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2010-01-20 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Gaza flooded after Israel opens dam gates

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Posted by Fred 2010-01-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 The brave honorable people of Gaza MUST rid themselves of the parasite known as hamas if they want to live peaceful and free.

Plenty of notice was given. Even leaflet drops.
The Palis chose to ignore the warnings

Never bite on the propaganda tampon

Posted by Mike Hunt 2010-01-20 00:09|| 2010-01-20 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Should have thrown in a few tons of super-heavy-duty detergent...

Special Note - This is Press TV - Iran. Better add a couple tons of salt too...

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-01-20 00:59|| 2010-01-20 00:59|| Front Page Top

#3 So they are charging a "war crime" for opening the flood gates during a flood. If they had allowed the dam to breech, what would the charge be then?

Even giving warning would not have prevented the villages from being flooded.

I have a hard time believing, though, that there was no warning given. I have no problem believing the warning didn't reach the people. It would serve in the interests of Hamas to prevent the warning from being distributed in order to cause this very problem.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-01-20 02:19|| 2010-01-20 02:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Rhetorical inconsistencies run rampant in this idiotic report of flash flooding by the Iranian Press:

The flooding has made life more difficult for the Gazans, especially for those still living in tents because their homes were destroyed in the December 2008-January 2009 Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

I bet there's still 50,000 Gazans living in tents because of the skirmish, when the Israeli military wanted to stop the hundreds of rocket attacks on their citizens prior to 2009. But why were the thousands of tents erected in a flood zone?

In the war, more than 1,400 people were killed, mostly women and children, and over 10,000 houses were destroyed or damaged, forcing at least 500 families to live in tents.

Very little progress is seen in reconstruction of the devastated areas in the Gaza Strip, mostly due to the Israeli blockade, which has prevented the delivery of building materials to the coastal enclave.

Well, actually, around 750 Hamas fighters were killed out of the total kill of about 1300 (58%), while many civilians were shot, "for effect," by Hamas fighters.

OK, so it's just 500 families living in tents - but why were they in a flood zone? Who is responsible for civic planning in the Hamas organization? Who is responsible for peer review on Iranian Press articles?

Posted by Ralphs son Johnnie 2010-01-20 03:45|| 2010-01-20 03:45|| Front Page Top

#5 the english language Palestinian news agency Maan has a story on the flood that doesn't mention a flood gate at all

in all likelihood, Press TV made up the floodgate aspect

Posted by lord garth 2010-01-20 05:57|| 2010-01-20 05:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah. If they don't have any atrocities, they'll just make some up. This is where the USA has dropped the ball on the WoT by not having native language broadcasts to counteract al-jazeera and others.

Posted by gromky 2010-01-20 06:20|| 2010-01-20 06:20|| Front Page Top

#7 "civic planning in the Hamas organization"

"Civic planning" and "Hamas" don't belong in the same sentence, RsJ.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-20 18:30|| 2010-01-20 18:30|| Front Page Top

#8 I grew up on the Mississippi River and as a very young lad learned the truth that smart people do NOT build their houses below the flood line. You can farm it if you want, but you live on the high ground.

Posted by rwv 2010-01-20 23:04|| 2010-01-20 23:04|| Front Page Top

#9 The Bedouins on the Egyptian side are upset that their plight is being completely ignored by the authorities -- it seems there have been terrible rainstorms in the area resulting in washouts everywhere. The Jerusalem Post reports walls collapsed in Haifa due to the storm, and they're finally getting drinking water again to the southern communities, and also collected 10 million cubic meters of water of run-off from the floods.

I wonder if the level of the Dead Sea rose a bit -- there have been concerns that it was on the way to drying out completely, just when they discovered things actually living in it.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-20 23:38|| 2010-01-20 23:38|| Front Page Top

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