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2006-01-05 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Gaza chaos escalates as Egypt border blocked

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Posted by Steve White 2006-01-05 00:54|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1
kidnap the parents of an American peace activist who committed bulldozer suicide ~~killed~~ ~~by an Israeli bulldozer~~ three years ago.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-05 08:45|| 2006-01-05 08:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, it worked. The mook's out...

Palestinian Militant Freed After Rampage

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian authorities Thursday released a militant held in connection with the kidnapping of a British family in Gaza, a day after his followers went on a rampage and smashed holes in a wall along the Egypt border.
The Gaza-Egypt border crossing was calm, a day after two Egyptian troops were killed in the melee.
Palestinian security officials refused to comment on why they released Alaa al-Hams, a militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades which is affiliated with the ruling Fatah Party.
"I was released as a result of the agreement reached between Fatah and the (Palestinian) Authority yesterday. This will calm all types of protests from our side," al-Hams told The Associated Press by telephone.

Oh, yeah. I've got really high hopes for these people...

Posted by tu3031 2006-01-05 12:26|| 2006-01-05 12:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Craig and Cindy Corrie were nearly abducted on Tuesday night from the home of a pharmacist, Samir Nasrallah, who managed to dissuade the gunmen by telling them about the background of his guests.

Nasrallah said the gunmen wanted to kidnap the Americans to use as bargaining chips to secure the release of the man held over the Burtonâs kidnap.

Any chance those two idiots were aware of their predicament? If not, were they told? Would be very interesting to know.

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat, who is standing as Fatah candidate in the West Bank town of Jericho, also acknowledged that the security chaos would damage Fatahâs standing.

âI am sure that there will be some damage but all in all people understand that Fatah has called the elections ... as a way to restore law and order,â he told AFP.

Well that's a novel way to think about it; elections "restore law and order". I guess there's no need for police then. (as if the "police" really existed there)

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-01-05 15:18|| 2006-01-05 15:18|| Front Page Top

#4 aw, hell....give 'em a country.

("hell" being the operative word)

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2006-01-05 15:24|| 2006-01-05 15:24|| Front Page Top

#5 'The security chaos would damage Fatah's standing."
WTF ? You mean it's standing as rocket launching organization of unbathed paleo nose pickers ?

Posted by wxjames 2006-01-05 16:05|| 2006-01-05 16:05|| Front Page Top

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