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| Hezbollah chief calls on Egypt to stop Gaza wall |
| 2009-12-28 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday called on Egypt to stop its construction of a steel wall along its border with the Gaza Strip as it could obstruct tunnels which provide a lifeline for the enclave, blockaded by Cairo and Israel. Nasrallah told a crowd of tens of thousands of Lebanese Shiite Muslim marking the Ashura religious ceremony that Egypt should be condemned if it does not halt the wall building. Last year Nasrallah accused Egypt of complicity with Israel in its siege of the Gaza strip. "In addition to the siege there has been news about (building) a steel wall..to terminate the thin veins which are giving some life and some hope to Gaza," he said. "We call on the government in Egypt and the leadership to stop the wall and flooding the tunnels and to end the siege otherwise it should be condemned by all Arabs and the Muslims," he said. Egyptian officials have said steel tubes were being placed at several points along the 14-km (8-mile)-long border, but they did not specify their purpose. Palestinians fear a steel barrier, deep underground, would limit or end their lifeline through hundreds of tunnels operating in an attempt to break a three-year-old Israeli-led blockade. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Glenmore, Egypt wanted the Sinia back because it has lots of oil. They had no desire for Gaza, and did not accept its return. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2009-12-28 11:48 |
| #6 Gaza is part of Egypt so why should it be walled off Um, Glenmore, Israel TRIED to give it back by the 'gypies said no thanks. Think of those Middle Age sieges where one sid was slinging diseased animals over the wall. When the defenders won, do you think that the attackers took those diseased carcases back?????? That would be a big NO! Now just equate Gaza with a diseased carcase....................... a distinction without a difference. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-12-28 09:11 |
| #5 I thought Israel captured Gaza and the Sinai from Egypt back during one of their wars, and subsequently returned both by treaty, so I can actually see Nasrallah's point (not that I care) - Gaza is part of Egypt so why should it be walled off. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-12-28 08:20 |
| #4 "Steel walls are bad---believe me, I've been living in a bunker for 3 years". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-28 08:19 |
| #3 Like Nasrallah can threaten Egypt with "Dire Revenge"? yeah? OR he can make it profitable for the Egyptians to the tune of how much, did you say? No? Well, where does that leave Nasrallah? 'Cause they aint gonna do it out of love and respect, I can tell'ya. Nasrallah better figure out a way to blow the Sphinx or he is just sh9t outa luck. You havent BEEN ignored until you dont tip an Egyptian toilet attendant.And what can you threaten an Egyptian toilet attendant WITH? There just isnt anything lower he can be pushed back to doing, now is there? Nasrallah is just going to have to get a big bottle of Lysol and a wire brush and do it himself. |
| Posted by: Angleton9 2009-12-28 07:37 |
| #2 Iran's proxy. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-12-28 06:10 |
| #1 "Palestinians fear a steel barrier, deep underground, would limit or end their lifeline through hundreds of tunnels operating in an attempt to break a three-year-old Israeli-led blockade." Yeah, that means they might have to act like rational human beings and actually come to an agreement rather than using the Egyptian border as an enabling mechanism of their idiotic "government". And who does Nasrallah think he is to tell Egypt what to do? |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-12-28 00:24 |