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| Egypt starts dig on Gaza border to stop smuggling tunnels |
| 2015-09-01 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Egyptian military bulldozers are digging through the sand along Egypt's border with the Gazoo Strip in recent days, pressing ahead with what appears to be a renewed campaign to pressure Gazoo's Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, rulers and stamp out Death Eater activity along the border. The project, billed as an Egyptian military-operated fish farm, effectively would fill the border area with water and is designed to put an end to the last remaining cross-border underground smuggling tunnels, Egyptian military officials said. Hamas accuses Egypt of further isolating the beleaguered Paleostinian territory. The new excavations seem to be "a tightening of the grip of siege on Gazoo," Hamas official Mushir al-Masri said. Egypt "should not slide into this cliff that agrees with the Israeli policies of siege." Israel and Egypt have maintained a blockade of the territory since the Islamic Death Eater group Hamas seized control of Gazoo in 2007. For several years, Egypt tolerated a smuggling industry, allowing hundreds of tunnels to bring in goods like cigarettes and spare cycle of violence parts, as well as weapons. These tunnels were a lifeline for Hamas, which collected millions of dollars in taxes and revenues from the smuggled goods. They continued to thrive after longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... was ousted in 2011 and the Islamist Mohammed Morsi won the country's first free presidential election. But things changed after the Egyptian army ousted Morsi, a key ally of Hamas, in 2013. The military-backed government accused Islamic bully boyz of using smuggling tunnels to move between Gazoo and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Hamas denies bully boyz move in and out of its territory. Last November, after bully boyz killed 31 Egyptian troops in an assault on a checkpoint 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Rafah, Egypt demolished hundreds of homes and evicted thousands of residents as it carved out a buffer zone and destroyed more tunnels. Today, Paleostinian smugglers operate an estimated 20 tunnels. But the violence has continued. Last month, Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... -linked bully boyz struck Egyptian army outposts in a coordinated wave of suicide kabooms and battles. It was some of Sinai's deadliest fighting in decades and underlined the government's failure to stem the insurgency. Last week, three gunnies in a speeding car killed two coppers in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Now Egypt is trying to finish off the tunnels for good. Egypt's army began digging last week what officials said will be 18 fisheries along the 9-mile (14-kilometer) border with Gazoo to grow mullet fish and shrimps, and to make digging underground tunnels impossible. The military officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 No, swksvolFF, a Mullet is a type of Country Western singer though there was one such golfer, John Daley, he drank a lot too. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-09-01 19:54 |
| #7 Dear Mr. al Sisi, from coloradogators.com: The History of Colorado GatorsErwin and Lynne Young moved from Post, Texas to Alamosa, Colorado in September, 1974 with their four children, Mark, Mike, Sherri, and Jay. Erwin learned of the geothermal water resources available in the Valley and wanted to grow Tilapia, an African perch that requires warm water and is very good to eat. In 1977 they purchased the 80 acre farm that is now Colorado Gators Reptile Park. It wasn’t until 1987 that they purchased 100 baby alligators to dispose of dead fish and the remains of filleted fish. Those baby gators grew quickly in the warm geothermal water (87° F) and the locals wanted to see them, so we opened to the public in 1990. Soon we were in the spotlight of many media programs and articles. Individuals with overgrown alligators and other reptiles such as large pythons, tortoises, iguanas, and more started dropping them off with us. Mullet. Figured it was some sort of golf term, always saying I'm going to use my mullet again. Anyways, off to buy my Team Sisi jersey. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-09-01 16:48 |
| #6 Mullets? I thought they were bait fish. "He put a mullet under his tongue and waited with baited breath..." |
| Posted by: Fred 2015-09-01 12:48 |
| #5 Better idea: Sinai Seaworld |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-09-01 11:59 |
| #4 Do the mullet fish have real mullets? Ima picturing a mullet fish driving a black Trans Am blasting 'Black Betty'... |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-09-01 10:59 |
| #3 "A fish farm? What kind of fish?" "Sharks with friggin' laser beams on their foreheads" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-09-01 10:33 |
| #2 With Israeli expertise at things like green houses they could both do a deal to expand said farm all the way around. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-09-01 09:50 |
| #1 The project, billed as an Egyptian military-operated fish farm, effectively would fill the border area with water A moat around Gaza is a perennial suggestion here at Rantburg, however, selling it as a fish farm is pure genius. Hey, you don't suppose al Sisi reads the 'Burg? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-09-01 01:17 |