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all the more reason, Gorb, to use only part of the article, with mocking snark inlines (i.e.: fair use)
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Gorb: thanks for pointing out that article. I'll bring it to the attention of Fred and the other mods.
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Charisma is one of the most accurately-named people in the world.
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Cordelia was one of my favorite TV characters of all time.
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I saw another reference to Righthaven on another blog last night. It's a more finely tuned instrument of oppression than most of the proposals we've seen in the past year and a half. The blogger I read had already shut down his other blog.
Rantburg would have to do the same. I don't have the money for a lawsuit, not even for a "settlement." But all of our first amendment rights would be stomped flat, wouldn't they?
But surely that couldn't be the original intention?
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The word "lawfare" comes to mind.
As did my statement a month ago that the mismanagement of the country is basically the conduct of war by other means.
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That's they key, isn't it? The standard demand is for $75K in "damages." They've been settling for $1500 to $3000, which is about what it takes to hire a lawyer but much less than it takes to defend.
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Sic a dog on a dog. Media wants to be paid for the news. Fine. Get another lawyer to represent a class action suit demonstrating the 'media' fails to pay original sources for information. What few payments are made are an exception rather than practice. By connivance and ignorance of the victims, they steal the information and then resale it. Even under FOIA, inquires must reimburse the government for the work done to provide information. No need to pass new tax legislation, just charge the media for 'public information'. Republication of public releases should require a royalty payment. This can be played on both sides.
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This tidbit was recently posted on Instapundit:
UPDATE: Reader Joseph Dorsett writes:
The main way that Righthaven can be finding these blogs is through analyzing traffic sources. The solution for that is to not use any media generated by Stephens Media. No links at all. No links to AP generated content either. There is so much material on the web that there is no need to link (and send traffic) to any organization inimical to the blogosphere.
Clearly these people have no idea on how consumers find their website and how traffic affects their ad revenue. As circulation of Dead Tree News declines it will be interesting to see if rags like The Review-Journal survive by biting the hand that feeds it.
Yeah, dont look for me to send em much traffic in the future.
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It might not be a bad idea to come up with a RB-approved methodology and have the link posted in a conspicuous place. It probably wouldn't stop a copyright troll from going after you for the money, but maybe it would help.
Another idea is that you just have a list of links, sort of like Drudge. When you click on the link, you get the original article come up in a popup, plus the usual text copy of it that is properly snarked. From my Holiday-Inn perspective, that should give any copyright troll pause for thought. The news source gets their hit including all the advertisements, link-opportunities and eye candy, and you get to blast away with your finely-tuned, well-deserved snark.
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I don't link to AP. If it's an AP story, get the gist of it, google it, and pull it from somewhere else.
As far as Stephens Media, outside of the Vegas rag, they appear to specialize in local boony papers that, besides the locals, no one would probably be interested in reading.
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A very good point, Scooter. We haven't been quoting AP articles in any length for a while now, perhaps we should not even link them. That hurts the Burg some; one of our several strengths is that you can always hit the link and get the original story. But if Righthaven and the AP want to play this game, fine, we can turn to alternative sources and never link the AP or the others again.
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When you click on the link, you get the original article come up in a popup,
There you go. And remember dear readers, that popup will be a 10 x 10 window that appears under your browser window. And no fair turning 'on' your pop-up blocker ...
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And of course there is nothing to stop this slimy bastard from knowingly posting copyrighted content and then turning around and suing for you for it.
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I'm a little late to this game, but I thought there was a ruling that since computers, especially at a place of business, are not in total control at all times by an individual then IP addresses do not count as a legal form of identification? I understand that operating a web page is a bit more concrete an identity, but how can that be that someone goes and steals a car, parks it on the road in front of my house, I would be charged with the crime?
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how can that be that someone goes and steals a car, parks it on the road in front of my house, I would be charged with the crime?
I don't believe the individual is targeted by the lawyers. The lawyers would go after the blog owner.
Sort of a cat/meat thingy, I guess.
Seems to me a couple of years back that our wonderful Congress tried to pass legislation requiring everyone to encrypt their wireless routers. I guess there is a good side to having people being able to hack into your network after all.
Of course, as a precaution, when I'm on RB I always have the curtains open so I can watch the street out in front of my house for suspicious vehicles, and I have a few IEDs buried under the curb and my shotgun by my side. After a few "incidents" they stopped bothering me.
#22
I could simply dump pages 4 and 6 and exclude any domestic news sources. AFP and Reuters have both had their own AP moments in the past nine years.
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Or I could keep pages 4 and 6 and still exclude any domestic news sources.
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Actually swksvolFF, It isn't even stealing since the original is still there. There is a vast difference.
I've always wondered if you could counter-sue for directing traffic to their site (uncompensated).
Plus, at least in the Burg's case - the content is either edited down and/or snarked - which would qualify it for Fair Use (right? I am not a lawyer, don't play one on TV, or ever stayed in a Holiday Inn Express...). Its the linking to the article directly that gets their goat....
#25
The problem is that even if you're sued for frivolous reasons you've got to defend yourself, otherwise the sewer gets a default judgment. That costs money.
I make the same amount today I made in 2001, when I started the Burg. It costs a lot more to live today than it did ten years ago.
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Don't be afraid to defend yourself. You don't even need a lawyer if the case is sufficiently frivolous. Remember, it costs them to sue as well. Judges don't like having their time wasted, and lawyers know that. In my experience many people will threaten to sue you, but very few actually will. Also realize that American lawyers are typically required to do a certain percentage of "pro bono" (free) work. More info is here: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/directory.html
#27
Its the linking to the article directly that gets their goat....
I would think that they would want people to link straight to the article so they get an opportunity to make money from click-throughs and other advertisements. If you just copy the article and comment all over it in a location removed from their own article, then they don't get their opportunity and hence the opportunity for a lawsuit.
I don't think they would consider to be "stealing their bandwidth" when you click on a link to them, if that is your concern, since they have achieved their goal of just getting people to view their page in all its glory directly so they have the opportunity to make money.
My thought for the Burg would be to pop up the original article in a new browser and to have the text copy in the original browser that is properly commented. That way they have their chance to make money, and you have chance to very pointedly parse and comment on their article, instead of just being able to comment about generalities in the article.
I've always wondered if you could counter-sue for directing traffic to their site (uncompensated).
I would think that this means you just volunteered to help them make some money. You would need a contract with them if you wanted a cut of this action for yourself.
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I'd agree with gorb - it seems to me that there would be no problem with a simple link, that's how they get eyeballs. The problem is excerpting enough content that people don't click the link.
The titles of books aren't copyrightable. I'm not sure about article titles. Watching Drudge, he doesn't seem to worry about copying the titles. He also doesn't seem to link to AP much - I'll start looking for that.
The idea of the pop up - I doubt it would solve the problem. How about coding up a pseudofisk where the article would appear with the interleaved snark, as now, but could be switched off for review. The actual post would be just the snark. We'd have to learn a new commenting style, but it would be all Rantburg.
In that case, it would be helpful if the posting window was a bit taller.
[Maghrebia] Algerian soldiers on Wednesday (July 21st) launched a large operation in the south-east part of Tizi Ouzou province, Tout sur l'Algerie reported. ANP troops are targeting terrorists operating in the Djurdjura between Ait Allaoua and the border with Bouira province. The operation follows several terrorist attacks on security services in the region.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Gunmen killed at least five Yemeni soldiers on Thursday in a suspected al-Qaeda ambush of a military convoy in the south, the third assault on state targets in five weeks blamed on the group's resurgent regional arm.
Al-Qaeda in Yemen previously focused on high-impact strikes against Western and Saudi targets, but appears to now be targeting government forces in response to enhanced Yemen-U.S. security coordination and a government crackdown.
"There was an ambush targeting the soldiers' vehicle and five were killed and a sixth was wounded. There is suspicion that al-Qaeda was behind the operation," an official in the southern province of Shabwa told Reuters.
Yemen, next door to top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, leapt to the forefront of Western security concerns after al Qaeda's Yemen-based regional wing claimed responsibility for a failed attempt to bomb a U.S.-bound plane in December.
Mustafa Alani, an analyst at the Gulf Research Center, expected attacks on both Western targets in Yemen and local security forces to continue.
"It is basically reflecting their renewed strategy that they are going to fight the government, which has allied itself with the Saudis and the Americans," he said.
Yemen's often poorly guarded security forces are easier to strike than many Western targets, and the group may hope to capitalise on anti-government sentiment in the south, home to a strong separatist movement.
Last month, gunmen raided the regional headquarters of the political security office in Aden, killing 11, an attack al-Qaeda said was revenge for a state assault on a militant stronghold.
Last week, more suspected al Qaeda gunmen attacked two security buildings, igniting clashes that killed four people.
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There's a Truce? Who Knew?
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Police yesterday detained two outlaws in connection with the killing of three unarmed lawmen as they launched an intensive hunt in Pabna and adjoining districts to capture the assassins.
After the arrests of Nader Pramanik and Wajed Ali, activists of Red-Flag faction of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), police grilled them intensively to get information.
Nader was picked up from Najirganj of Sujanagar upazila and Wajed from Masumdia of Bera upazila around 3:00am.
The law enforcers claimed to have identified some people involved in Tuesday's fatal incident at Dhalarchar of Bera upazila.
"We've already detected the identities of some attackers," Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Rajshahi Range Mokhlesur Rahman said The Daily Star yesterday.
A band of 10 to 12 outlaws directly took part in the killings. Police is almost certain that it was a planned assault, added the DIG.
Police suspects a number of reasons behind the incident. Mokhlesur said the criminals might have attacked the policemen sensing trouble due to the lawmen's presence.
Police officer Kafil Uddin served the Special Branch in the region for a long period and the outlaws might have personal enmity with him.
There is a plan to build a large embankment at Dhalarchar involving huge amount of money. The criminals might have thought that if there were no police, it would be easy for them to extort the contractors, added Mokhlesur.
Sub-Inspector Mojaffar Hossain of Pabna Police Station, who was in charge of Dhalarchar camp few months ago, said it is very difficult to distinguish the outlaws from the innocents here.
Criminals from different districts use to take shelter here, as it is a remote place surrounded by rivers, added the SI.
Chairman of Masumdia Union Parishad Samsur Rahman Shomej said outlaws often disturb local people, but they never dare to protest. Despite being an elected representative, Samsur even does not live at his village home.
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After the arrests of Nader Pramanik and Wajed Ali, activists of Red-Flag faction of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), police grilled them intensively to get information.
I wonder what grilled Purba Banglar commies taste like? Probably chicken...
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Eight unidentified people, all civilians, were killed in a gun battle between an unidentified criminal gang and the Mexican Army, according to various Mexican news reports. The clash took place at San Simona in the remote municipality (county) of Madera in far western Chihuahua Wednesday.
According to various reports, a detachment of the Mexican Army happened upon an area held by criminal gang members, a group numbering about 50 armed suspects.
Since Madera is so remote, it takes about five hours for reports to reach Chihuahua city.
The Mexican Army force numbering about 100 effectives suffered no casualties in the firefight. The army also seized a number of weapons, including assault rifles and grenade launchers as well as munitions and other materiel, but reported no arrests.
Reports say elements of the criminal gang retreated into the mountains immediately west of Madera.
Madera was the scene of a raid in late May when 60 armed suspects aboard 15 vehicles raided a small village near Madera, killing three and burning four structures including three homes in the area.
At least 21 people were murdered in drug or gang violence in northern Mexico, including eight people killed in firefights between gangs and the Mexican Army. For a map, click here.
Two unidentified men were found dead near an industrial area in Juarez Wednesday night, according to Mexican press reports. The find was in Parque Fuentes in an industrial area. The two men were stripped and their heads were covered with duct tape with messages and pictures drawn on them.
Two unidentified men were found shot to death Thursday morning in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports. The discovery was made at a rock crushing facility on Camino Real near the army barracks.
An unidentified man was found dead on a highway near Chihuahua, say Mexican press accounts. The discovery was made on Km. Marker 10 on the Chihuahua to Juarez highway near the Cuervos de Pericos. The victim showed signs of advanced decomposition, and had been shot several times.
Three unidentified individuals were found burned alive on a highway near Delicias Chihuahua Wednesday, according to Mexican press reports. The find was made on Km. Maker 4 of the Satevo to Delicias road aboard a red Chevrolet pickup truck.
An unidentified woman was shot to death in front of witnesses in Juarez Thursday, say Mexican press accounts. The shooting took place at calles Manuel Marinaveitia and General Silvestre Quevedo in the Revolucion Mexicana district when people who lived in the area heard shots and the screeching of car tires. Investigators found three spent cartridge casings at the scene.
An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Wednesday night, according to Mexican press reports. The shooting take place on Francisco Sarabia in the Villa Juarez district. Investigators found nine AK-47 and six 9mm spent cartrdge casing at the scene. The victim's hands were bound with yellow plastics ties and his face was covered with bandages.
Eight unidentified people were killed in the remote town of Madera, Chihuahua, apparently caught in the crossfire of a confrontation between criminal gangs and the Mexican Army.
Three unidentified men were shot to death in Torreon, Coahuila Wednesday, say Mexican press reports. The first victim was the first body encountered by newly arrived Mexican Federal agents at 0130 hrs. on the Periferico Raul Lopez Sanchez near the Gomez Palacio railroad.
A kilometer away two more male victims were found. All three victims were shot with a .40 caliber weapon.
From the Babysitter-Apparently-Failed-to Show Department
A pair of carjackers were captured along with their families after a chase following a failed attempt in Juarez Wedensday, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka.
The attempt took place near the intersection of calles Cartamo and Mora in the El Granjero district leading to a car chase with police agents. The chase ended when the escape vehicle the carjackers used crashed.
When police agents arrest the two, they discovered the mens' families were nearby including three children and two women. All seven were taken into custody.
President Hugo Chavez severed Venezuela's diplomatic relations with Colombia on Thursday over claims he harbors guerrillas, and he warned that his neighbor's leader could attempt to provoke a war. Chavez said he was forced to break off all relations because Colombian officials claim he has failed to act against leftist rebels who allegedly have taken shelter in Venezuelan territory.
Chavez acted moments after Colombian Ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos presented a meeting of the Organization of American States in Washington with photos, videos, witness testimony and maps of what he said were rebel camps inside Venezuela and challenged Venezuelan officials to let independent observers visit them.
Neither Chavez nor his OAS ambassador directly responded to the Colombian challenge to let people visit the alleged site of the camps.
In Washington, Hoyos said that roughly 1,500 rebels are hiding out in Venezuela and he showed fellow diplomats numerous aerial photographs of what he identified as rebel camps on Venezuelan territory.
Hoyos said that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's government has repeatedly asked for Venezuela's cooperation to prevent guerrillas from slipping over the 1,400-mile (2,300-kilometer) border that separates the two countries. He insisted that several rebel leaders are hiding out in Venezuela.
"We have the right to demand that Venezuela doesn't hide those wanted by Colombia," Hoyos said, urging the OAS to investigate Colombia's claims.
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Security forces killed at least 40 terrorists and injured another 30 in a clash in Upper Orakzai on Wednesday. The forces lost three personnel in the clash, while six officials were injured. The incident occurred in Dabori Ali Khel area of the agency during the early hours of Wednesday. The security forces cleared Sheikhan, Naznao areas of the agency and consolidated positions atop important hills in the area. Three terrorist hideouts were also destroyed.
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A senior Taliban commander and close aide of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Swat chief Mullah Fazlullah surrendered to security forces in Swat on Wednesday. Sources said Taliban's key senior commander, Qari Sohail, surrendered to security forces at Charbagh tehsil of Swat. Sohail was in charge of the Taliban's FM-radio station during their rule in Swat.
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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Three security contractors were killed and 15 others wounded when a Katyusha rocket landed on central Baghdads Green Zone (GZ), according to a press release by the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Thursday.
Also, fifteen people, including two Americans, were wounded when a rocket struck the area, home to the offices of the Iraqi government and the large U.S. Embassy, read the release as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Iraqi police said it was a mortar, not a rocket, that struck the Green Zone.
Earlier on Thursday (July 22), Maj. General Qassem Atta, the official spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC), said a Katyusha rocket landed on the bank of the River Tigris near the GZ but left no casualties or material losses. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the discrepancy.
The rocket firing comes more than two months after the GZ came under similar attacks.
The embassy said the three killed were two Ugandans and a Peruvian who worked for a U.S. government security contractor.
Iraqi forces had taken charge of security in the heavily-fortified GZ from U.S. forces on January 1, 2010. The GZ, known as the international zone that is located on the west bank of the River Tigris, lies over an area of 10 square kilometers and is home to the republican palace, the government, the parliament, some ministries and residences and offices of several top Iraqi officials in addition to the conference hall and al-Rasheed Hotel.
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The embassy said the three killed were two Ugandans and a Peruvian who worked for a U.S. ggovernment security contractor.
Shouldn't it read UN Peace Corp instead of US government security contractor?
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Shouldn't the State Department start a count of folks in their employ killed or wounded as they build up their own security forces that replace the US Military in Iraq?
If it's important information w/r to for the military it should be for the State Dept as well.
Gaza Maan A fighter with the Al-Quds Brigades was killed in southern Gaza on Thursday night, the Islamic Jihad movement announced, saying the death came as the young man performed a "Jihadist mission." Ooookay. We know what that means...
In a statement mourning the loss of Hatem Mohammad Al-Bardawil, 22, the brigades explained that he was "killed in a missile shelling that targeted him while he was on a mission east of Al-Qararra, near Khan Younis. Or...maybe not. Other sources said Al-Bardawil was killed when a mortar he was attempting to fire toward Israeli military vehicles exploded. Pointy end of the shell goes UP, Hatem. Not that it matters to you anymore...
In their statement, the Al-Quds Brigades said they intended to "continue realizing our right to resistance and Jihad until the occupation has ended in all parts of Palestine." ...or until we all blow ourselves up.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip A Palestinian tunnel smuggler with a blowtorch sliced through an underground steel wall early Thursday, the latest of what officials say are hundreds of holes cut into the Egyptian barrier meant to stop smuggling of goods, cash and weapons to the blockaded, Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
Smugglers say the wall was never a serious obstacle, and they are far more worried about competition from consumer goods being brought to Gaza legally, now that Israel has eased its closure of the Palestinian territory.
Rare Associated Press Television News footage showed the smuggler breaching the wall.
Look at what they call the best iron in the world, he said, his face covered by a black-and-white headscarf as he rested near the new opening. We melt it like cheese. He refused to give his name for fear of retribution from Egyptian authorities.
The wall is seen as Egypts most ambitious attempt to stop smuggling through the hundreds of tunnels that run under its 9-mile-long (15-kilometer-long) border with Gaza, a Palestinian territory sealed by Israel and Egypt since the violent Hamas takeover in 2007.
The tunnels have been a lifeline for the Islamic militants, keeping them supplied with cash and weapons, while delivering consumer goods to Gazas shops.
Since work on the wall began last year, smugglers have cut hundreds of holes into the barrier of side-by-side steel planks that plunge about 60 feet (20 meters) into the ground, said two Egyptian security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.
The barrier is to stretch along six miles (10 kilometers) of the border, where the tunnels are concentrated, and is more than half complete.
Smugglers have bragged in recent months that they are able to cut through the wall, but Thursday marked a rare occasion when they were filmed in action.
Before dawn, five tunnel workers walked about 200 yards (meters) from Gaza through a narrow underground passage just high enough for the men to stand until they reached the dead end of the steel barrier. The smuggler with the blow torch later said it was the third time he cut through the wall, and he expected the tunnel to resume operations within two days.
Smugglers have raised the possibility that Egypt would try flooding the passages with water, though Egyptian officials have not confirmed such a plan.
It may not be necessary.
Tunnel activity has slowed in recent weeks, as smugglers try to gauge the impact of Israels easing of the blockade in the wake of a deadly raid of a blockade-busting flotilla bound for Gaza in late May. The killing of nine Turkish activists aboard one of the ships prompted an international outcry, and Israel came under growing pressure to open Gazas borders.
Egypt also decided to ease its closure after the flotilla raid, opening its borders to restricted travel and limited humanitarian convoys. The move restored a link to the outside world for at least some of Gazas 1.5 million Palestinians.
Under the old blockade rules, only basic food and medicine were allowed into Gaza. In a first step after the flotilla, Israel decided to let in most consumer goods but said Gazans would continue to be banned from travel and exporting for the time being.
For now, several smugglers say they are scaling back business or importing those items still restricted by Israel, including cement, steel and other construction supplies.
One tunnel owner, who would give only an alias, Abu Kamal, said he is only using one of two tunnels at the moment because of a drop in business. He said one of his tunnels was blocked by the wall, but he managed to cut through it.
Another, Hassan Geshto, said it cost him only about $400 to hire a crew to break through the steel wall when it blocked off his tunnel a month and a half ago. But he, too, has stopped working, because he says he cant profit enough from shipments to pay his workers.
The metal wall has brought work for the blacksmiths of Gaza, he joked. But to us, the wall means nothing. If they build it down to 40 meters, we will dig to 50 meters. But once Israel completely opens the crossings into Gaza, the tunnels will die alone.
Over the years, both Israel and Egypt have tried in vain to halt the smuggling.
During Israels nearly four decades of military occupation of Gaza, Israeli soldiers frequently searched the Gaza-Egypt border area for tunnels, often razing homes to expose tunnel entrances. After Israel withdrew its settlers and soldiers from Gaza in 2005, Egypt came under growing pressure from Israel and the U.S. to halt the smuggling, particularly the flow of weapons to Hamas.
Egypt has adopted an often contradictory approach to Gaza. It has been trying to contain the Islamic militants on its doorstep, but it also wants to avoid blame in the Arab and Muslim world for cooperating with Israel in maintaining the blockade.
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Oh come on now, they act as if this was unexpected?
This was in the works while the steel piles were being driven.
All the Bomb making equipment, and the Egyptians expect they don't have an oxy-acetylene rig or two to cut metal?
Stupid Stupid Stupid, nobody in the middle east obeys any laws anyway, but the Palestinians (Who's entire existence there is illegal) will?
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Wouldn't it be easier to just go to the sparkly new mall?
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Bethlehem Maan Egyptian forces took control of three smuggling tunnels along the Gaza border, Egyptian security sources said Friday. The seizures were part of a new campaign underway to expose tunnels used by Palestinians to smuggle goods into Gaza, which proliferated exponentially as Israel's four-year siege intensified during 2008-9.
Two tunnels, used to smuggle goods and medical supplies, were found near Rafah's Salah Ad-Din area, and one tunnel, used to bring cars into Gaza, was found near in the jungle area north of Rafah.
Egypt began constructing a steel wall on its border to prevent the tunnels last year, but an Egyptian official said that there are hundreds of holes in the barrier, equal to the number of active tunnels, the Associated Press reported Thursday, prompting one source to call the endeavor a "big failure."
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What they need is one of those machines that vibrates piles into the ground. Just position it at random everyday and any nearby tunnels would likely collapse due to the vibrations.
[Straits Times] THREE Americans were expelled from Indonesia's devoutly Islamic province of Aceh on Wednesday after locals accused them of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, a local government spokesman said.
Immigration officials, however, said no decision has been made on whether Robin Kay Jordan, his wife Kelly and their daughter Claire would be deported. Proselytizing is illegal in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
The Jordans, charity workers from California, were forced from their rented house in West Aceh district and transferred to the immigration office in the neighboring province of North Sumatra, said Mulyagus, district spokesman.
'They allegedly have a mission to spread Christianity,' said Mulyagus, who uses only one name, like many Indonesians. 'Therefore we expelled and banned them from entering West Aceh.' He added that they were kicked out for their own safety following rumors that the family converted three Muslims in the district to Christianity.
The Jordans could not be reached for comment on Wednesday. The phone rang unanswered at the US consulate in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra.
While most of Indonesia's 237 million Muslims practice a moderate form of the faith, the West Aceh district is known for its strict enforcement of Islamic values. In May, authorities began banning Muslim women from wearing tight pants.
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Thanks for all that help following the tsunami a few years back...
You learn not to expect too much from Moslems.
If all 60 Moslem countries combined dont even have the GDP of South Korea...it might tell you something about..well...their values.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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President Hugo Chavez severed Venezuela's diplomatic relations with Colombia on Thursday over claims he harbors guerrillas, and he warned that his neighbor's leader could attempt to provoke a war. Chavez said he was forced to break off all relations because Colombian officials claim he has failed to act against leftist rebels who allegedly have taken shelter in Venezuelan territory.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip A Palestinian tunnel smuggler with a blowtorch sliced through an underground steel wall early Thursday, the latest of what officials say are hundreds of holes cut into the Egyptian barrier meant to stop smuggling of goods, cash and weapons to the blockaded, Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
