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Three days after the Islamic
fundamentalist group, Hamas, gunned down three Palestinian children
in a drive-by last week, violence flared up again in Gaza.
This time it involved prime minister Ismail Haniyeh,
who was caught at the border trying to smuggle in several suitcases with
about $35 million in cash. As word got
out, Fatah gunmen seized control of the border in an effort to get
their hands on the money, (which would have wound up in the pockets
of Hamas).
According to the AP:
Minister Ismail Haniyeh was eventually allowed
to cross without the estimated $35 million in cash but on the Gaza side
of the border, his convoy came under intense fire from Fatah gunmen
and one of his bodyguards was killed. Hamas said the gunmen had been
aiming to kill the prime minister.
After he crossed, there was a new burst of
gunfire and Haniyeh's convoy was forced to speed away. A 24-year-old
bodyguard for Haniyeh was shot in the head and killed. Officials
said Haniyeh was unharmed but his son was shot and slightly injured
in the exchange.
Arriving
home around midnight, the prime minister was furious over the
gunfire at his convoy. He blamed Israel for the delay at the
border but added: "We know the party that shot directly at
our cars, injuring some of the people with me ... and we also
know how to deal with this."
This all follows a notorious incident a few
weeks back in which women were solicited by a government radio station
to surround a group of besieged terrorists and shield them with their bodies. (Two were killed).
So, lets recap where Gaza is now that the
Palestinians have their own government:
Well-armed rival gangs in a turf war,
drive-by shootings, women's bodies being used in gratuitous fashion,
suitcases full of big money, and a trash-talking prime minister
living large while pointing the finger at the man...
Hey, toss in a few Philly blunts and a
couple of "thick chicks" and
we've got ourselves a good gangsta video!
"Yo' Flex, don't make me have to pull out my nine and bust a cap"
The ReligionofPeace.com
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