Egypt vows to control Gaza border

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Egypt vows to control Gaza border
Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:12am EST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed
Aboul Gheit said on Sunday Egypt would take steps to
control its border with the Gaza Strip as soon as
possible.

A Foreign Ministry statement provided no further
details and ministry officials were not available for
comment.

Egypt tried without success to seal the border with
the coastal strip after militants blew holes in the
boundary wall last week.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said
Egypt had agreed to Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas's plan to assume control of Gaza's crossing
with Egypt, excluding Hamas Islamists who rule the
territory.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2711498820080127

[KatzManDu]

1. Well, if the UN can't do it...

Hamas spent months working on blowing up the border with Egypt.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3238615.ece

And, with the border gone, what goes on? The Palestinians run back and forth with explosives.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=ar%7Cen&u=http://www.palpress.ps/arabic/index.php%3Fmaa%3DReadStory%26ChannelID%3D21403&tbb=1