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All kinds of things you can do with cell phones -- including setting up a bomb to be set off from afar.
Of course, maybe he just wanted to call 2,000 Western officials to beg for more money and aid.
More hijinks from the Palestinian Faction That Sincerely Wants Peace:
"Abbas' advisor caught at Allenby crossing with smuggled phones," by Ali Waked for Ynet News (thanks to Sr. Soph):
Rawhi Fattuh, the advisor of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, was caught Tuesday at the Allenby crossing in possession of 2,000 smuggled cellular phones.Ynet has learned that the Palestinian security organizations arrested Fattuh's driver on suspicion of smuggling the phones in his car. According to them, Fattuh was unaware of the devices' presence in the vehicle.
Ah, of course. Why, just the other day I got into my car, only to find it filled with 2,000 cell phones. I chuckled to myself, wondering how they got there, and drove off on my merry way. Happens all the time!
Posted by Robert at March 19, 2008 11:17 AM
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Hey, Abbas is our terrorist so thats ok.
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at March 19, 2008 11:25 AM
So, when the 'terrorist in a suit' threatened yesterday to take “alternative actions on the ground”, he meant it.
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5125
Posted by: Sounder at March 19, 2008 11:26 AM
Various possibilities:
1) Cellphones, possibly of a kind that cannot be so easily tracked by Israeli counter-terrorist squads, are being smuggled in so that they can be used by terrorists in the Fatah-controlled lands.
2) Ditto, but including conceivable transfer, piece by piece, to Gaza for use by terrorists there.
3) Simply a case of wanting to resell the phones only for the purpose of a little padding of someone's allowance -- by the use of a vehicle that he, the Abbas aide, or his driver or both (and certainly both knew about it) thought would be less subject to Israeli search, for they might have hoped it would be treated as a diplomatic pouch is treated (think of all those icons smuggled out of Russia in such diplomatic pouches by greedy Western diplomats). No such luck.
Posted by: Hugh at March 19, 2008 11:30 AM
He has a huge family and everyone needs to stay in touch. How many speed-dials on each one?
Posted by: PMK at March 19, 2008 11:43 AM
You mean the man doesn't have 2000 friends and family to pass these out as gifts to? I am shocked!
Funny-if these phones were indeed for benign purposes these palestinians must have problems with their priorities. These people are supposed to be sooooo poor (hence all that infidel aid) yet they can afford cellphone service?
Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at March 19, 2008 11:46 AM
I had a convertible that would fill up with rotary phones if you turned your back on it for a minute.
Perfectly understandable event in Israel.
But watch out if they all ring simultaneously.
Could be Allah calling.
Posted by: profitsbeard at March 19, 2008 11:52 AM
I am pretty sure that someone in the jihad will discover that you can also make phone calls on them.
Posted by: tanstaafl at March 19, 2008 12:27 PM
Robert, you rascal! I suppose it was all Hugh's doing, eh? (You should ask him for a bigger cut of the proceeds.)
Posted by: John C at March 19, 2008 12:54 PM
Rawhi Fattuh ... was caught Tuesday at the Allenby crossing in possession of 2,000 smuggled cellular phones.Did they x-ray his rectum? Make that 2,001. Posted by: special_guest
at March 19, 2008 1:15 PM
Good God. This beats gerbils.
Posted by: Hugh at March 19, 2008 2:08 PM
More from the story:
"Fattuh told AFP he had no idea the phones were in his car and blamed his driver... [who was]...handed over to Palestinian security services, who also questioned him"
I'm sure there's some possible punch-line having to do with all of the phones having the same ringtone...
Posted by: n1cholson at March 19, 2008 2:36 PM
I think all the people in the "network" hanging out of the Car must have given it away.
Hello, America! This is a test of the FISA Network.
Posted by: flowerknife_us at March 19, 2008 5:03 PM
2008 is going to be a lively year. I think the Anti-War types are going to have a very,very bad year.
If abbas is going to start trouble in April then Israel needs to deal with Hamas now or face a 2 front war on its enemy's timing.
Posted by: flowerknife_us at March 19, 2008 5:11 PM
The charade of peace negotiations better be giving the Israelis something other than a reputation as idiots.
If there is something in it for the Israelis, would someone please explain ?
Posted by: dgene at March 19, 2008 7:43 PM
They love using Israeli technology. What will they do once they've turned the whole word into islamorons?
Oh that's right they won't need to bomb anyone anymore..
On second thought.. the fighting will intensify because every faction will accuse the other of not following "true islam".
I say we need either a HUGE ice age or more, much more, "global warming".
Let Mother Nature finish the job since the sane part of Mankind seems unwilling to defend itself.
Posted by: Allah Schmallah at March 20, 2008 12:20 AM
I think it is either a way to make himself rich smuggling or a way to finance terror. See the book "Funding Evil".
Posted by: hezi at March 20, 2008 7:12 AM
My classic poetic comment:
'Twixt Hamass and Fatass,
The difference is droll;
Fatass reveres YerArseIsFat,
But Hamass calls him an A-hole!
:)
Posted by: Brian H at March 21, 2008 5:30 AM
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