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2007-02-02 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

It's Back! And better then ever! Trucefire!!

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Posted by tu3031 2007-02-02 14:53|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's hard to stop a civil war in a place where women have no voice.

Posted by Penguin 2007-02-02 16:18|| 2007-02-02 16:18|| Front Page Top

#2 I'll take Hamas and 7 bodies...er, points, Alex.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-02-02 16:21|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-02-02 16:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, they basically own Gaza.

Is this what they mean by an Islamic Paradise?

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2007-02-02 16:35|| 2007-02-02 16:35|| Front Page Top

#4 The presidency blamed Hamas for the violence amid increasing international pressure on the factions to resolve their differences and negotiate a power-sharing agreement.

It sounds like that's exactly what they're doing - Pali style.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-02-02 16:57|| 2007-02-02 16:57|| Front Page Top

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-02 16:57|| 2007-02-02 16:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Great pic, moose. A rat and some cute puppies.

Posted by Brett 2007-02-02 16:59|| 2007-02-02 16:59|| Front Page Top

#7 UPDATE! http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,9294,2-10-1462_2063751,00.html
Gaza City - Hamas fighters blew up a pro-Fatah radio station in Gaza, ambulances were caught in the crossfire and gunmen exchanged heavy fire in deserted streets as a new wave of factional fighting killed seven people on Friday in the chaotic coastal territory.
The resurgent violence, which has killed a total of 13 people since Thursday, destroyed a brief truce between Fatah and Hamas and forced thousands of Gazans to huddle in their homes to escape the crossfire.
Fatah forces stormed a Hamas-affiliated university on Friday afternoon, setting two buildings on fire and waging a shootout with Hamas forces inside the campus. Black smoke rose over the city.
In a symbol that the two sides had returned to open warfare, their respective radio stations stopped playing songs of national unity and broadcast songs about armed struggle and fighting the enemy.
Egyptian mediators blamed Hamas for violating the latest cease-fire deal by ambushing an official convoy.
Gaza plunged into chaos
On Friday morning, 50 officers from Abbas's presidential guard surrounded the Hamas-led Interior Ministry and exchanged fire with Hamas gunmen guarding the building. Outside of Gaza City, Hamas militants launched mortar shells at a Fatah training base in an attack that wounded 30 recruits, security officials said. One shell missed the base, hitting a nearby house and wounding two children inside.
The roads of Gaza were nearly empty, sealed off by makeshift roadblocks of rubble and garbage. Only masked security officers, some with hand grenades clipped to their ammunition vests, were visible in the streets. The sound of gunfire mixed with the call to prayer, but the mosques were mostly empty for Friday afternoon prayers as people stayed at home in fear.
Fighting in northern Gaza killed two Fatah-affiliated security officers and two Hamas gunmen early on Friday, according to hospital officials and Hamas. A woman and two children, ages eight and five, were also killed, health officials said.
A total of 182 people were wounded, 19 of them critically, in the fighting since Thursday afternoon, the Health Ministry reported.
Health officials said Gaza was running out of blood and appealed for blood donors. Ambulances had come under fire and one rescue worker was lightly injured by a ricocheting bullet, they said. A Red Crescent hospital near a security base in Gaza City was hit in cross fire and its windows and gates were pocked by bullet holes.
Overnight, rival gunmen fought in the streets with mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades and heavy calibre machine guns.
Hamas gunmen blew up the Fatah-affiliated Voice of Labor radio station in the northern town of Jebaliya on Friday morning after a five-hour siege, according to Rasem Bayri, who heads the Palestinian Federation of Labor Unions.

Posted by Brett 2007-02-02 17:31|| 2007-02-02 17:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Fatah, moderate and secular, and Hamas, radical and Islamist,

Riiigggghhhhtttt.... The only difference between the two is who's in charge.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-02-02 17:53|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-02-02 17:53|| Front Page Top

#9 In a symbol that the two sides had returned to open warfare, their respective radio stations stopped playing songs of national unity and broadcast songs about armed struggle and fighting the enemy.

Am I evil for finding that statement LOL-funny?

Posted by xbalanke 2007-02-02 17:57|| 2007-02-02 17:57|| Front Page Top

#10 This is the reason that the US and Israel unblocked funds for the Fatah-led faction of the Paleo "government" : Fatah needed to balance out the Iranian shipments to Hamas. Realistically, you want both sides more or less evenly balanced, so the feuding and bloodletting can continue for the maximum amount of time. That way, you kill off the cannon fodder on each side and decrease the total number of terrorists available to send against Israel and the West. Also, a long drawn out civil war can lead to one side winning and being so tired of the killing, that they are really interested in peace with their neighbors. Kind of rough on the civilians in Gaza, but then, I remember the Paleo crowds cheering and handing out candy on 9/11 - so F*&K them!

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-02-02 18:24|| 2007-02-02 18:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Also, a long drawn out civil war can lead to one side winning and being so tired of the killing, that they are really interested in peace with their neighbors.

Unpossible. Palestinians will never tire of killing.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-02-02 19:15|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-02-02 19:15|| Front Page Top

#12 >EM>Health officials said Gaza was running out of blood and appealed for blood donors
Well, let's see, we have Israeli blood, then we have goat blood, then we have chicken blood from Indonesia, donkey blood, and camel blood.
That's type I, type g, type c positive, type d, and type c negative, which will it be ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-02-02 19:27|| 2007-02-02 19:27|| Front Page Top

#13 Allah is pleased so far, but wants more blood spilled in the streets of Gaza. If I recall correctly, Allah wants rivers of it.

Oh, that's not what they meant by "running out of blood" ?

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2007-02-02 19:36|| 2007-02-02 19:36|| Front Page Top

#14
must be hell for the census takers Paleolandistan

Posted by macofromoc 2007-02-02 21:38|| 2007-02-02 21:38|| Front Page Top

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