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Buckwheat
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13 years ago

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19274866 😣

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bloody spaniard
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13 years ago

When do you think- Fall? October surprise?
I thought it would have happened by now.

Edited by user 13 years ago | Reason: Not specified

jackconrad
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13 years ago

SEPTEMBER 11th

Papachristou
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13 years ago

let them do their thing. israel could destroy iran without the US.

frankj1
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13 years ago

just trying to keep Iran at bay, no one would ever know their real plans.

DrMaddVibe
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13 years ago

Islamic militants warn Egypt army on Sinai raids

CAIRO (AP) — Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula warned the Egyptian military on Wednesday against cracking down on jihadis and claimed they were not behind a sneak attack earlier this month that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers.

In a statement posted on a website which usually carries al-Qaida and similar groups' statements, the militants said their main focus is Israel and that they do not target Egyptians soldiers. There was no way to independently verify it.

"Prevent bloodshed, blood which has been spilled and which will be spilled if this aggression continues. You are dragging us to a battle that is not ours," the statement read.

"Our weapon is not directed at you," it continued, adding: "We don't want to turn our rage against you ... have mercy on the soldiers you are using as fuel in the battle."

Islamic militants are believed to be behind the August 5 assault that killed the 16 soldiers in what was the worst attack on troops from inside Egypt in living memory. Gunmen stormed a security checkpoint near the border between Gaza and Israel and killed the soldiers while they were breaking their fast for the holy month of Ramadan.

The attackers then commandeered an armored vehicle and stormed across the border into Israel, where an Israeli airstrike knocked out the vehicle and killed at least six militants.

The attacks prompted the military to launch an offensive in the increasingly volatile peninsula. Most operations there however remain limited and objectives are unclear. However, for the first time since Egypt signed a peace deal with Israel, military helicopters, tanks and troops have been deployed there — a move which before had not been allowed under the deal.

The attack is also believed to have triggered a drastic political and military shakeup.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ordered longtime defense minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, his aid Lt. Gen. Sami Anan and other members of the military council — which took power after the ouster of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak in last year's uprising — into retirement. Morsi also sacked the intelligence chief and the governor of Northern Sinai.

It is not clear who issued Wednesday's statement. It is signed by "the Jihadist Salafis of Sinai" which could refer to several small Jihadist groups that are active in the area.

Large swaths of northern Sinai have plunged into lawlessness following Mubarak's ouster, and weapons smuggled from Libya have found their way into militants' hands. The weapons and the security vacuum fueled the rise of al-Qaida-inspired militant groups which have staged several low-level cross-border attacks on Israel.

http://news.yahoo.com/islamic-militants-warn-egypt-army-sinai-raids-165759444.html

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

let them do their thing. israel could destroy iran without the US.

Papachristou wrote:

The only way this is true is if Israel goes nuclear.

When this was comes it will be the USA fighting it as Israel's proxy and we'll be funneling billions in cash and military equipment to Israel that will gleefully be replenished by the US taxpayer and the US military-industrial complex.

DrMaddVibe
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13 years ago

HockeyDad wrote:

I say we're done being their bitch. They need to fend for themselves. USA...Peace out!

frankj1
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13 years ago

HockeyDad wrote:

warning, **** stirring coming:
are we now allowed to use the money for Israel that used to go to Egypt? Or does Egypt still get the second most amount of cash even though you never read that outrage here? After all, they are now being attacked by their peace loving brothers.

Stinkdyr
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13 years ago

#10

let them do their thing. israel could destroy iran without the US.

Papachristou wrote:

But not without US taxpayer $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

🌫

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

#11

warning, **** stirring coming:
are we now allowed to use the money for Israel that used to go to Egypt?

frankj1 wrote:

Trying to suck down even more US taxpayer money now!?

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

#12

are we now allowed to use the money for Israel that used to go to Egypt?

frankj1 wrote:

Cut all funding to both. Use the money to build a wall.

frankj1
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13 years ago

#13

Cut all funding to both. Use the money to build a wall.

HockeyDad wrote:

let 'em use their own money to build a wall.

frankj1
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13 years ago

#14

Trying to suck down even more US taxpayer money now!?

HockeyDad wrote:

nope, no extra money. already goes to Egypt, just trying to divert it to friends, long as it's going somewhere it should do some good for us at least.

wasn't sure if people know how much has been going to Egypt, it's not news fit to print here.

And I thought it was funny.

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

#15

Egypt gets almost as much as Israel does each year. Mostly it goes for things like M1 Abrams tanks and Apache helicopters.

If we cut Egypt's money and Israel's money we have enough to build a wall around the entire Middle East.

Call it Thunderdome....sell admission to the show.

jojoc
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13 years ago

#16

HockeyDad wrote:

how about just build a wall around the US and refund the star Wars air defense system. Leave the middle east to self-distruct on its own.

frankj1
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13 years ago

#17

HockeyDad wrote:

Now it has been fit to print here. Thanks.

There was talk about the security wall Israel was building, around pseudo-Palestine. Nothing but bad press here.

frankj1
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13 years ago

#18

but what of the OP? A wall long enough to include Iran will certainly take up most of our aid to Egypt.

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

#19

but what of the OP? A wall long enough to include Iran will certainly take up most of our aid to Egypt.

frankj1 wrote:

Borrow money from China. We'll need to do that to buy the water pumps as well.

jojoc
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13 years ago

#20

Borrow money from China. We'll need to do that to buy the water pumps as well.

HockeyDad wrote:

why act as middle man. Why not just tell Egypt and Israel to get the money they need directly from China? its not like it is really our money that we are giving them anyway.

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