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2006-06-29 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2006-06-29 09:27|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 a fence-swarm doesn't have the crowd appeal. No body parts to parade around. Musta been busting feet to Egypt. New Olympic sport: the Paleo 400M blast, sprint, and hurdle

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-29 09:43|| 2006-06-29 09:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Rats fleeing a sinking ship.

Posted by 2b 2006-06-29 09:50|| 2006-06-29 09:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Here's hoping the Egyptians are good at setting up kill zones.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-29 09:52|| 2006-06-29 09:52|| Front Page Top

#4 On the Egyptian side, Egyptian Minutemen ~~soldiers~~ gathered to prevent people from breaching the Palestinian cordon and officials imposed a curfew near the blast site,

Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-29 09:54|| 2006-06-29 09:54|| Front Page Top

#5 well why won't they accept their muslim brothers with open arems though?

Posted by Greamp Elmavinter1163 2006-06-29 09:55|| 2006-06-29 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Doesn't the Koran call for accepting them with loaded arms?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-29 10:03|| 2006-06-29 10:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Stuck in Gaza like Mars flies in a Klein Bottle. [/Firesign Theatre]

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-06-29 10:22|| 2006-06-29 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Wait a minute. They (Egypt)are allowed to stop people from coming into thier country? Sure wish we could.

Posted by plainslow 2006-06-29 10:24|| 2006-06-29 10:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Nobody gives a $hit about their Palestinian brothers except when it comes to their being a useful tool to keep the population focused away from poor leadership.

Posted by grb 2006-06-29 17:14|| 2006-06-29 17:14|| Front Page Top

#10 A couple of updates:

AP Sez: Palestinian Police Re-Seal Hole in Wall

ME Newsline: Egypt Deploys 2500 Troops Along Gaza Border

Posted by Crolump Glereper5426 2006-06-29 17:38|| 2006-06-29 17:38|| Front Page Top

#11 Word is, the hole in the wall was done with authorization from Hamas military committee. Egypt and the Fatah dominated Pal security dont seem to be helping Hamas out, even at this dire hour of need. Or maybe ESPECIALLY at this dire hour of need. Or was Hamas heading into Egypt to take revenge for betrayal? OTOH Egypt is hinting at a diplo resolution soon.

Haniyeh and Meshal may in fact be rivals. Plenty of Hamas cells whose loyalties are unclear. Egypt, Fatah (itself divided, of course, Mossad, all playing games. Theres more here than meets the eye.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-29 17:49|| 2006-06-29 17:49|| Front Page Top

#12 ME Newsline: Egypt Deploys 2500 ~~Texas and Arizona National Guard~~ Troops Along Gaza Border

Works for me.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-29 17:52|| 2006-06-29 17:52|| Front Page Top

#13 No one in the ME wants anything to do with these foul, murderous bastards. I'd like to see Israel just roll Gaza up from the north and push the whole damned lot of them into Egypt and then seal the border after them. Raze the trash they've left behind and tell the world the "Gaza Strip" no longer exists and that if they have any concerns about its former inhabitants, they can address their concerns to Cairo.

Posted by mac 2006-06-29 17:54|| 2006-06-29 17:54|| Front Page Top

#14 No one in the ME wants anything to do with these foul, murderous bastards. I'd like to see Israel just roll Gaza up from the north and push the whole damned lot of them into Egypt and then seal the border after them. Raze the trash they've left behind and tell the world the "Gaza Strip" no longer exists and that if they have any concerns about its former inhabitants, they can address their concerns to Cairo.

So you want to disposess a whole lot of already fanatical people, thus making them more fanatical, while at the same time pushing them into Egypt just in time for Mubarak's succession crisis?

This doesn't strike me as particularly intelligent.

Posted by Phil 2006-06-29 17:59|| 2006-06-29 17:59|| Front Page Top

#15 Phil, answer this. How COULD these scumbags be more fanatical? Do you think there is ANYTHING that they COULD do to Israelis that they HAVEN'T done? Gaza is a putrid, festering sore on the world's surface and the only reason it still exists is because the Israelis are too civilized to treat it as the Egyptians (or any other Middle Eastern country) long since would have. Obviously you're one of those fools who still believes in Paleo "moderation." Dream on, jack.

Posted by mac 2006-06-29 18:11|| 2006-06-29 18:11|| Front Page Top

#16 At the moment I don't believe that the majority of the population of Gaza is willing to take up arms by themselves to fight the Israelis. If they were the Israelis would be having a harder time with their incursion; also, if the Palestinians themselves were such a monolithic bloc, the extremists wouldn't need to publically hang and/or exsanguinate those they thought to be traitors.

Put another way: What fraction of the population of Gaza do you think is actively functioning as unlawful combatants, going around with guns, shooting at the Israelis, and in general stirring shit up?

Or put another way, what fraction of them are CADRE right now?

If you kick them out, a much larger fraction of them will suddenly be motivated to be cadre. And they'll be in Egypt, where a huge influx of dedicated cadre could suddenly do a lot more damage.

Posted by Phil 2006-06-29 18:42|| 2006-06-29 18:42|| Front Page Top

#17 Or put another way, what fraction of them are CADRE right now?

Indeed. There's your question.

Posted by 6 2006-06-29 19:11|| 2006-06-29 19:11|| Front Page Top

#18 Phil's point about Egyptian succession is a very important one, folks. The LAST thing that will help Israel or us is for Hamas to openly operate there.

Posted by lotp 2006-06-29 19:29|| 2006-06-29 19:29|| Front Page Top

#19 Agreed, til now Mubarek has pretty much been an ally. They want Israeli and European tourist money and AQ and other islamo-scum are bent on disrupting the tourist spots.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-06-29 22:47|| 2006-06-29 22:47|| Front Page Top

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