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2004-05-18 Israel-Palestine

Positively bizzare effort by Amnesty International to count trees

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Posted by Phil B 2004-05-18 9:44:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Here's an orthophoto map of the Strip, circa 1999, with built-up areas indicated. Looks like built-up areas, even in an area as overpopulated as the Strip, is about thirty percent. Looks like maybe as much as twenty percent of the rest of the strip, mostly in the center and north of Gaza City, is forested. Probably orchards, although it's kind of hard to tell from this scale. Here's a small-scale land usage map.

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-05-18 10:11:59 AM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-05-18 10:11:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Asshat International strikes again.

Posted by Chris W. 2004-05-18 10:51:54 AM|| 2004-05-18 10:51:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Amnesty International At Gaza :

"Hey, I told you not to count that tree. That palm tree is a friend of the palm tree in Jordan Tim Russert talks to."

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-18 11:51:14 AM|| 2004-05-18 11:51:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 In overpopulated areas it is common for the population to deforest their own landscape due to the lack of camel dung to burn for heating. Is it possible that the original counter mistook a gardeners picture of his Brussels sprout farm for an aerial view?

Posted by Super Hose 2004-05-18 12:13:07 PM|| 2004-05-18 12:13:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Considering the Islamic line about the trees calling out to expose Jews hiding behind them, I think we should count trees as enemy combatants.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-05-18 12:16:36 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-05-18 12:16:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 RC, is it possible that Arafat planning a checkoint attack inspired by the plot of the bard's Macbeth?

Posted by Super Hose 2004-05-18 12:36:09 PM|| 2004-05-18 12:36:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Amnesty International has drifted far from its original mission.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-05-18 6:27:32 PM|| 2004-05-18 6:27:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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