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| UN's Ban demands Hamas release seized Gaza aid |
| 2009-02-07 |
| United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday pressed Hamas to release the humanitarian aid shipment it seized in the Gaza Strip and provide assurances that no further aid would be taken. Ban's spokeswoman Michele Montas told reporters that Ban "demands that Hamas immediately release the (U.N.) consignment of humanitarian goods it seized last night, in the second such incident this week, and to refrain from interference with the provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance." She added that Ban wanted guarantees that it would not happen again. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said earlier it has stopped importing aid into the Gaza Strip after the Hamas government seized hundreds of tons of food assistance. The decision came after 10 truckloads of rice and flour, more than 200 tons, brought in by the agency were seized on Thursday on the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel, UNRWA said. Hamas reacted quickly by saying that the aid supplies were seized "by mistake" and will be returned. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Time for Israel to send some more "aid" to Gaza - 155mm HE "aid". Spare no one, no building, no road, no infrastructure. Render it all one mass of rubble, and then bounce the rubble several times. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-02-07 22:16 |
| #3 Sharper than a serpent's tooth the ingratitude of a child. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-07 07:47 |
| #2 Yes. A simple misunderstanding. We accidentally stole that. See, Abdul saw hundreds of tons of food on trucks and figured it was a local family coming home from the grocery store. We rob those people all the time and well, I guess ole' Ab didn't notice the UN markings. You can see what an easy mistake it is to make. Our bad. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-02-07 02:07 |
| #1 Or he'll send the dreaded strongly worded letter. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-07 00:14 |