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| EU countries offer naval forces for Gaza truce | |
| 2009-01-18 | |
| Britain, France and Germany have offered to send warships to the Middle East to monitor and prevent arms smuggling in Gaza, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman said on Saturday. "This offer is now on the table," the spokesman said. "One of the key areas and blockages about a ceasefire, outside of the rocket attacks, has been concerns about arms smuggling." In a statement, the German government said Britain, France and Germany had sent a joint letter to the Israeli and Egyptian governments to try to help reach a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza. "We have said we are ready to take a series of measures which will contribute to the end of the smuggling of weapons to Gaza," the letter said. "We have agreed among ourselves on this in the last few days and will continue to work closely with the Israeli and Egyptian governments to firm up these measures. "We express hope that a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza could give new impetus for a lasting peace in the Middle East."
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 « 12:19 PM Ashdod Port: Customs seized shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza, found to be full of weapons, and warfare related electronics. » Source : http://muqata.blogspot.com/ |
| Posted by: Leroidavid 2009-01-18 12:01 |
| #4 EU Ship to Iranian cargo vessel with crates of missiles on the deck: "Wait. What are those crates on your deck?" Iranian cargo vessel: "Um, humanitarian supplies" EU Ship: "well, ok then, proceed" |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-01-18 11:50 |
| #3 Britain, France and Germany: the new Arab League. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2009-01-18 11:02 |
| #2 before you accept, let them prove themselves with that Iranian freighter. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-18 11:01 |
| #1 Translation of this eurobabble : "We express hope that a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza could give new impetus for Hamas' killings of Jews". |
| Posted by: Leroidavid 2009-01-18 02:41 |