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| Metal wall security guard injured after gunmen open fire |
| 2010-02-08 |
| [Ma'an] A security guard at the Egyptian construction site of the subterranean wall was left in critical condition when unknown assailants opened fire on Saturday, security sources said. The security guard sustained a gun shot wound to his back when a group of men in a car fired live bullets on a commercial street in the As-Safa neighborhood of the Egyptian part of Rafah city, the sources said. The assailants fled the scene before the arrival of Egyptian security forces, they said, adding that "security forces are working on identifying the perpetrators." The injured was transferred to the Al-Arish Hospital and was described as being in a critical condition, the sources concluded. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 When it is finished the wall will be 10-11km (6-7 miles) long and will extend 18 metres (60') below the surface. Pic at link. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-02-08 13:26 |
| #4 *happy sigh* That was beautiful! I do love watching people think, when they know what they're doing. Thank you, Skidmark. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-02-08 13:18 |
| #3 Other literature suggests 15 meters deep, rather than feet. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-02-08 04:25 |
| #2 Go with what you know, PB. Look at the foot path on the right, is that two feet or three wide? Look at the crossover in the distance, the dirt is high enough to walk over the buried piers, but not so high that the loose soil would require masses more. What's the texture of the dirt there? Look at the ridges in the dirt in the foreground on the right, are those parallel scores from a tracked vehicle? Maybe the pile driver? what's the width of a track plate? Look at the shadow falling from left to right and how the high wall on the left doesn't block it. How is your geometry, what's that angle? What latitude is the wall location? What's the highest the sun could be at this time of year? The lowest? I would guess the trench is 5-8 ft deep, the steel piers pushed into the ground come in 6-8 foot sections and the plan is to top the buried ones with another set then cement the trench because there is no huge pile of dirt running the length of it. Anybody else? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-02-08 04:15 |
| #1 Pic of the wall being built. Unfortunately nothing to indicate scale. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-02-08 00:57 |