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| EU pledges navy patrols to prevent Gaza smuggling |
| 2009-01-21 |
| European Union states have engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity following the announcement of a ceasefire by Israel and Hamas declaring its own truce over the weekend, with the EU's big three pledging naval support to prevent the delivery of weapons into Gaza. On Saturday (17 January) at midnight, Tel Aviv declared a unilateral ceasefire, saying its objectives of degrading Hamas' ability to fire rockets into Israel had been achieved. Hamas on Sunday followed with an announcement of a truce, giving Israel seven days to leave the occupied territory and open all border crossings to permit the entry of humanitarian aid and basic goods. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #12 EU Navy |
| Posted by: SR-71 2009-01-21 22:51 |
| #11 ION EUROZONE, ISRAELI MIL FORUM > THE GAZA WAR COMING/CAN SPREAD TO EUROPE? + PALEOS THREATEN EUROPE WITH A MUSLIM MINORITY [Euro-Muslims + Emigres will demand their Rights includ SHARIA, OR ELSE!]??? TOPIX > VARIOUS - EUROPE'S RADICAL MUSLIMS USING SOFT POWER TO IMPOSE SHARIA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-21 22:45 |
| #10 Translation: humanitarian aid and basic goods: guns, ammo, and rockets. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-01-21 18:52 |
| #9 Why is the camel called the "ship of the desert?" It's full of arab semen. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-01-21 15:35 |
| #8 "Oh look, Captain. There goes another one!" "You've interrupted my tea! Get back to polishing that handrail." "Besides, I get off duty in 30 minutes." |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-01-21 15:05 |
| #7 The Israeli Navy has a small fleet of gunboats, many of which are stationed off the coast of Gaza to prevent smuggling.... This seems like an empty pledge to me. Not if you put the two lines above together in context. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-01-21 12:55 |
| #6 "Oh look, Captain. There goes another one!" |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-01-21 12:28 |
| #5 I'm perplexed. The Israeli Navy has a small fleet of gunboats, many of which are stationed off the coast of Gaza to prevent smuggling. Have the smugglers been getting past the Israelis? That's the sort of thing that should be readily known given satellite imagery -- hard to hide a ship tied up at harbor in Gaza. This seems like an empty pledge to me. It would be more useful if they pledged to stop the tunneling, and meant it. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-01-21 11:12 |
| #4 Okay, let's map this into the previous post about Iran sending Fajar missles to Gaza. Any bets? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-01-21 11:07 |
| #3 Would you trust your life to the EUnik Navy? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-01-21 10:59 |
| #2 can Europe muster together enough armed navy ships too patrol gaza? |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-01-21 10:56 |
| #1 The Pali's have underwater tunnels? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-21 10:04 |
