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2010-04-28 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas Claims Egypt Killed Four Tunnel Smugglers With Poison Gas

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-04-28 15:59|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 i am sure that this is BS, but if true, then i applaud the Egyptians and say 'More! Faster!'

drown every one of the rats in each and every tunnel. the tunnels are the lifeline for Hamas, and the sooner the tunnels go, the sooner Hamas goes, and the sooner something come come out of the festering sewer of Gaza that might have a use

Posted by abu do you love 2010-04-28 17:01|| 2010-04-28 17:01|| Front Page Top

#2 thats whu=y miners used too take birds intomines too detect gases.

Posted by chris 2010-04-28 17:25|| 2010-04-28 17:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Oops! That was me. Last night was burrito night...phew!

Posted by gromky 2010-04-28 17:48|| 2010-04-28 17:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Gaza - Ma'an - Poisonous gas killed four Palestinians and injured six inside a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border on Wednesday evening, medics reported.

It was not immediately clear what type of gas was being used. Medics are accusing Egyptian forces of spraying a chemical into the tunnel as part of a crackdown on smuggling.

One of the victims was identified as Muhammad Abu Jamous. He was among four pronounced dead on arrival at Abu Yousef An-Najjar Hospital in Khan Younis, our correspondent reported from the scene. Six others were injured after inhaling toxic gas inside a tunnel, medics said, blaming Egypt.

Gas might have been used in the same tunnel days earlier, officials said.

"Workers said they were on their way to one of the tunnels filled with poisonous gas a week ago, to confirm the toxin had dissipated," Adham Abu Salmiya, spokesman for Gaza medical services, told Ma'an. "They were shocked to find it had actually remained in the tunnel, resulting in the deaths and injuries."

Muhammad, has the gas dissipated?
Muhammad? Muhammad?
Mahmoud! Get down there and ask Muhammad if the gas has dissipated!

Wednesday's incident comes amid an escalating Egyptian security crackdown along the borders of the coastal enclave. Smugglers have said that in recent weeks, officials clamped down on tunnels, seizing goods almost daily, and shutting down tunnels rapidly. Forces detonated explosives inside a tunnel on Saturday morning.

Posted by tu3031 2010-04-28 19:02|| 2010-04-28 19:02|| Front Page Top

#5 *sing it with me!*

"the party's over...turn out the lights.."

Posted by Frank G 2010-04-28 19:05|| 2010-04-28 19:05|| Front Page Top

#6 It is not easy to get some gases out of a tunnel, and it might kill very quickly.

Often in industry, some worker will descend on a ladder into a toxic gas and pass out. So others will try to rescue him and pass out as well. Sometimes there may be four or five dead guys before somebody says to themselves, "Hey! Wait a minute!"

And in mines, to make matters worse, such toxic gases are often explosive.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-04-28 19:27|| 2010-04-28 19:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Remember when Sweden lost its marbles because the US used tear gas in Vietnam?

Not a peep when the Taliban used poison gas on several girls schools in Afghanistan last week, tho.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-04-28 19:27|| 2010-04-28 19:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Source for that lumpy?

Posted by goldenshellback 2010-04-28 22:04|| 2010-04-28 22:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Source for that lumpy?

Link

Took me a whopping 30 seconds...I'm out of breath (snark)

Posted by logi_cal 2010-04-28 22:47|| 2010-04-28 22:47|| Front Page Top

#10 If it was poison gas they wouldn't have suffocated.

I'll suggest closing the Egypt end of the tunnel resulted in a CO2 build up because of reduced air circulation.

Posted by phil_b 2010-04-28 22:59|| 2010-04-28 22:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Maybe they struck natural gas. Gaza's gonna be rich!

Posted by ed 2010-04-28 23:48|| 2010-04-28 23:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Took me a whopping 30 seconds

I think that was determined to be deliberate poisoning with concentrated pesticide, an insect optimized nerve gas.

Posted by ed 2010-04-28 23:52|| 2010-04-28 23:52|| Front Page Top

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