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2007-05-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2007-05-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 DEBKA > Over 20 rockets fired at SDEROT and nearby areas; + ABBAS's FATAH has allegedly agreed to join HAMAS in NEW ROCKET OFFENSIVE AGZ ISRAEL???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-16 02:01|| 2007-05-16 02:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, Joe, maybe if they can focus their aggeressive tendencies on the Jooos, they wouldn't be killing each other.

Everybody's gotta have an outlet, a hobby as it were.

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-16 05:47|| 2007-05-16 05:47|| Front Page Top

#3 They came and shot the wounded

Yeah. Put 'em out of their misery. The barbaric joooos would've simply captured them and treated their wounds, in violation of human rights.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2007-05-16 06:17|| 2007-05-16 06:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Peace in our lunchtime. Check back in a few hours...

Posted by tu3031 2007-05-16 08:57|| 2007-05-16 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 one of the wire services says Hamas fired on their own troops, killing 5. (damn, I love it when that happens)

Also IDF helis hit a Hamas command post. 4 gunnies, killed, NO reports of civilians killed. Nice shooting, bachurim.

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-05-16 09:41|| 2007-05-16 09:41|| Front Page Top

#6 I like their medic uniforms, white pants.

Posted by wxjames 2007-05-16 10:18|| 2007-05-16 10:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Hamas and Fatah killing each other seemed like a workable arrangement. Please reconsider the truce. Surely, you both can find something to be 'pissed off with' with each other. Rantburgers would be willing to help you find 'shooting' differences over which to disagree.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-16 10:42|| 2007-05-16 10:42|| Front Page Top

#8 for the strike at Hamas HQ, I'll be the IDF had Fatah spotters doing the counting of the deceased.

Posted by mhw 2007-05-16 10:43|| 2007-05-16 10:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Peace in our lunchtime.

I nominate tu3031 for the best snark of the day!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-05-16 13:00|| 2007-05-16 13:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Dozens of Gaza residents turned out for a rally on Wednesday to demand an end to factional fighting, only to be caught in crossfire that left eight wounded.

"Just as we used to protect you from the occupation by acting as human shields, we have come to protect you from yourselves," one protester shouted at gunmen, referring to instances when Palestinian civilians positioned themselves between militants and Israeli forces. Placing themselves between warring factions deployed on opposite ends of a Gaza City street, the protesters were forced to run for their lives when a gun battle erupted, witnesses said.

A local hospital said eight people were wounded in the crossfire, one critically.

Well...so much for that idea.

Posted by tu3031 2007-05-16 13:11|| 2007-05-16 13:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Lunchtime must be over.

Posted by wxjames 2007-05-16 15:14|| 2007-05-16 15:14|| Front Page Top

#12 This must be the truce to stop the fighting that stopped the truce to stop the fighting over who is the mas macho muslim organization.

Posted by Hank 2007-05-16 17:24|| 2007-05-16 17:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Hamas and Fatah agree ceasefire

Boy howdy, I'd hate to see what happens when they really disagree.

I nominate tu3031 for the best snark of the day!

Cheerfully seconded. Great wisecrack, tu3031. Now, if only it were true.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-16 18:07|| 2007-05-16 18:07|| Front Page Top

#14 Ceasefires within Trucefires within Armistices, it's like a damn big ass Orange Love Onion, we can peel away layers and layers of the orb until we find the crux of the shell. And it could be that it's the fiver note that abu Malu (the incontinent) lost last weekend.

/You wanted sense?

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-05-16 18:24|| 2007-05-16 18:24|| Front Page Top

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