Just great. Not only has the world and the European Union decided to send billions of dollars in aid to the palestinians (for what, the 20th time??) but now, upon inspection, the Israelis have found chemicals to make explosives being shipped into Gaza in E.U. labeled aid bags!
It will be interesting what the shipment tracking on this holds for information and origination. And what's next? A few missiles being shipped into Gaza in E.U. crates labeled "flat screen tv's" ??
Here's the story from Reuters.
It will be interesting what the shipment tracking on this holds for information and origination. And what's next? A few missiles being shipped into Gaza in E.U. crates labeled "flat screen tv's" ??
Here's the story from Reuters.
Israel says finds explosive chemicals in EU aid bags
29 Dec 2007 21:54:46
Source: Reuters
JERUSALEM, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday it had recently seized a truck carrying chemicals used to make explosives hidden in bags marked as European Union aid for the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
The army said 6.5 tonnes of potassium nitrate were in bags marked as sugar from the European Union for Palestinians in the coastal enclave.
"We are looking into this report," said an EU official in Israel. "If it is found to be accurate, this is an illegal act that should be condemned."
The cargo in a Palestinian truck was travelling in the occupied West Bank and seized several weeks ago at an Israeli checkpoint, the army said.
The European Union is the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to Gaza. Israel tightened its military and economic cordon of the Gaza Strip after Islamist Hamas seized the territory in a June war with secular Fatah.
Potassium nitrate can be used to make explosives and to power homemade rockets. It can also be used as a fertiliser.
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