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JERUSALEM A U.N. spokesman says Hamas police in Gaza have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents. Spokesman Christopher Gunness says Hamas police raided a U.N. warehouse in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. He says police snatched 3,500 blankets and more than 400 ...
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UN says Hamas seized Gaza food aid and blankets
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... food parcels meant for needy residents. Spokesman Christopher Gunness says Hamas police raided a U.N. warehouse in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. He says police snatched 3,500 blankets and more than 400 food parcels. The aid is vital now because Gazans are facing hardship after Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas. Hamas has ruled Gaza since it seized control of the territory in 2007. Gunness said Wednesday this is the first time Hamas has seized U.N. aid. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_g...

Bastards
Suburban Guerrilla — I’m not surprised, but it’s still infuriating: JERUSALEM – A U.N. spokesman says Hamas police in Gaza have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents. Spokesman Christopher Gunness says Hamas police raided a U.N. warehouse in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. He says police snatched 3,500 blankets and more than 400 food parcels. The aid is vital now because Gazans are facing hardship after Israel’s three-week military offensive against Hamas. Hamas has ruled Gaza since it ...

UN: Hamas stole blankets and food meant for the poor, starving Palestinians
Jihad Watch — ... It's amazing that they didn't find a way to blame the cruel oppressive Zionists for this one. But that may have been Hamas' intent: to keep the Palestinians in a state of want that they could then exploit for propaganda purposes against Israel. "UN says Hamas seized Gaza food aid and blankets," from AP, February 4 (thanks to all who sent this in): ...

What a surprise! Hamas…
neo-neocon — …takes supplies meant for the relief of needy residents of Gaza. [For some more deja vu, read this.]

Christopher Guinness is a fucking oblivious moron
This Blog Is Full Of Crap — The terrorist that Jimmy Carter and Tayyip Erdogan love so much has been stealing relief supplies again: A U.N. spokesman says Hamas police in Gaza have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents. Spokesman Christopher Gunness says Hamas police raided a U.N. warehouse in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. He says police snatched 3,500 blankets and more than 400 food parcels. The aid is vital now because Gazans are facing hardship after Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas. Here's the shocker: Hamas ...

Hamas Steals Aid, UN Actually Notices
Little Green Footballs — ... The thugs of Hamas have been stealing food and blankets and other aid meant for needy Palestinians for a long time, and it’s finally gotten so obvious that not even the United Nations can keep quiet about it any more. ...

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