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[Best indication that iraq war will start next week.] AP. 7 March 2003. Israeli Troops Seize Chunk of Gaza Strip. GAZA CITY -- Israeli troops seized a chunk of the northern Gaza Strip on Friday and set up key positions there in what an army commander said would be an open-ended stay to try to stop rocket attacks on nearby Israeli towns. About 100 tanks and other combat vehicles took control of four square miles, lined by two Palestinian towns and a refugee camp, carving out what Israeli media called a new "security zone." It was the first sizable reoccupation of a Gaza residential area in 29 months of fighting. In the past, troops have staged quick incursions. "This action is a little different than the actions we have carried out until now," said an army commander, Col. Yoel Strick. "If we decide it is necessary, we will hold on to this area for the foreseeable future." When asked by an Israel Radio reporter if that meant the army was reoccupying part of Gaza, Strick said, "Yes, indeed." Troops took up positions in a triangle formed by the towns of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia and the refugee camp of Jabalya in northern Gaza, said the Palestinian police chief in Gaza, Brig. Gen. Abdel Razak Majaida. Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a Hamas leader, led 3,000 supporters in a march through Jabalya on Friday and said Hamas would fight the Israeli troops. "This war is going to end with the end of the occupation," he said. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
