Saturday, November 23, 2002 |
15:25 - That, too, is unlikely to help
http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=234454&lang=e&dir=news
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I haven't yet been able to find anything on this online, except for a brief blurb in the BBC World Service headline crawl, which didn't link to a story (yet); I'd only heard the details earlier on the radio, on the way to Emeryville.
Apparently Israel has just banned all Palestinian fishing activity off the coast of Gaza; the reason for this is an incident earlier today, in which a Palestinian fishing boat strayed across into Israeli waters. The coast guard approached and tried to open a channel, to get the boat to turn back; but as the cutter got closer, the fishing boat exploded.
They're not sure whether it was a terrorist operation or not; but a sound bite from the Israeli officials called it "a suicide fishing boat".
What, so now they're using suicide as a method for fishing too?
I'm reminded of the Radioactive Man shoot-- Bart walks up to "Milhouse" and says hi, whereupon Milhouse responds by... exploding. "I didn't do it...I didn't do it! I wished him well!"
So next I suppose we're to expect suicide restaurants-- "Hi, I'd like a cheeseburger." "Yes, sir: BOOM!" Or suicide auto mechanics-- "Aha, it looks like a clogged fuel injector. I know how to fix this: huh-BLAM!" Or suicide news anchormen: "And today in weather-- a cold front will be moving into the area this evening, with increasing KABOOM!"
Hint, guys: it doesn't work any better for endearing yourself to world opinion, either. Time to try something else.
UPDATE: Thanks to CapLion, the story link has been added.
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