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    Matty B wrote:
    Sorry, yet another recent one! From Avi Shlaim...

    'In the three years after the withdrawal from Gaza, 11 Israelis were killed by rocket fire. On the other hand, in 2005-7 alone, the IDF killed 1,290 Palestinians in Gaza, including 222 children.'

    http://www.guardian.

    co.uk/world/2009/jan

    /07/gaza-israel-pale

    stine
    Look, I have no time for religious extremism on either side. But I know quite a bit about the formation of the state of Israel, by the British government of the time.
    There is no doubt the the Palestinians were cheated, and then within a couple of years Israel unilaterally declared independence, outside the terms of the agreement, completely unopposed by the western world. And so it has been ever since.
    People forget that so called Israeli freedom fighters massacred Palestinian villages in 1948/49.
    My sympathies are totally with the Palestinian civilians, but not with Hamas.
    However, all of this has nothing to do with EDO, and I wish people would stop making such facile links."
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Break-in at controversial factory

An arms factory was broken into overnight.

Police said the trespassers caused "extensive damage" at EDO MBM Technology in Moulsecoomb.

They were called at 1.50am today.

A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "A number of arrests have been made and inquiries are continuing."

The factory has been the focus of regular demonstrations since 2004 by the Smash EDO group, which aims to close the factory down.

The campaigners claim the firm makes components used by Israel in its conflict in Gaza.

Two protests last year ended in violent confrontations with the police.

Police are asking anyone who saw anything suspicious at the factory in Home Farm Road, Moulsecoomb, this morning is asked to call Sussex Police quoting Operation Potato on 0845 6070999 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

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