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| Burning rubbish compounds Gaza's mounting crisis |
| 2007-08-24 |
| Looks like Hamas got it all under control... Gaza – Ma'an – Gaza's municipality workers have been striking for two weeks in protest against the non-receipt of their salaries. In consequence, rubbish is piled high in the streets. On Friday, the Gazan population began to burn their rubbish. Suha Arafat got paid last week. Did you? Local residents of Gaza complained of rubbish blockading the homes of people all over the strip. Now the thick smoke from the rubbish is blacking-out the sky. Might be a good time for a sewage flood... In addition, Gaza is at threat from Israeli attacks and is experiencing frequent electricity outages. Geez, everything happens to them... A woman in Gaza, Om Abdullah, described the stench created by the burning rubbish around her home last night, "this pollution is making my children sick," she said. "My youngest children were sent to the children's clinic several times as their chests inflamed from the smoke." She also said that her family are also suffering from water shortages. Ismail Haniyeh feels your pain I'm sure... A Gazan supermarket owner, Abu Muhammad, said "life in Gaza during this summer was almost impossible due to blackouts for several days, and in my home there was not even a drop of water." A young man, Wisam, said "human beings cannot spend hours in this heat without even taking one shower a day." Awwwwwww, that's...too bad. Ma'an attempted to speak to paediatricians in Gaza to find out the impact of the burning rubbish on children's health. The doctors apologized and said they were unavailable for interview due to an overwhelming number of patients needing treatment. So I guess from this we could imply that sucking in trash fire smoke can't be good for kids? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #14 Steve, look up. Rantburg is run by PHP... I wasn't refering to the 'burg, where we know it's all about joos, Jooos, Joooos I tell you! but to whatever meme-spewing systems these media hacks compose their drivel on. Probably WinCE, because that is what it makes me do! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-08-24 23:03 |
| #13 Steve, look up. Rantburg is run by PHP, not Perl. With Perl, you could get a soothing haiku with every story. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2007-08-24 22:04 |
| #12 Weed Rats - rotisserie style - yummie! Did I tell you I make a mean Weed Rat stew? Unfortunately these would be Garbage Rats and there are some things Ogres won't eat. |
| Posted by: Shrek 2007-08-24 20:42 |
| #11 Wisam, said "human beings cannot spend hours in this heat without even taking one shower a day." Well, that certainly leaves out the Palestinians. He did say, "human". |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-24 19:40 |
| #10 Garbage attracks rats, and rats make a mean stew. I just LOVE Ratatouille! |
| Posted by: Natural Law 2007-08-24 19:25 |
| #9 You gotta look on the bright side. Garbage attracks rats, and rats make a mean stew. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-08-24 19:03 |
| #8 I thought that it was reported here the other day that public workers WERE being paid, but had to stay home, I'm so confused. But the bottom line is, the garbage is still piling up in Gaza AND there is still trash in the streets.....(bring on the sh!t tsunami) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-08-24 14:42 |
| #7 I heard the Zionists got him. |
| Posted by: Unineting Prince of the Faith4345 2007-08-24 14:31 |
| #6 I don't know, I thought he was dead. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-08-24 14:21 |
| #5 The Jooo Macro used to be F11, but now we have a perl script that automatically inserts it into each story. As for the sewage flood putting out the garbage fires, what a special effects dream! Just the thing for my screenplay "Escape From Gaza". Anyone know what Snake Plissken is up to these days? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-08-24 12:39 |
| #4 Sorry, my sympathy meter hit the bottom pin and bent on that one... |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-08-24 12:30 |
| #3 In addition, Gaza is at threat from Israeli attacks Gotta make sure to hit that "Joooo Macro" at least once per article, regardless of the subject |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-08-24 12:04 |
| #2 He lives at the beach and it doesn't occur to him to go for a swim? |
| Posted by: Grunter 2007-08-24 11:58 |
| #1 A young man, Wisam, said "human beings cannot spend hours in this heat without even taking one shower a day." Suck it up, Wisam. The prophet (bees pee upon him) probably didn't take a shower in his entire life. So you are just emulating him, like you should. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-08-24 11:14 |