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2008-02-29 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 Better start your cost estimations with the customary graft, corruption, pet projects (like Kassam missiles), "retirement" funds, etc. for all your ~~knuckle-dragging~~ Palestinian brothers (who like to pay for the rejected products you sell them with their monopoly money).

Sort of like the US, except there they like to call it "earmarks" (or you can save a syllable and call it "pork" if you don't care about being PC).

Then throw in a bit more for use on the actual project.

Oh, and don't forget that you'll need nukes to generate all that extra electricity.

Posted by gorb 2008-02-29 06:14|| 2008-02-29 06:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Egypt is calculating that they can get the EU to come up with the funds for the generation capacity and also the funds for the operation and also that they'll be able to skim money and KWH from the project.

Posted by mhw 2008-02-29 07:38|| 2008-02-29 07:38|| Front Page Top

#3 If Egypt is interested, I am sure Israel would be willing to give them a deal on the whole Gaza strip. All Egypt would have to do is take responsibility for them.

Posted by RWV 2008-02-29 08:59|| 2008-02-29 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 "He said Egypt's Electricity Ministry was preparing a study with the Palestinian Authority on financing the project and providing equipment to Gaza."

And then he laughed, and laughed, and laughed, and...

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-02-29 09:07|| 2008-02-29 09:07|| Front Page Top

#5 How long before they declare that circumstances require a nuclear power plant for the purpose?

Posted by lotp 2008-02-29 09:23|| 2008-02-29 09:23|| Front Page Top

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