[Peace-discuss] When do we impose the no-fly zone?

[E. Wayne Johnson]

If you really want a no-fly zone,
you have to start by considering
the biology of maggots.

Not always the most pleasant subject.

On 3/22/2011 9:55 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Palestinians wounded in Israeli air strikes
> At least 17 people, including children, injured in military attacks on 
> Gaza Strip, witnesses say.
> Last Modified: 22 Mar 2011 00:29
>
> At least 17 people, including children, have been wounded in a series 
> of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian emergency 
> workers said.
>
> Witnesses and medics said Israeli jets carried out at least five air 
> strikes late on Monday in the northern town of Beit Lahiya and Gaza City.
>
> Witnesses said a security compound for Hamas, which controls the Gaza 
> Strip, a training camp north of the city and a brickworks and metal 
> foundry in northern Gaza were among the targets.
>
> The Israeli military confirmed one of the strikes, saying it was 
> targeting several Hamas-affiliated fighters in
> northern Gaza, as well as a tunnel that it said was used to smuggle 
> weapons.
>
> The military said the strikes were in response to Palestinian rocket 
> fire into Israel.
>
> Cross-border fire
>
> The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, had 
> earlier said it would stop cross-border fire into Israel if the 
> Israelis halted attacks on Gaza.
>
> It said rocket fire into Israel on Saturday had been in response to an 
> Israeli strike last week which killed two of its members, but the 
> group said it was ready to call an end to the tit-for-tat violence if 
> Israel also did so.
>
> "If the enemy stops the escalation and aggression against our people 
> we will implement the Palestinian national agreement," the AFP news 
> agency reported, citing a statement from the group.
>
> The statement referenced a truce reaffirmed by Gaza's main armed 
> factions in January.
>
> The offer, however, came with a warning attached: "The enemy will pay 
> a heavy price if it continues its aggression and crimes against our 
> people in the Gaza Strip."
>
> Informal truce
>
> In a later statement, Hamas spokesman Taher al-Nunu said the 
> movement's Gaza government was committed to preserving the informal 
> truce, with the backing of other groups, AFP reported.
>
> "The government affirms that there is consensus among the factions 
> regarding the security situation in the Strip," he said.
>
> Also on Monday, Danny Ayalon, Israel's deputy foreign minister, issued 
> a threat against Hamas leaders.
>
> "If Hamas decides to escalate, we will put an end to it... We have 
> several actions before putting ground forces in Gaza, including direct 
> threats against Hamas leaders," Ayalon told public radio.
>
> http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/2011321231128318380.html 
>
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