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2006-06-29 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

UN aid chief warns that Gaza is nearing humanitarian crisis

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Posted by 3dc 2006-06-29 18:55|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They are heading for the abyss

Watch that first step.

Posted by 6 2006-06-29 19:02|| 2006-06-29 19:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Do you think they should have thought of that before they started nabbing people, Jan?

By the way, targeting innocent civilians is what they do all the time. It's why we call them terrorists. But it's not what the Israelis have done. That's why there are still live Paleostinians.

"Why do they do things that are so counter to their own interests?"

They're Paleostinians. It's what they do best.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-29 19:11|| 2006-06-29 19:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Three days? Let's put them on a countdown clock...
Maybe they should open a factory that produces "cycles of violence"?

Posted by tu3031 2006-06-29 19:17|| 2006-06-29 19:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I love watching Jan Egeland sputter and pontificate. :)

Posted by Crolump Glereper5426 2006-06-29 19:26|| 2006-06-29 19:26|| Front Page Top

#5 UN aid chief warns that Gaza is nearing humanitarian crisis... of their own making.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2006-06-29 19:37|| 2006-06-29 19:37|| Front Page Top

#6 "They are heading for the abyss unless they get electricity and fuel restored..."

Mr. Egeland should realize that this is a feature, not a bug, of Palestinian behavior and policies. Every time the Paleos f!ck up, the UN wants to bail them out. It is like their showcase project. 50 years plus of pure failure. Too late, Egeland, the world sympathy meter is bouncing off zero. Maybe the EUniks want to throw more money and resources down the rathole. Hell, even the Arabs know that this is a dead skunk in the middle of the road. Too late. The Paleos sh!t in their messkit and now they have to clean it up themselves.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-06-29 19:43|| 2006-06-29 19:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Egeland is a idiot. He still thinks that both sides are the same - that they are both equally responsible for the failure of the 'peace process' and 'osolo accords'.

Who percepted this by performing an outright act of war? The Palistinian Government.

Who killed the so-called 'Osolo Accords'? Hamas (who is now the Palieo Government).

Who has bent over backwards. Made consessions after consessions? Not Ham-Ass or the Palieo! Israel.

Who has kept their side of the accords in good faith even as the other side has broken their agreements time after time after time? Not Ham-Ass or the Paleos! Israel.

Who deliberately targets and murders innocent civilians in cold blood? And has done so for decades? Hamas and the Palistinians.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-06-29 20:09|| 2006-06-29 20:09|| Front Page Top

#8 "They are heading for the abyss unless they get electricity and fuel restored"

That's not a bug, that's a feature.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-29 20:19|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html ]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html ] 2006-06-29 20:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Think they'll send us a postcard when they get there?

I've always wondered what the abyss was like.

Posted by Crolump Glereper5426 2006-06-29 20:24|| 2006-06-29 20:24|| Front Page Top

#10 "They are heading for the abyss"

I think we finally found the address to the "abyss" today:

Try....One First Street N.E.
Washington, DC 20543

Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-29 20:29|| 2006-06-29 20:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Funny, I've never heard anyone refer to the caliphate life-style as an "abyss" before. As always, it's a case of be very careful of what you ask for ...

Even in light of how the Arab culture, as a whole, remains almost entirely uncontaminated by the slightest perception of Cause & Effect, the Palestinians manage to somehow make the rest of the Arabs look like regular Einsteins.

Posted by Zenster 2006-06-29 20:58|| 2006-06-29 20:58|| Front Page Top

#12 *yawwwwnnnn*
My heart f**king bleeds.
My sympathy meter for the Palestinians blew a fuse a couple of years ago, never got it to move past "don't give a c**p".
Oh, yeah, NPR was walloping away this evening, with a long pathetic story from Gaza on how we really, really, really should care. Next time they have a fund drive, I think I'll ask for a refund...

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2006-06-29 22:09|| www.sgtstryker.com]">[www.sgtstryker.com] 2006-06-29 22:09|| Front Page Top

#13 Mohammed had neither electricity nor fuel - they want to live in the 7th century, let them.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-06-29 22:54|| 2006-06-29 22:54|| Front Page Top

#14 The can get the fuel from Egypt - use the tunnels.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-06-29 22:55|| 2006-06-29 22:55|| Front Page Top

#15 #14 - no, those tunnels are reserved for arms and ammo shipments. They may not be used for food, medicine, fuel, water or other luxuries. /sarcasm

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2006-06-29 23:00|| 2006-06-29 23:00|| Front Page Top

#16 Do I know you, UN?
Cannot Palestinians themselves build a society? That could only confirm a soverign state. You have no right to demand that we give money for nothing and the bombings for free. Someone wake up before the lightening strikes.

No one owes the Palestinians anything. They should know where to turn but they do not. Oh Well.

Good faith was pulling out of Gaza, knowing full well what would happen. There is no negoitaion NOW. Israel is a soverign nation. End of argument.

Posted by newc">newc 2006-06-29 23:52|| 2006-06-29 23:52|| Front Page Top

#17 As for the software feature of civilization, the electricity will be restored when you reach our century and pay our bills. Your TR# (trouble ticket item number) is 960,054,326 Please be nice to my tech support.

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