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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Egypt deploys at old border; Hamas whines about new border xing
2007-07-11
Egypt has begun deploying hundreds more police to strengthen security at its border with the Gaza Strip...the sources said additional Egyptian security forces had already taken up positions along the border north of the Rafah crossing to reinforce the existing 750 border police.
and what is this really about

Rafah
which is at the Gaza/Egypt border about midway between the Med and the southern Gaza border
was closed on June 9 and has remained closed since Hamas Islamist forces took over the Gaza Strip days later. The militant group opposes the move to make Kerem Shalom
about 1 mile from the Egyptian border along the south Gaza/Israel border
Palestinian sources said Hamas was opposed to opening Kerem Shalom under Egyptian and Israeli auspices because it feared this would constitute a precedent which Israel could exploit and it would allow Israel to stop much of the smuggling. The former Palestinian prime minister, Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh, said he would only agree to opening the Rafah crossing, where inspection and graft is conducted by Egyptian security forces.
Posted by:mhw

#2  Hamas really needs that Euro money to get the bribe program running again. Time before the Egyptian containment starts to sieve or Cairo makes an order for some 'Rachel Corrie' bulldozers?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-07-11 12:11  

#1  Claymores every 50 feet facing Gaza. Drill holes every 1/2 mile or so...insert 50 lbs of C-4 and detonate.
Posted by: anymouse   2007-07-11 11:30  

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