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Gaza tunnel collapse kills smuggler
AP ^
| Mar. 12, 2008
| Ashraf Sweilam
Posted on 03/12/2008 10:38:25 AM PDT by Alouette
EL-ARISH, Egypt - An underground tunnel collapsed early Wednesday near Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, burying a Palestinian smuggler alive, a security official said.
Mohammed el-Bashiti and five others had nearly finished expanding the tunnel from Gaza into Egypt when the ceiling gave way, said the official, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity.
The nearly 2,000-foot-long tunnel, located about 30 feet below ground, was an old one that the smugglers were attempting to renovate.
El-Bashiti precipitated the collapse of the tunnel's sandy ceiling when he pushed a pole through to the surface in an effort to show his accomplices where the reconstructed tunnel would emerge to the surface, the official said. The five other smugglers managed to escape.
Palestinian smugglers use tunnels to bring weapons and contraband goods into Gaza from Egypt. Israel says anti-tank missiles, tons of explosives and thousands of rifles have reached militants in Gaza through the tunnels.
TOPICS: Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: darwin; gaza; haha; tunnel; workaccident
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:38:26 AM PDT
by
Alouette
To: 1st-P-In-The-Pod; 2ndDivisionVet; A_Conservative_in_Cambridge; af_vet_rr; agrace; Aiko; ...
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:38:57 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(Vicious Babushka)
To: Alouette
Thanks so much that hudna, dear Ehud.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:41:40 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Alouette
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:41:46 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: Alouette
El-Bashiti precipitated the collapse of the tunnel's sandy ceiling when he pushed a pole through to the surface You just can't get good help for $100 million a year anymore.
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:42:29 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Alouette
Darwin nominee!! El-Bashiti’s fault!!
Gaza will declare this bonehead a martyr killed because of Israel and declare a day of morning. After swarming the hole and crying and carrying on.
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:43:39 AM PDT
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud Rush Conservative with no dog in the presidential race now *sigh*)
To: Alouette
Too bad it wasn’t all five but I’ll settle for the one.
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:45:40 AM PDT
by
beltfed308
(Heller: The defining moment of our Republic)
To: Alouette
First the Big Dig in Boston, now this. Can’t get good quality tunnels no more.
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:45:49 AM PDT
by
Uncledave
To: pillut48
The EU will be sending over a team of engineers to help rebuild it, and pressuring Israel to legalize arms smuggling.
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:47:42 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(http://www.publishedauthors.net/benmaxwell/index.html or try http://astore.amazon.com/bemasnebo-20)
To: Alouette
Another day, another “work accident” by an Islamic.
Works for me!
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:48:05 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: Alouette
Slant drill into the tunnels and pump in raw sewage under high pressure.
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:48:22 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Alouette
What’s not to like!!!
Now the Izzies should go back and collapse this tunnel
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:49:20 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Never bet on a false prophet! <<<||>>> Never bet on Islam!)
To: Sax
How would they know the difference, the smell would be the same
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posted on
03/12/2008 10:57:27 AM PDT
by
sticker
To: Alouette
El-Bashiti precipitated the collapse of the tunnel's sandy ceiling when he pushed a pole through to the surface in an effort to show his accomplices where the reconstructed tunnel would emerge to the surface, the official said. Is this one of those "Hold Muh Beer" moments?!
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posted on
03/12/2008 11:04:53 AM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Riding the Korean Wave, one recipe at a time http://www.youtube.com/Tamar1973)
To: dennisw
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posted on
03/12/2008 11:05:10 AM PDT
by
Ignatz
(I gave up self-sacrifice for Lent.)
To: Uncledave
Who said tunnel?
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posted on
03/12/2008 11:07:31 AM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: Sax
................Slant drill into the tunnels and pump in raw sewage under high pressure............
Nah, that would be too much like “home”
Maybe pig innards?????
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posted on
03/12/2008 11:11:43 AM PDT
by
aShepard
To: Tamar1973
El-Bashiti precipitated the collapse of the tunnel's sandy ceiling when he pushed a pole through to the surface in an effort to show his accomplices where the reconstructed tunnel would emerge to the surface, the official said.
Is this one of those "Hold Muh Beer" moments?!
More like --- Hold my hash pipe
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posted on
03/12/2008 11:27:30 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Never bet on a false prophet! <<<||>>> Never bet on Islam!)
To: Alouette; 1st-P-In-The-Pod; 2ndDivisionVet; A_Conservative_in_Cambridge; af_vet_rr; agrace; Aiko
Help me Alouette, I'm torn between sending flowers, or a Contribution in his name to Save the Children. OTOH, his organization trains kids as suicide bombers.
>What's an infidel to do? Is there an Islamic Emily Post?
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posted on
03/12/2008 11:39:58 AM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Nobama08. Get me a general for President and Steele or Blackwell for VP.)
To: Alouette
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posted on
03/12/2008 12:11:03 PM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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