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| Hamas Claims Egypt Killed Four Tunnel Smugglers With Poison Gas |
| 2010-04-28 |
| Palestinian officials in Gaza say Egyptian forces have pumped gas into a cross-border smuggling tunnel, killing four Palestinians. A Hamas security official in charge of the tunnel area says the Egyptians filled the passage with gas Wednesday. Gaza doctor Hamdan Abu Latifa said the smugglers suffocated. The Hamas official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give his name. There was no comment from Egypt, which has been under pressure to choke off the smuggling. Hamas says Egypt has blown up numerous tunnel entrances recently. Remember when Sweden lost its marbles because the US used tear gas in Vietnam? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #12 Took me a whopping 30 seconds I think that was determined to be deliberate poisoning with concentrated pesticide, an insect optimized nerve gas. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-04-28 23:52 |
| #11 Maybe they struck natural gas. Gaza's gonna be rich! |
| Posted by: ed 2010-04-28 23:48 |
| #10 If it was poison gas they wouldn't have suffocated. I'll suggest closing the Egypt end of the tunnel resulted in a CO2 build up because of reduced air circulation. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-04-28 22:59 |
| #9 Source for that lumpy? Link Took me a whopping 30 seconds...I'm out of breath (snark) |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2010-04-28 22:47 |
| #8 Source for that lumpy? |
| Posted by: goldenshellback 2010-04-28 22:04 |
| #7 Remember when Sweden lost its marbles because the US used tear gas in Vietnam? Not a peep when the Taliban used poison gas on several girls schools in Afghanistan last week, tho. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-04-28 19:27 |
| #6 It is not easy to get some gases out of a tunnel, and it might kill very quickly. Often in industry, some worker will descend on a ladder into a toxic gas and pass out. So others will try to rescue him and pass out as well. Sometimes there may be four or five dead guys before somebody says to themselves, "Hey! Wait a minute!" And in mines, to make matters worse, such toxic gases are often explosive. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-04-28 19:27 |
| #5 *sing it with me!* "the party's over...turn out the lights.." |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-04-28 19:05 |
| #4 Gaza - Ma'an - Poisonous gas killed four Palestinians and injured six inside a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border on Wednesday evening, medics reported. It was not immediately clear what type of gas was being used. Medics are accusing Egyptian forces of spraying a chemical into the tunnel as part of a crackdown on smuggling. One of the victims was identified as Muhammad Abu Jamous. He was among four pronounced dead on arrival at Abu Yousef An-Najjar Hospital in Khan Younis, our correspondent reported from the scene. Six others were injured after inhaling toxic gas inside a tunnel, medics said, blaming Egypt. Gas might have been used in the same tunnel days earlier, officials said. "Workers said they were on their way to one of the tunnels filled with poisonous gas a week ago, to confirm the toxin had dissipated," Adham Abu Salmiya, spokesman for Gaza medical services, told Ma'an. "They were shocked to find it had actually remained in the tunnel, resulting in the deaths and injuries." Muhammad, has the gas dissipated? Muhammad? Muhammad? Mahmoud! Get down there and ask Muhammad if the gas has dissipated! Wednesday's incident comes amid an escalating Egyptian security crackdown along the borders of the coastal enclave. Smugglers have said that in recent weeks, officials clamped down on tunnels, seizing goods almost daily, and shutting down tunnels rapidly. Forces detonated explosives inside a tunnel on Saturday morning. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-04-28 19:02 |
| #3 Oops! That was me. Last night was burrito night...phew! |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-04-28 17:48 |
| #2 thats whu=y miners used too take birds intomines too detect gases. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-04-28 17:25 |
| #1 i am sure that this is BS, but if true, then i applaud the Egyptians and say 'More! Faster!' drown every one of the rats in each and every tunnel. the tunnels are the lifeline for Hamas, and the sooner the tunnels go, the sooner Hamas goes, and the sooner something come come out of the festering sewer of Gaza that might have a use |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-04-28 17:01 |