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Africa North
The long-awaited dream: Egyptian army begins flooding Gaza tunnels
2015-09-19
[IsraelTimes] al-Sissi
...former general under Mubarak, then Defense Minister. Egypt overthrew Mubarak and endured a year of ham-fisted Moslem Brüderbund rule so al-Sissi could run for President-for-Life...
moves ahead with plan designed to thwart Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, weapons smuggling, terrorism

The Egyptian military on Friday morning began pumping sea water into the underground cross-border tunnels dug between its Sinai Peninsula and the Gazoo Strip in what appears to be a renewed campaign to stamp out terror activity along the border.

Paleostinian security officials told the German news agency DPA the operation was part of an effort to stop cross-border smuggling by Islamist Lions of Islam to and from the blockaded Paleostinian enclave.

According to the report, large pipes extending from the Mediterranean Sea flooded the Sinai-Gazoo border area with sea water, enabling Egyptian officials to destroy the tunnels without having to know their exact locations.

Officials announced last month that the area would be flooded and would eventually be converted into 18 fish farms along the 14-kilometer border with Gazoo, making the digging of new underground tunnels impossible.
This is going to play merry hob with Gaza's wells...
Posted by:trailing wife

#16  The Eighties: Had Gaza fled Hades,
To live as carefree lords and ladies --
Captivity over!
No more Jewish drover,
Just heaven down by the Euphrates.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2015-09-19 23:06  

#15  From The Nethack Encyclopedia:

Hobgoblin. Used by the Puritans and in later times for
wicked goblin spirits, as in Bunyan's "Hobgoblin nor foul
friend", but its more correct use is for the friendly spirits
of the brownie type. In "A midsummer night's dream" a
fairy says to Shakespeare's Puck:
Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck,
You do their work, and they shall have good luck:
Are you not he?
and obviously Puck would not wish to be called a hobgoblin
if that was an ill-omened word.
Hobgoblins are on the whole, good-humoured and ready to be
helpful, but fond of practical joking, and like most of the
fairies rather nasty people to annoy. Boggarts hover on the
verge of hobgoblindom. Bogles are just over the edge.
One Hob mentioned by Henderson, was Hob Headless who haunted
the road between Hurworth and Neasham, but could not cross
the little river Kent, which flowed into the Tess. He was
exorcised and laid under a large stone by the roadside for
ninety-nine years and a day. If anyone was so unwary as to
sit on that stone, he would be unable to quit it for ever.
The ninety-nine years is nearly up, so trouble may soon be
heard of on the road between Hurworth and Neasham.
[ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2015-09-19 21:46  

#14  Stone the crows, what does "merry hob" mean?
Posted by: Capsu78   2015-09-19 21:34  

#13  Let the Israelis do their part and Gazoo could be a sub-tropical island, without any of the fun parts...

This is by far the best thing I have read in a long, long time. Off for Margaritas - and I'll buy the first round of Tiki drinks.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-09-19 19:08  

#12  Hence my "fun" comment.

Concrete made with salt water or beach sand basically corrodes and crumbles and as Frank pointed out, if you use rebar then THAT corrodes too.

(see also Cape Cod)
Posted by: Injun Gray2874   2015-09-19 17:18  

#11  Frank, for the Palestinians, I'm ok with that.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2015-09-19 16:42  

#10  yes, but crappy concrete and the rebar would start corroding immediately

Explains the roadway conditions near the coast in some parts of Central America.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2015-09-19 16:42  

#9  yes, but crappy concrete and the rebar would start corroding immediately
Posted by: Frank G   2015-09-19 15:57  

#8  Frank G, can you make concrete with sea water?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2015-09-19 15:37  

#7  From Wikipedia, because I didn't know the word:

Der Eibiger Yied (The Eternal Jew, 1906) is a one-act play written by David Pinski. It was the first play ever performed in 1919 by the Habima Theater in Moscow. It is now a part of the repertory of the Habima Theater, the national theater of Israel.[1]

Rantburg U -- always in session. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-09-19 14:59  

#6  sharks with friggin' lasers

By Gaza, the eibiger villain
Releases patrollers most chilling:
Down south by the delta,
They're always gefillte,
Those jewfish equipped with tefillin!
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2015-09-19 14:29  

#5  Yep, time for the moat. Let the Israelis do their part and Gazoo could be a sub-tropical island, without any of the fun parts...
Posted by: Steve White   2015-09-19 11:36  

#4  now.. the moat with the sharks with friggin' lasers
Posted by: Frank G   2015-09-19 10:32  

#3  Gee, maybe they'll use all this water to mix their concrete from now on. That would be fun.
Posted by: AlanC   2015-09-19 07:29  

#2  Someone has been reading the 'Burg.
Posted by: SteveS   2015-09-19 00:42  

#1  This is going to play merry hob with Gaza's wells...

Actions do have consequences.
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2015-09-19 00:15  

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