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5:04PM

Egypt: Will break legs of anyone crossing Gaza border

Charming:



CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt said on Thursday it would no longer tolerate Palestinians infiltrating the country from the Gaza Strip, and threatened to break the legs of anyone crossing the Rafah border illegally. "Anyone who breaches the border will have their legs broken," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit was quoted as saying by the official MENA news agency on public television overnight.



This makes Aboul Gheit sound like some third-rate mafia thug. Except he doesn't look very tough, does he?




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Reader Comments (5)

[...] stop throwing rocks in the first intifada… Now Mubarak’s top pimplomat is suggesting we break their legs instead… Egypt said on Thursday it would no longer tolerate Palestinians infiltrating the [...]

Feb 7, 2008 at 10:44 PM | Unregistered CommenterMubarak’s FM threatens t

He is a total retard. I can't believe he said this.

Feb 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM | Unregistered CommenterMohammed

[...] upon himself to be an investigator of human rights in Egypt.” Now he’s threatening to break the legs of anyone trying to cross the border into Rafah. Check the comments on this post at Arabist for a [...]

Feb 9, 2008 at 12:23 AM | Unregistered CommenterThugs and Squid | The Skeptic

Abul Gheit has his own country. That makes him a first-class mafia thug, not a third-class one.

Feb 11, 2008 at 10:01 PM | Unregistered CommenterSolomon2

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