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Making an American 'Impenetrable Underground Wall' the Laughing Stock of the World--Leave It to the People of Gaza
No doubt at the instigation of the Israeli government, the Obama administration has
authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design a
vertical underground wall under the border between Egypt and Gaza.
Dec 10, 2009
No doubt at the instigation of the Israeli government, the Obama administration has
authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design a
vertical underground wall under the border between Egypt and Gaza.
In
March, 2009 the United States provided the government of Egypt with $32
million in March, 2009 for electronic surveillance and other security
devices to prevent the movement of food, merchandise and weapons into
Gaza. Now details are emerging about an underground steel wall that wil
be 6-7 miles long and extend 55 feet straight down into the desert
sand.
The steel wall will be made of super-strength steel put together in a jigsaw puzzle fashion. It will be bomb proof and can not be cut or melted. It will be "impenetrable," and reportedly will take 18 months to construct. (https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8405020.stm)
The steel wall is intended to cut the tunnels that go between Gaza and Egypt.
The
tunnels are the lifelines for Gaza since the international community
agreed to a blockade of Gaza to collectively punish the citizens of
Gaza for their having elected in Parliamentary elections in 2006
sufficient Hamas Parliamentarians that Hamas became the government of
Gaza. The United States and other western countries have placed Hamas on the list of terrorist organizations.
The underground steel wall is intended to strengthen international governmental efforts to imprison and starve the people of Gaza into submission so they will throw out the Hamas government.
Just
as the steel walls of the US Army Corps of Engineers at the base of the
levees of New Orleans were unable to contain Hurricane Katrina, the US
Army Corps of Engineers' underground steel walls that will attempt to
build an underground cage of Gaza will not be able to contain the survival spirit of the people of Gaza.
America's
super technology will again be laughed at by the world, as young men
dedicated to the survival of their people, will again outwit technology
by digging deeper, and most likely penetrating the "impenetrable" in
some novel, simple, low-tech way.
I
have been to Gaza 3 times this year following the 22-day Israeli
military attack on Gaza that killed 1,440, wounded 5,000, left 50,000
homeless and destroyed much of the infrastructure of Gaza. The
disproportionate use of force and targeting of the
civilian population by the Israeli military is considered by
international law and human rights experts as as violations of the
Geneva conventions.
When
our governments participate in illegal actions, it is up to the
citizens of the world to take action. On December 31, 2009, 1,400
international citizens from 42 countries will march in Gaza with 50,000 Gazans in the Gaza Freedom March to end the siege of Gaza. They
will take back to their countries the stories of spirit and survival of
the pople of Gaza and will return home committed to force their
governments to stop these inhuman actions against the people of Gaza.
Just
as American smart bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq have not conquered the
spirit of Aghans and Iraqis, America's underground walls in Gaza will
never conquer the courage of those who are fighting for the survival of
their families.
One
more time, the American government and the Obama administration has
been an active participant in the continued inhumane treatment of the
people of Gaza and should be held accountable, along with Israel and
Egypt for violations of human rights of the people of Gaza.
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No doubt at the instigation of the Israeli government, the Obama administration has
authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design a
vertical underground wall under the border between Egypt and Gaza.
In
March, 2009 the United States provided the government of Egypt with $32
million in March, 2009 for electronic surveillance and other security
devices to prevent the movement of food, merchandise and weapons into
Gaza. Now details are emerging about an underground steel wall that wil
be 6-7 miles long and extend 55 feet straight down into the desert
sand.
The steel wall will be made of super-strength steel put together in a jigsaw puzzle fashion. It will be bomb proof and can not be cut or melted. It will be "impenetrable," and reportedly will take 18 months to construct. (https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8405020.stm)
The steel wall is intended to cut the tunnels that go between Gaza and Egypt.
The
tunnels are the lifelines for Gaza since the international community
agreed to a blockade of Gaza to collectively punish the citizens of
Gaza for their having elected in Parliamentary elections in 2006
sufficient Hamas Parliamentarians that Hamas became the government of
Gaza. The United States and other western countries have placed Hamas on the list of terrorist organizations.
The underground steel wall is intended to strengthen international governmental efforts to imprison and starve the people of Gaza into submission so they will throw out the Hamas government.
Just
as the steel walls of the US Army Corps of Engineers at the base of the
levees of New Orleans were unable to contain Hurricane Katrina, the US
Army Corps of Engineers' underground steel walls that will attempt to
build an underground cage of Gaza will not be able to contain the survival spirit of the people of Gaza.
America's
super technology will again be laughed at by the world, as young men
dedicated to the survival of their people, will again outwit technology
by digging deeper, and most likely penetrating the "impenetrable" in
some novel, simple, low-tech way.
I
have been to Gaza 3 times this year following the 22-day Israeli
military attack on Gaza that killed 1,440, wounded 5,000, left 50,000
homeless and destroyed much of the infrastructure of Gaza. The
disproportionate use of force and targeting of the
civilian population by the Israeli military is considered by
international law and human rights experts as as violations of the
Geneva conventions.
When
our governments participate in illegal actions, it is up to the
citizens of the world to take action. On December 31, 2009, 1,400
international citizens from 42 countries will march in Gaza with 50,000 Gazans in the Gaza Freedom March to end the siege of Gaza. They
will take back to their countries the stories of spirit and survival of
the pople of Gaza and will return home committed to force their
governments to stop these inhuman actions against the people of Gaza.
Just
as American smart bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq have not conquered the
spirit of Aghans and Iraqis, America's underground walls in Gaza will
never conquer the courage of those who are fighting for the survival of
their families.
One
more time, the American government and the Obama administration has
been an active participant in the continued inhumane treatment of the
people of Gaza and should be held accountable, along with Israel and
Egypt for violations of human rights of the people of Gaza.
Ann Wright
Ann Wright is a 29 year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired as a Colonel and a former US diplomat who resigned in March 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq. She served in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia and Mongolia. In December 2001 she was on the small team that reopened the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. She is the co-author of the book "Dissent: Voices of Conscience."
No doubt at the instigation of the Israeli government, the Obama administration has
authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design a
vertical underground wall under the border between Egypt and Gaza.
In
March, 2009 the United States provided the government of Egypt with $32
million in March, 2009 for electronic surveillance and other security
devices to prevent the movement of food, merchandise and weapons into
Gaza. Now details are emerging about an underground steel wall that wil
be 6-7 miles long and extend 55 feet straight down into the desert
sand.
The steel wall will be made of super-strength steel put together in a jigsaw puzzle fashion. It will be bomb proof and can not be cut or melted. It will be "impenetrable," and reportedly will take 18 months to construct. (https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8405020.stm)
The steel wall is intended to cut the tunnels that go between Gaza and Egypt.
The
tunnels are the lifelines for Gaza since the international community
agreed to a blockade of Gaza to collectively punish the citizens of
Gaza for their having elected in Parliamentary elections in 2006
sufficient Hamas Parliamentarians that Hamas became the government of
Gaza. The United States and other western countries have placed Hamas on the list of terrorist organizations.
The underground steel wall is intended to strengthen international governmental efforts to imprison and starve the people of Gaza into submission so they will throw out the Hamas government.
Just
as the steel walls of the US Army Corps of Engineers at the base of the
levees of New Orleans were unable to contain Hurricane Katrina, the US
Army Corps of Engineers' underground steel walls that will attempt to
build an underground cage of Gaza will not be able to contain the survival spirit of the people of Gaza.
America's
super technology will again be laughed at by the world, as young men
dedicated to the survival of their people, will again outwit technology
by digging deeper, and most likely penetrating the "impenetrable" in
some novel, simple, low-tech way.
I
have been to Gaza 3 times this year following the 22-day Israeli
military attack on Gaza that killed 1,440, wounded 5,000, left 50,000
homeless and destroyed much of the infrastructure of Gaza. The
disproportionate use of force and targeting of the
civilian population by the Israeli military is considered by
international law and human rights experts as as violations of the
Geneva conventions.
When
our governments participate in illegal actions, it is up to the
citizens of the world to take action. On December 31, 2009, 1,400
international citizens from 42 countries will march in Gaza with 50,000 Gazans in the Gaza Freedom March to end the siege of Gaza. They
will take back to their countries the stories of spirit and survival of
the pople of Gaza and will return home committed to force their
governments to stop these inhuman actions against the people of Gaza.
Just
as American smart bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq have not conquered the
spirit of Aghans and Iraqis, America's underground walls in Gaza will
never conquer the courage of those who are fighting for the survival of
their families.
One
more time, the American government and the Obama administration has
been an active participant in the continued inhumane treatment of the
people of Gaza and should be held accountable, along with Israel and
Egypt for violations of human rights of the people of Gaza.
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