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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (52)	9/28/2007 1:15:02 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 109

"Can't Fix Stupid"..............lmao.........

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (52)	9/28/2007 11:47:43 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 109

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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (52)	9/28/2007 2:49:22 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 109

Israel holding off on full-scale Gaza assault by Marius Schattner 1 hour, 36 minutes ago JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel is not considering an imminent invasion of the Gaza Strip but the option is still on the table, a senior Israeli security official and army radio said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT click here The statements came as another Palestinian militant died of wounds inflicted during one of several strikes carried out earlier this week, bringing to 13 the number of Palestinians killed in a single 24-hour period. "The army is not considering an imminent operation, but we have not excluded such an option since we continue to see more and more rockets" being fired into Israel, the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Army radio also said that the military would hold off on a full-scale operation ahead of a US-sponsored international conference expected in November and aimed at resurrecting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. "The conference is an element we have to take into account, along with other elements, before we embark on such an operation," Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai said. In recent days the army has stepped up operations aimed at halting rocket fire from Gaza, killing 13 people, including two civilians, in a series of strikes condemned by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and his Hamas rivals. The death of Shadi Abu Suraya, 30, a local commander in the Army of Islam, brings to 13 the number of Palestinians killed in one of the bloodiest days the impoverished coastal strip had seen in weeks. Six militants from the radical group -- which claims links to Al-Qaeda -- were killed when an Israeli aircraft targeted their truck as it drove through the heart of Gaza City on Wednesday. The Army of Islam was one of three Palestinian groups which claimed responsibility for capturing Israeli conscript Gilad Shalit in a brazen and deadly cross-border raid in June 2006. He is still missing. It also kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston in March and held him captive for 16 weeks. Another six Palestinians, including two civilians, were killed in separate operations in and around the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanun during the same 24-hour period. The Islamist Hamas movement, which seized control of Gaza in June after a week of fierce street battles with its secular Fatah party rivals, has threatened to avenge the deaths with suicide operations. On September 19 Israel -- which along with the West considers Hamas a terrorist organisation -- called the Hamas-run territory a "hostile entity," leading many to speculate about a possible full-scale assault on the strip. Earlier this week Defence Minister Ehud Barak told army radio that Israel was "nearing an extensive operation in Gaza in response to rocket firing. We have to weaken the Hamas regime and its grip on Gaza. "This operation will not be simple," he cautioned. Another factor may be continuing tensions along Israel's northern border with Syria following a September 6 incident in which Syria accused Israeli fighter jets of violating its airspace. Israel has refused to comment on the incident, but international media have reported that it was an air strike on a suspected nuclear site. Israel accuses Hamas of doing nothing to stop rockets being fired almost daily at its towns near the Gaza border. The home-made missiles rarely wound anyone but leave residents in a constant state of fear. Since June Israel has sealed off Gaza, allowing only basic humanitarian goods to enter, and in recent weeks officials have also threatened to cut off power and electricity to the territory if the rocket fire continues. With a population of 1.5 million people the Gaza Strip is one of the most overcrowded places on earth, and for months it has suffered from economic isolation, factional fighting, and frequent Israeli military incursions.