GAZA CITY - Dozens of Palestinian police stormed the parliament building in Gaza City on Saturday demanding salaries which have gone largely unpaid since March, witnesses and security sources said. “Angry protestors stormed the offices of parliament, they fired into the air and there were armed clashes when security guards tried to stop them,” a security official told AFP.Strange, I thought we saw a story saying Hamas had smuggled tons o' cash into Gaza. Why indeed we did. Wonder where it all went? Anyone? Bueller?
The showdown at parliament followed a march by nearly 500 angry police officers through the heart of Gaza City. The demonstrators prevented deputy parliament speaker Ahmed Bahr, a member of the ruling Hamas movement, from addressing them and instead hurled insults, the security official said.
"Give us our dough or we'll curse yer mustache!"
Similar protests were held elsewhere in the Gaza Strip. In the southern towns of Rafah and Khan Yunis, about 100 police officers shut down the territoryÂ’s principal north-south artery, witnesses said.