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2014-08-09 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israelis razed 60 mosques in Gaza: Ministry

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Posted by Fred 2014-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 Secondary explosions are a bitch.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-08-09 02:18|| 2014-08-09 02:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Funny how firing rockets from a mosque attracts counter battery fire. And as Grom said, secondary explosions are a bitch.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-08-09 06:22|| 2014-08-09 06:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Yep, normally religious places of worship are exempt from military action as they are usually places of refuge for non-combatants.

However, when the mosques are used as weapons storage and marshaling areas, they loose that protection. Funny how a single mortar round in the courtyard of a mosque next to the Wadu fountain can cause an explosion that can flatten a city block of apartments...those are some kind of special 4.2 mortars, let me tell you...wow.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-08-09 11:29|| 2014-08-09 11:29|| Front Page Top

#4 It's not just mosques:

Gaza archbishop says rockets were fired from church

Gaza Citys Greek Orthodox church compound, a site that sheltered hundreds of Palestinians who fled their homes during IDF shelling in the area, was used by members of Hamas to launch rockets at Israeli territory, a prominent Christian leader in the Strip said Wednesday.

When the Israeli army expanded its offensive in the Palestinian enclave several weeks ago, Archbishop Alexios of the Saint Porphyrios church made the decision to open the holy sites doors in a show of interfaith solidarity, offering food, drink and shelter to all Gazans, regardless of their religion.

But now, as both the IDF and Hamas have held their fire for over two days in compliance with an Egypt-brokered 72-hour ceasefire, a frightened Alexios claimed that even with Palestinians crowding the church, Islamist fighters had set up a rocket launching site in the compound, CBN News reported. Alexios went on to point out to CBN News reporters a roof terrace outside his office where he claimed rocket launchers had been set up. Citing security concerns, the archbishop refused to disclose any further details regarding Hamas activity in the area.

On July 21, five or six Israeli shells slammed into the church compound, as well as a nearby mosque, apparently in response to rocket fire from the site.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-08-09 12:37|| 2014-08-09 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 And how much does anyone want to bet that this turns out like "Jeningrad" and the 60 razed turns into 3-4 with bullet and shrapnel damage after the UN "commission" gets done with its investigation?

You can apply the same math to the civilian casualty figures. But once it gets in the public record, someone will always be able to reference it for future propaganda purposes.

Somewhere, Goebbels is smiling.

Posted by 11A5S 2014-08-09 13:19|| 2014-08-09 13:19|| Front Page Top

#6 "completely demolished at least 60 ~~mosques~~ armories"

It's a start . . . .

Posted by Barbara 2014-08-09 13:47|| 2014-08-09 13:47|| Front Page Top

#7 I'd say that's a good start.

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