
Stained into reality a struggle continues to rage..........and people continue to die needlesslyHamas said it had gained control of much of southern Gaza after pushing Fatah gunmen out of the north.
The fighting has spilled over into the West Bank with a gun battle breaking out in the northern town of Nablus.
Without a ceasefire and stopping of the fighting I think the situation will collapse in Gaza
Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian Authority President
'Madness'
Armed members from the factions have been battling in Gaza for several days for control of key security posts.
Rivals: Fatah and Hamas
At least 17 people were reported killed in fighting on Wednesday with 80 reported to have died since Saturday.
Hamas appears to be winning this bitter battle for all-out control of Gaza, our correspondent says.
Clashes have been going on since Saturday when hundreds of Fatah and Hamas gunmen fought on the streets and rooftops of Rafah with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns.
At least 200 gunmen of the Fatah-allied Bakr clan surrendered to Hamas in Gaza City, clan elders and witnesses said
The Fatah men promised "blood for blood" in the West Bank if the Hamas attacks in Gaza did not stop.
Hamas has issued its own ultimatum to Fatah militants in Gaza to lay down their weapons by 1600 GMT on Friday or risk having them taken from them.
A senior UN co-ordinator for the Middle East said the situation in Gaza was one of the gravest crises the Palestinian people had faced.
Two workers from the UN relief agency were also among those who died on Wednesday.
The UN said it would temporarily scale back its operations in Gaza.

A map came with the letter, with crosses marked on it.
An anonymous letter claiming 4-year-old Madeleine McCann's body is buried under rocks in deserted scrubland was sent to newspaper De Telegraaf and passed on to the Portuguese Policia Judiciaria.
Those eyes like the eyes of my own grandchildren so innocent and bright with life.....no hell is large enough nor a death grisly enough for the fiend who took this child from her parents

The quake struck at 1:29 p.m. (3:29 p.m. ET), about 70 miles from the capital, Guatemala City.
The quake's intensity, according to the USGS, was such that it was also felt in El Salvador.
The quake's epicenter was about 40 miles below the Earth's surface, the USGS said. Earthquakes centered closer to the surface generally can cause more damage.
In this case, the quake's depth and distance from shore are likely to limit the extent of the damage, Abreu said. "Had it been closer to the surface, then you would expect, certainly, more critical effects," he said.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a Pacific-wide tsunami was not expected.

The Defense Department said in its annual report on China's military power last month that China regarded computer network operations -- attacks, defense and exploitation -- as critical to achieving "electromagnetic dominance" early in a conflict.
China's People's Liberation Army has established information warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks, the Pentagon said.
China also was investing in electronic countermeasures and defenses against electronic attack, including infrared decoys, angle reflectors and false-target generators, it said.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry rejected the U.S. report as "brutal interference" in China's internal affairs and insisted Beijing's military preparations were purely defensive.
AND......
China is expected to issue national standards for portable digital players by the end of 2007 after many were found to have defects, according to the Ministry of Information Industry (MIT).
MIT announced on June 5 that 22 of the 33 types of MP3 players it inspected in 2006 were defective. Many provided poor sound quality and had unsafe power adapters.
The findings raised concerns over the quality of China's MP3 players among overseas purchasers.
On my D.C. list this one has my attention.....

“This case is very simple. It's about one sign and the plaintiff's outlandish interpretation.”
Chris Manning , dry cleaner's attorney
A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner.
“Satisfaction Guaranteed”
And in the growing bloodbath that is my home city.....

BALTIMORE -- City police have identified the girl found dead near Bentalou Elementary School in west Baltimore earlier this week.
Barbara Griffin, 18, was found Monday morning with several gunshot wounds to the head. Police said a man walking his dog discovered her body behind the school.
Griffin would have turned 19 years old on Tuesday, officials said.
Police are asking anyone with information leading to Griffin's killer to give them a call.
at least they got the one who killed his pregnant Mistress......
goodnight children....
1 comment:
what about the lil dog they trained to water ski XD
u doo good work ran
ps ma friend has oneof these blog things maybe ud like
http://www.spleenal.blogspot.com/
danana
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