[A-List] And The Walls Came Tumbling Down - Gaza Palestinians topple border wall, pour into Egypt

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Subject: [A-List] And The Walls Came Tumbling Down - Gaza Palestinians topple border wall, pour into Egypt
From: "Leigh Meyers" <the.buffalo.in.the.midst@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:17:16 -0800

McClatchy:

RAFAH, Egypt â After seven months of living under a crippling Israeli
economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian militants toppled
border walls with Egypt early Wednesday, opening up a floodgate that
allowed tens of thousands of desperate residents to pour into Egypt in
search of food and fuel.

Under orders from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian soldiers
allowed the Palestinians to stream over the border.

In a well-planned operation early Wednesday morning, Palestinian
militants toppled large sections of the concrete and metal walls that
separated Egypt from the Gaza Strip.

Within hours, tens of thousands of Palestinians were streaming across
the border in search of basic goods that Israel stopped delivering
after Hamas militants seized military control of Gaza last June.

In full: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/25299.html

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