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2007-09-20 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Gaza on war footing as Israel declares it "enemy"

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Posted by Fred 2007-09-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 FYI, Israeli News Poster > claims "true population" in Gaza is closer to 1.0Milyuhn people than commonly reported.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-20 01:19|| 2007-09-20 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is bracing for a major incursion by Israeli forces after the Jewish state labelled the territory an "enemy entity" on Wednesday,

Oooh, were the dumb ones on that committed on vacation?

a move the Islamist group described as a declaration of war.

As if what they have been conducting against Israel HASN'T been war? As if their declaration in their charter that Israel be destroyed wasn't a declaration of war?

They are acting as if Israel has caught a clue. To my chagrin, I am wondering of the Paleos are, as usual, wrong again...

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-09-20 05:15|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-09-20 05:15|| Front Page Top

#3 "move the Islamist group described as a declaration of war."

Not a declaration of war by Israel, a recognition of it. The Paleos declared it long ago.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-09-20 07:14|| 2007-09-20 07:14|| Front Page Top

#4 "We will face them with death,"

A paleos best friend. I realized this after reading the paleo classic "Death is my co-pilot".

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-20 07:39|| 2007-09-20 07:39|| Front Page Top

#5 We will face them with death!

And the Israelis will bring an amply supply for all of gaza.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-09-20 07:48|| 2007-09-20 07:48|| Front Page Top

#6 What else do they have to give their lives meaning? Not a prosperous society, not a representative and funtional government presiding over an economy (of any kind), not learning and exploration, not living quiet lives or creating objects of beauty or .....

Nope, death is the one thing they can aspire to achieve. And comradship towards death, along the way.

Posted by lotp 2007-09-20 07:48|| 2007-09-20 07:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Gaza on war footing as Israel declares it "enemy"

What's different? They already call for Israel's destruction in their charter, they've stockpiled weapons for years, they have alliances with Iran and Syria and they shoot rockets into Israel. What more do they need to do to be on a "war footing?"

New ski masks?

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2007-09-20 08:15|| 2007-09-20 08:15|| Front Page Top

#8 "WE WILL FACE THEM WITH DEATH"

I did a double-take when I realized this phrase was not a hi-lited editorial interjection but a quote.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-09-20 08:49|| 2007-09-20 08:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Of course, if Israel does not invade, but just cuts off electricity and water, they will just sit there in the dark and get thirsty.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-09-20 09:51|| 2007-09-20 09:51|| Front Page Top

#10 "God forbid, if Israel invaded there would be a massacre."

What is it with the way these goons pre-snark the articles for us? Do they even suspect that Israel might not invade at all yet still cause one helluva massacre? Simple artillery shelling will kill them just a surely as a bullet.

"We have God at our side and God is greater than Israel and America,"

Which doesn't do much to explain how Israel and America consistently kick Islamic hiney to tiny little pieces. Then again, no one in their right mind ever said the Palestinians were the least bit contaminated by even a scintilla of logic or reason. God may well be at their side but that sure looks like a hickory switch in His hand.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-20 10:02|| 2007-09-20 10:02|| Front Page Top

#11 Crouched behind piles of sand for concealment, yet wearing brightly colored headbands; reminds me of the wanna-be rednecks here that paint ther 4WDs camo and then hang big ol chrome rims on them.....
and if the piles of sand were along the streets wouldn't they make lovely improvised dikes for another sewer 'splosion and the resulting flow would wash away all the shit (wearing brightly colored headbands)?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-09-20 13:57|| 2007-09-20 13:57|| Front Page Top

#12 "We have God at our side and God is greater than Israel and America,"

"we know he is God because he's wearing a dark shroud and carrying a scythe... oh wait. SHIT!"

Posted by Frank G on the road">Frank G on the road 2007-09-20 15:28|| 2007-09-20 15:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Crouched behind piles of sand for concealment, yet wearing brightly colored headbands;

The better to show up on CNN and CBS nightly news.

Posted by lotp 2007-09-20 19:46|| 2007-09-20 19:46|| Front Page Top

#14 "We have God at our side"
...which would explain why Gaza is heaven on earth, or at least a virtual Garden of Eden.

Posted by Darrell 2007-09-20 21:27|| 2007-09-20 21:27|| Front Page Top

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