A Visit to a Gaza Rocket Factory
By Ulrike Putz in the Gaza Strip
No matter what Israel does, the rockets from the Gaza Strip just keep coming. Young men like Abdul are the reason why. He studies by day, but at night he builds bombs for the Islamic Jihad. He and his fellow militants can produce up to 100 per night.
The young man pulls the door of the taxi closed. He is wet, there is a light drizzle in the Gaza Strip. He turns around and greets the passengers in the back seat with a quick handshake. "Are you ready?" he asks them. "As of this moment, we could be going to paradise at any time." The other people in the car don't respond, and the driver of the Mercedes hits the gas. "I should have phoned my wife," he says after a while. "She should start to keep an eye out for a new husband."
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1) A Visit to a Gaza Rocket Factory
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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