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2009-01-05 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gazans lose last lifeline as warplanes blast tunnels
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Posted by Fred 2009-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
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#1 canal
Posted by 3dc 2009-01-05 00:25||   2009-01-05 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 If you read the whole article, further down you find the following gem:

"Egypt does not want the people of Gaza to die of starvation, not forgetting that the tunnels bring Egyptian traders on the other side up to $45 million a month," he said, pointing out that Cairo is being constantly pressed by Israel to deal ruthlessly with the underground corridors on its side.

$45M/month? Where is this kind of $$$ coming from? As if we don't know. And do you suppose the donors are aware that this $$$ is being funneled directly into Egypt's economy? Probably at exhorbitant premiums? No wonder Egypt has turned a blind eye towards the tunnels. I wonder why they are even willing to allow the tunnels to be shut down, unless they are being paid directly somehow or otherwise compensated, or the $$$ isn't worth it for some reason.
Posted by gorb 2009-01-05 00:44||   2009-01-05 00:44|| Front Page Top

#3 excuse my ignorance, but is there anything that prevents legitimate trade into Gaza above ground?
Posted by Shalet and Tenille1168 2009-01-05 00:58||   2009-01-05 00:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Follow the money, literally and figuratively. It sounds like Egypt turns a blind eye to the tunnel trade, as many Egyptians must be on the take.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-01-05 01:11||   2009-01-05 01:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Shalet and Tenille1168, theoretically, no. If Gazooks were normal people.
But if you go back in history, 500 years, 1000 years, etc. and find references about Gaza, they have nothing positive to say. I's been a hellhole, it is a hellhole, and likely will be a hellhole in the future.
Posted by Spike Uniter 2009-01-05 03:34||   2009-01-05 03:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Gaza was a notorious hellhole even in Roman times, a punishment billet for officers and legionaries who had misbehaved in some way.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-01-05 03:36||   2009-01-05 03:36|| Front Page Top

#7 I think gods traffic has been limited to food and humanitarian supplies through both Israeli and Egyptian border crossings since the Hamas coup.
Posted by Super Hose 2009-01-05 07:08||   2009-01-05 07:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Gazans lose last lifeline as warplanes blast tunnels
I hate this BS. Israel has routinely let food and medicine cross into Gaza. Plus Gaza produces olives, citrus, vegetables, beef, and dairy products. And Gaza's tunnels are violations of sovereignty on the other ends.

Conscious that the goods rockets flowing under the border are vital to Palestinians living in Gaza
In yesterday's article the smuggler was concerned about his tins of jam. Yes, tins of jam -- vital.
Posted by Darrell 2009-01-05 08:31||   2009-01-05 08:31|| Front Page Top

#9 'Gazans lose last Ratline lifeline as warplanes blast tunnels'

There...fixed that one for ya.
Posted by DepotGuy 2009-01-05 09:02||   2009-01-05 09:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Israel withdrew from Gaza, basically giving them their own country. But instead of building a home they elected Hamas and ratcheted up the rhetoric about annihilating Israel. So they have built nothing, produced nothing, and cannot live without a welfare check every month.
Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-05 09:09||   2009-01-05 09:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Hmmm... Gazan tunnels... Gazan sewage containment troubles... Lesse here, how can both sides be helped out...
Posted by Mike N.  2009-01-05 09:10||   2009-01-05 09:10|| Front Page Top

#12 They have a port don't they, so why put out such rubbish that these tunnels are a life-line? Contraband supply-line, yes, Life-line, no.
Posted by hammerhead 2009-01-05 09:53||   2009-01-05 09:53|| Front Page Top

#13 "Life cannot go on in Gaza if the tunnels are destroyed - they're our only opening to the outside world,"

Precisely.
Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2009-01-05 11:53||   2009-01-05 11:53|| Front Page Top

#14 They have a port don't they

Ever try to dig a tunnel through water? gotta be really fast with the shovel......
Posted by USN, Ret. 2009-01-05 14:26||   2009-01-05 14:26|| Front Page Top

#15 Juice have blockaded all seaport entry into GAza unless Sean Penn is on the manifest.... exceptions... different rules for different people. It has ever been the way.
Posted by .5MT 2009-01-05 19:43|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net]  2009-01-05 19:43|| Front Page Top

#16 Laa, laa, laa Akmed, these phone lines are terrible. I said my older sister has acute angina!
Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-05 20:04||   2009-01-05 20:04|| Front Page Top

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