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2008-08-28 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Egypt sez 140 tunnels found using U.S. equipment

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Posted by tu3031 2008-08-28 09:57|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Why don't we use our equipment on our own border tunnel problem?

Posted by bigijim-ky 2008-08-28 11:04|| 2008-08-28 11:04|| Front Page Top

#2 "Why don't we use our equipment on our own border tunnel problem?"

We are. It just doesn't make the news.

Posted by Full Bosomed1072 2008-08-28 11:10|| 2008-08-28 11:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Gaza is also the perfect "proof of concept" for this tool too. Our border is very long and tunnels hard to find. Gaza, short border and many, many tunnels. Perfect the technology and method there, then apply it here.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-08-28 11:16|| 2008-08-28 11:16|| Front Page Top

#4 a team of U.S. military engineers was sent to train Egyptian forces to operate the equipment.

I'm sure training continues ongoing, bigjim. Mr. Wife's experience in that part of the world was that the people are open and charming, would feed you their last grain of rice even if the family went hungry, but were incapable of noticing they hadn't yet placed the order for the bloody chemicals that they'd called him over as an emergency to start manufacturing with two months earlier. He wasted both Thanksgiving and Christmas over there, waiting for what would never have appeared had he not finally called in the order himself. He also mentioned seeing Egyptian soldiers with sandals and weapons held together by duct tape. As an engineer he does have proper appreciation for the usefulness of duct tape, but seeing it on things supposed to go boom made him very nervous.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-08-28 13:02|| 2008-08-28 13:02|| Front Page Top

#5 140 tunnels? Must be like Swiss cheese at the border. Don't jump up and down too much.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-08-28 14:11|| 2008-08-28 14:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Sharon's border shipping channel would fill quite quickly here... BTW is Sharon still on life support?

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-28 16:43|| 2008-08-28 16:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Gaza is digging a new Suez Canal, from the bottom up.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-08-28 19:09|| 2008-08-28 19:09|| Front Page Top

#8 "They are never so happy as when they are burrowing"

General Lucky Guy
Lord Commander of Forces Far Flung
Painter of the Cannibal

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