream of President Abbas, whom everyone calls Abu Mazen, to push the Jews off the land by outbreeding them, is looking farther off with every visit tu3031 makes to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights website. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-23 16:23||   2007-02-23 16:23|| Front Page Top

#11 PCHR’s preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 19:00 on Saturday, 20 January 2007, Ashraf Matar (22) was injured by a bullet in the head during weapons training in a camp for Izzedeen El-Qassam Battalions to the southwest of Gaza City. He was taken to Shifa hospital for treatment, where his injury was listed as serious.

At approximately 11:30 on Friday, 19 January 2007, Salim Sobhi Ibrahim Abu El-Kheir, a 51-year old resident of El-Amal Quarter in Khan Yunis, was killed by bullets to the head and chest. Unknown gunmen traveling in a car fired at the victim as he was heading to the mosque in his neighborhood. The Police started an investigation into the murder.

On Thursday, 18 January 2007, Kamal Mohammad Sarhan El-Bashiti (32) was killed and two children were injured by gunfire in a wedding celebration in Khan Yunis. PCHR’s fieldworker reported that a gunman lost control of an assault rifle he was firing in the air during the wedding celebration, in the Batn El-Samin area in Khan Yunis. The injured were taken to Naser Hospital for treatment. Kamal, the groom’s brother, died of his wounds at the hospital; while the children’s injuries were listed as moderate.

At approximately 16:00 on the same day (18 January), Mahmoud Adnan Abu Ma’rouf, a 23-year old resident of Jorit El-Lout area in Khan Yunis, was moderately injured by a bullet in the left leg. The injury occurred due to the accidental discharge of a bullet from a friend’s weapon in El-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis. Abu Ma’rouf was taken to Naser Hospital for treatment.

At the same time as the previous incident, Anwar Badawi El-Yazji (51-year old resident of Gaza), was injured by shrapnel in the back while he was in El-Remal Quarter in the city. El-Yazji informed PCHR’s fieldworker that masked gunmen fired at him after they failed to abduct him.

I gotta stop. This is like crack...

Posted by tu3031 2007-02-23 16:43||   2007-02-23 16:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Yeah, let's give these people a country.
Posted by Brett 2007-02-23 17:45||   2007-02-23 17:45|| Front Page Top

#13 True statesmen, each and every one.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-02-23 18:55||   2007-02-23 18:55|| Front Page Top

#14 Maybe we could flood the place with cheap meth.
Posted by Chiper Threreger8956 2007-02-23 20:27||   2007-02-23 20:27|| Front Page Top

#15 wonder what the diff in life expectancy is between Gaza and the WB. In the WB, at least, they seem to keep the wepons on "safety", except for celebrations and such, of course, like weddings, unexpected funerals, IDF arrests....
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-02-23 20:34||   2007-02-23 20:34|| Front Page Top

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