Egypt discovers massive arms cache destined for Gaza

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by Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent

Egyptian security forces uncovered a massive arms cache in the central Sinai Peninsula before dawn on Thursday allegedly intended for smuggling into the Gaza Strip, according to the Egyptian daily Al-Yum a-Saba.

The cache included 100 anti-aircraft missiles, 40 RPG missiles and 40 other explosive devices.

The commander of Egypt’s security forces in Sinai, General Mohammed Najib, was tipped off to the cache after he was notified that suspected arms smugglers had succeeded in stashing their weapons in the area.

Security forces and sappers have cleared the ammunition from the storage sites, many of them places which have served in the past as battle zones.

The Egyptian forces suspect the smugglers to be Sinai Bedouin who collected weapons found following battles with the goal of sneaking weapons into the Gaza Strip.

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   Egyptian security forces uncovered a massive arms cache in the central Sinai Peninsula before dawn on Thursday allegedly intended for smuggling into the Gaza Strip, according to the Egyptian daily Al-Yum a-Saba.

   The cache included 100 anti-aircraft missiles, 40 RPG missiles and 40 other explosive devices.

   Try to imagine the rage which will be publicly expressed by Obama over the fact that the Palestinians are openly preparing for war even as he deftly negotiates peace.

   Well, maybe “rage” doesn’t quite capture it.

   “Total indifference” is more like it.

   JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected on Sunday a description of President Barack Obama as Israel’s “greatest disaster,” a phrase a best-selling newspaper attributed to an anonymous confidant of the premier.

   Both leaders are locked in a deep disagreement over Israeli settlement in occupied territory in and near Jerusalem. Analysts have described as a humiliating snub Obama’s low-profile White House talks with Netanyahu on Tuesday.

   In a banner headline, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth, quoted an unidentified Netanyahu confidant as saying: “We’ve got a real problem. You could say that Obama is the greatest disaster for Israel — a strategic disaster.”

   A statement issued by Netanyahu’s office said: “The prime minister emphatically rejects the anonymous quotes about President Obama that a newspaper attributed to one of his confidants, and he condemns them.”

   http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/28/world/international-us-palestinians-israel-usa.html

   George Orwell would love it.

   The liar condemns the truth teller for being honest.

   There is a word specifically designed to describe someone who passionately defends those who publicly humiliate him.

   The word is “coward”, and that term fits Netanyahu so perfectly he should have it tattooed on his forehead.

   His relationship with Obama increasingly resembles the Nicole/OJ dynamic.

   And the results will doubtlessly be the same.

   Comment by ayn reagan — April 1, 2010 @ 1:31 pm

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   The word is “coward”, and that term fits Netanyahu so perfectly he should have it tattooed on his forehead.

   Comment by yamit82 — April 1, 2010 @ 2:25 pm

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