Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Well, the West is going to pony up the dough and the supplies to the PA -- for which we will receive nothing but resentment in return -- how magnanimous of us.
Meanwhile, someone has resources available for some decidedly non-essential items:
Navy foils attempt to smuggle explosives into Gaza Strip
The attempt was thwarted on Independence Day when naval troops south of Ashdod became suspicious of three Palestinian fishing boats. The three boats fled after throwing a number of bags containing explosive devices into the sea.
A gag order on the incident was lifted Tuesday.
In an inspection of the area Sunday, navy divers pulled 11 bags from the water, which contained of total of 550 kilograms of standard explosive devices.
The damage such a high amount of explosives could have caused is immeasurable.
The explosives were smuggled in from Egypt, Navy sources believe...
