Posted on 03/06/2008 4:52:43 PM PST by dennisw
Egypt walls up Gaza border By ASHRAF SWEILAM ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
RAFAH, Egypt -- Egypt is building a 13-foot high concrete and rock wall interspersed with watch towers along its narrow boundary with the Gaza Strip to prevent Hamas militants from breaching the border, an official said Thursday.
The wall, set back nearly 35 feet from an existing metal barrier, has guard towers every 100 yards. With it, Egypt hopes to prevent any future breaches like one in January when Palestinians broke through to escape an Israeli blockade, a security official said on customary condition of anonymity.
On Jan. 23, Hamas broke through the metal wall to let hundreds of thousands of Palestinians escape the blockaded Gaza. At first, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered his troops to let the Palestinians cross freely as long as they came to buy food and commodities.
But after 12 days, Egypt sealed its borders and strongly warned against any attempts to forcibly open the border again.
"Work on the wall started as soon as Egyptian authorities closed the borders and they have completed about eight kilometers (five miles) of the wall," said Ashraf Barhoum, a local farmer living nearby.
Let’s see—when Egypt builds a wall, it’s for self defense.
When Israel builds a wall, it’s racist and criminal?
Boggles the mind.
And here comes the cry of outrage from the international community. Here it comes. Here it comes. Any minute now... aneeeee minute.... (crickets)
Let’s see—when Egypt builds a wall, it’s for self defense.
When Israel builds a wall, it’s racist and criminal?
Boggles the mind.
NO....what boggles the mind is the USA cannot build a fence to keep the illegals out!!!!
and when we say we’re gonna’ build a wall, but then we don’t it’s ... called .... insanity.
Now with the Egypt wall and Israel wall, all that’s needed is to wall off Gaza Beach and put a lid on top.
Ain’t that the sad truth! :*(
lol
Egypt knows they are terrorists and not “Palestinians” - keep them out ;)
“NO....what boggles the mind is the USA cannot build a fence to keep the illegals out!!!!”
Most other countries see the need to have a border fence and border security, but when the US wants a fence to close and better control the southern border, we are racists.
Incredible!
When America builds a wall, it "can't work"
You beat me to it. AND ISrael withdraws from gaza and they’re nazis!
If they build a wall on all four sides then they should fill it with water.
Hey, but at least we have ‘racism’ and ‘intolerance’ in common with Israel! /s
Reply from Mubarak, doing his Marty Feldman/”Young Frankenstein” imitation, “Wall, what wall?”
And when we build a wall?
See #15. ;-)
When Israel builds a wall to seperate itself from Palestinians, the BBC, New York Times, and the rest of the MSM label it “apartheid wall” and the UN issues a condemnation.
When Egpyptians build a wall to seperate itself from palestinians, the MSM label it a “border fence”.
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