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| Anger boils over as Egypt rounds up Palestinians | |
| 2008-02-06 | |
Hundreds of Palestinians furious at being rounded up by Egyptian authorities following deadly clashes at the border with Gaza set fire to a government building on Tuesday, a security source said. “Egyptian authorities rounded up at least 500 Palestinians in the town of Rafah late Monday and took them to an administrative building,” after a Palestinian was shot dead in the border violence, the source told AFP.
Another 1,500 Palestinians who live in other Arab countries and who need visas to leave Egypt have been taken to a youth hostel in Al-Arish, west of Rafah, until their papers are ready, the source said. The closure of the border, breached almost two weeks ago to allow Palestinians into Egypt to stock up on vital goods, sparked protests from the Palestinians, with a demonstration at the border turning violent late Monday with stone-throwing, exchanges of fire and tear gas. Gaza militants blew open the border between the impoverished coastal strip and Egypt early on January 23 in a bid to break a punishing Israeli blockade. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are estimated to have poured through the breached frontier before Egyptian and Hamas forces resealed it completely at the weekend. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 my sense is that the upper classes in Egypt are becoming more anti paleo (or anti Hamas which is the same thing given the geography). however, the many years of anti Israel and anti Semitic propaganda have had the effect of leaving the masses generally pro Hamas (and of course they are anti-government of Egypt because of the corruption, etc.) |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-02-06 10:17 |
| #4 “They set fire to the building, broke windows and destroyed furniture,” the source said, adding that the Palestinians would be allowed back into Gaza “once the arrangements are made.” I wonder if he was smirking when he said the last part. Back to Islamic paradise, boys. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-06 09:06 |
| #3 Ra-Antef is angry also! Many may soon suffer the curse! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-02-06 04:34 |
| #2 “Egyptian authorities rounded up at least 500 Palestinians in the town of Rafah late Monday and took them to an administrative building,” after a Palestinian was shot dead in the border violence, the source told AFP. “They set fire to the building, broke windows and destroyed furniture,” the source said, adding that the Palestinians would be allowed back into Gaza “once the arrangements are made.” Another 1,500 Palestinians who live in other Arab countries and who need visas to leave Egypt have been taken to a youth hostel in Al-Arish, west of Rafah, until their papers are ready. ROLF! Stinkin Papers? The Paleo Shit-Birds can never get aloft because there's always too much poop on their feathers. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-02-06 01:09 |
| #1 Oh My, the Egyptians are just as bad as the Jooos? (Nah, It'll never cross their minds) They'll just "Discover" they were run out by "Egyptian Jooos". |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-02-06 00:59 |