Well, according to the theories held by some people, that should make the security situation in Gaza just peachy.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Richard M. Smith wrote: > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118221915332739990.html?mod=todays_us_page_o > ne > > As Guns Flood Gaza Strip, Palestinian Citizens Stock Up > Fears Rise, Prices Fall > And Dealers Proliferate; > The Tunnels of Rafah > By CAM SIMPSON > June 19, 2007 > > > GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- For the first time in his 44 years, almost everyone > Mustafa Ibrahim knows -- neighbors, shopkeepers, even family members -- owns > a firearm. > > "Guns are like cellphones here now," says Mr. Ibrahim, a field worker for a > Gaza human-rights group. In January alone, his organization tallied 69 Gaza > gun deaths, more than double the total for all of 2004. "If you can afford a > mobile, you can probably afford a Kalashnikov," he says. > > Cheap weapons have flooded the territory in the past two years, bought not > only by militia fighters but also by merchants, schoolteachers and other > civilians. Last week, some of this arsenal was put to deadly use as fighters > from the Islamist group Hamas wrested control of Gaza from forces loyal to > the largely secular Fatah movement. The clashes in densely populated > residential streets left an estimated 116 dead and more than 500 wounded. > > A combustive mix of factors feeds the demand for firearms. Internecine > fighting and fear of a security vacuum have heightened anxiety among > ordinary Palestinians. In a territory where 80% of the population relies on > food aid, economic desperation has created a burgeoning group of arms > dealers. A porous border between Gaza and Egypt provides a conduit for more > weapons, fueling further insecurity and demand. > > The recent arms flow dramatically outstrips anything seen here since the > 1967 Arab-Israeli war, Israeli officials say. Shin Bet, Israel's state > security agency, says about 25,000 assault rifles poured into the strip > during 2005 and 2006 alone. The influx is equivalent, per capita, to 135,000 > assault rifles entering New York City. Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinians crowd > into an area about the size of Wichita, Kan. > > ... > > > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
