Israel wants moat along border between Egypt, Gaza Strip

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Military hopes to keep militants from digging tunnels under border with Egypt for smuggling arms

Combined News Services

June 18, 2004


JERUSALEM -- Israel set in motion a plan yesterday to dig a dry moat 2 1/2 miles long and 80 feet deep along the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, a project meant to prevent arms from reaching Palestinian militants through tunnels.

The Defense Ministry published a call for bids for the moat, or trench, which would cost millions. Once bids are received in a month or two, the Defense Ministry will decide whether the project is feasible, a military official said on condition of anonymity.
"Our main objective is stopping the tunnelers" who smuggle arms from Egypt, a senior military source said.

Military officials said the moat would be nearly 400 feet wide and perhaps lined with concrete, but for ecological reasons it would not be filled with water.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-womide183856133jun18,0,2764137.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines

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1. BREAKING: Israel To Put Palestinians in Giant Cage

and promises to feed them. Cage will prevent any news of rocket attacks from reaching liberal press through tunnels.

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2. They must have heard...

That nobody has built a wall that hasn't come down... So instead of trying to understand what that meant they said. "What about moats?"

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3. Locking

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