Quote of the Day:

"One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever."
~ Chinese Proverb ~

Back in June, when the War of Genocide intensified, I have been wondering just how in the world a 650 meter tunnel could have been dug under the sand without the Zionist knowing it was there. Afterall, they have their noses into everything in Gaza even to the point of saying how much food, fuel and money can be imported into a, supposedly, independent nation.

Fortunately, other people with expertise were asking the same question. Leave it to the Signs team to find out who and publish the article. They come to a very interesting conclusion.

Here is an exerpt:

Did The Palestinians Really Dig A Tunnel Under The Noses Of The Israelis?

Information Liberation With Comment By Signs of the Times
21/07/2006

As an engineer I've given the notion of digging a tunnel which the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs tells us was some 650 metres long,[1] dug under sand across the Gaza border into Israel some thought. I'm beginning to wonder whether this is actually feasible especially considering that it would have to be built covertly and across the terrain that Israel claims. A 650 metre long covert tunnel being constructed under sand is a considerable undertaking the logistics of which would be enormous............

Now, 0.9m wide x 0.9m high x 650m long tunnel would require 526 cubic metres of excavation to be removed at, say, 1.3 tonnes per cubic metre if dry, that's 684 tonnes of dirt to dispose of. A good three-axle semi trailer would take about 30 tonnes a load so that's about 23 semi-trailer loads.

A tunnel this size will also require ventilating. This could be done by boring vertical holes to the surface and simply casing the holes with flexible plastic pipe. However, there is a very large section of ploughed-up no-mans land that is under constant surveillance and a few bits of pipe sticking up out of the ground could arouse a suspicion that we be an unacceptable risk..............

The real problems in building a tunnel under these conditions is 1) the problem of disguising the head shaft of the tunnel, which could be solved by building from within an existing structure like a house or a shed, though this would not solve the problem of 2) disguising the delivery of equipment and shoring material and, worse, disposing of the excavated material.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in their communiqué have included a photo-map of where they claim the incident took place and even where the tunnel is supposed to be. From this it is very easy to locate the same spot on Google Earth.[2]

The images for this area are exceptionally clear and one can see very clearly the area being referred to and the adjoining and adjacent areas including the old and now disused Gaza airport. (One can clearly see that sections of the runways have been ripped up rendering them unserviceable.) One can also see clearly the area of no-mans land between the paddocks on the Israeli side of the fence where the Israeli soldiers were said to be and the sole small building that appears to be no larger than a shed where, if a tunnel was built at all, the head shaft would be located..............

The bottom line is that it would be impossible to build a tunnel, especially under these conditions of secrecy that one needs to ask; was there really a tunnel? And, if not, then what's the real story? Why have the Israelis lied - again?

[1] Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Communiqué, 'Two soldiers killed, one missing in Karem Shalom terror attack', 25 June 2006. Available online here. Accessed 15 July 2006.

[2] Go to 'Google Earth', 31° 14' 22.34" N, 34° 17' 03.50" E, Zoom in to Eye Altitude of around 10,000ft for clear view of entire area then zoom in for closer detail as required.

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