Gazans seek new places to bury the dead
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_the_dead
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More than two weeks into the Israeli offensive that has killed more than 940 Palestinians, Gazans are struggling to find places to bury their dead. Cemeteries throughout Gaza City that were closed for new burials have now reopened.
"Gaza is all a graveyard," gravedigger Salman Omar said Tuesday as he shoveled earth in Gaza City's crammed Sheik Radwan cemetery, a cigarette dangling from his lips.
Just six miles wide and 25 miles long, Gaza has always suffered from a shortage of burial space. But Gazans say Israel's shelling and ground offensive have made it impossible for residents to reach Martyrs Cemetery — the only graveyard in the area with space to dig fresh graves.
The offensive is aimed at crushing the militant group Hamas and ending its rocket attacks on southern Israel. But Palestinian medical officials say roughly half the dead are civilians.
Among them are the Samouni cousins, 5-month-old Mohammed, 1-year-old Mutasim and 2-year-old Ahmed, whose family hurriedly dug up the grave of an aunt to lay them to rest last week.
"We buried them quickly," said Iyad Samouni, 26, speaking from al-Awda hospital in Gaza City, where he was being treated for shrapnel wounds. "We were afraid we'd be shelled. My relatives were trying to open other graves to prepare for the other dead, but we didn't get time."
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navider
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw9cv2RKUTs
Don't believe Israel’s propaganda!! It’s bad enough that they control the American media and politicians.
This video explains the truth and how this war was planned by Israel far in advance.
Also it explains how $3 billion dollars of our American tax money and our American weapons are used by Israel to kill Palestinian Civilians.
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kuffar seldom do i actually laugh out loud thank you
and high roller why do all your ideas posted here come with quotation marks? we are all here to share OUR perspective. the perspectives you are posting are out of context and already known share what you think. - 3 years ago
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Robert Fisk has said that journalism must "challenge authority — all authority — especially so when governments and politicians take us to war."
Put his name in Google and read his articles.
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They should really look into cremation.
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akamaial [removed]
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Truth to believers, nonsense to those without faith
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Double-decker graves to tackle lack of burial space.
Human remains are to be exhumed and re-buried deeper in the ground in double-decker graves to tackle a shortage of space for new burials, it has been reported.
................................The Man who wrong's against Gods Chosen Peoples' will suffer in the next life!
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gaiusfurius
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10 reasons why not to be a terrorist. 1. Your friends will be killed. 2. Bombs hurt. 3. The media will back your cause. 4. you will go to hell. 5. Nobody really cares, you just help one side whine louder. 6. Your kids will be killed. 7. Your wife will be killed. 8. God won't really be impressed. 9. The boss never dies with you. 10. There won't be any where to bury whats left of the life you hated so much. DON'T BE A TERRORIST IT IS STUPID. THE LEFT ONLY LIKES YOU BECAUSE YOU FURTHER THEIR POLITICAL GAIN.
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