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| Gaza power plant stops due to smuggled fuel shortage |
| 2012-02-14 |
| Gee, I wonder if they are friendly with any Arabs who might be able to provide them with fuel? The Gaza Strip's only power station, which supplies the Palestinian enclave with up to two-thirds of its energy needs, was shut down on Tuesday because of a shortage of fuel smuggled in from neighboring Egypt. The closure led to widespread blackouts for Gaza's 1.7 million inhabitants. The local power company warned that households would receive only six hours of electricity a day until the problem was resolved. Gaza's Energy Authority, which is run by the Islamist Hamas group, said "measures taken" on the Egyptian side of the border meant not enough fuel was entering the territory. It did not provide further details. Some local experts said Hamas had mismanaged Gaza's power needs by failing to provide a viable alternative to the precarious smuggling routes. Related |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Like buying fuel via that pipeline they keep blowing up, fer instance? Be fair, SteveS. It's not Hamas blowing up the pipeline, it's some queer, inbred Muslim Brotherhood offshoot living on the Egyptian side of the Sinai Desert. Besides, how could Hamas in good conscience take fuel from Israel when they refuse to hook up to Israeli sewage lines, though offered for free? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-14 16:34 |
| #2 Awww that's too sad! |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2012-02-14 16:34 |
| #1 Some local experts said Hamas had mismanaged Gaza's power needs by failing to provide a viable alternative to the precarious smuggling routes. Like buying fuel via that pipeline they keep blowing up, fer instance? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-02-14 16:15 |