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	Palestinian Weapons Production and Smuggling: Rafah Smuggling Tunnels
		The excavation of smuggling tunnels in the Rafah area began in 1982, subsequent to the division of the city between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
		The average smuggling tunnel is approximately 500 meters in length, and dozens of meters deep.
		Smuggling tunnels may be equipped with wood-paneling, electrical infrastructure, communications gear, and rudimentary elevators.
	www.weaponsurvey.com /tunnels.htm (585 words)

	Smuggling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Illegal drug trafficking, and the smuggling of armaments (gunrunning), as well as the historical staples of smuggling, alcohol and tobacco, are widespread.
		One method of defeating smuggling is to legalize the activity the smugglers are undertaking and reducing or eliminating the taxes which the smugglers are avoiding, thus reducing the profit potential and making the smuggling activity uneconomic as the goods would then be available for a lower price via legal channels.
		In Britain, smuggling became economically significant at the end of the 18th century, although of course it was carried out to a greater or lesser extent prior to this high-water mark.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smuggling (862 words)

	Smuggling tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Smuggling tunnels connect Egypt and the Gaza Strip, bypassing the international border established by the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.
		The tunnels connect the Egyptian town of Rafah with the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah.
		With the beginning of the al-Aqsa Intifada, the tunnels were used mainly for smuggling of weapons and explosives used by palestinian resistence fighters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smuggling_tunnels (1145 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Smuggling tunnels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		These tunnels are used to smuggle people, including terrorists and prostitutes, and a wide variety of items, including weapons, ammunition, illegal drugs, clothes, cigarettes, alcohol, and vehicle parts.
		With the beginning of the al-Aqsa Intifada, the tunnels were used mainly for smuggling of terrorists, weapons and explosives.
		The tunnels are dug from basements of houses under the border at depths of up to 15 meters (49 feet), reaching up to 800 meters (2640 feet) in length.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Smuggling-tunnels (2386 words)

	The Terror Tunnels: an Underground City of Weaponry - Israel's War Against Terror - The Palestinian Side
		The smuggled weapons are then transferred to the rest of the Gaza Strip, comprising the majority of the weaponry in the Gaza Strip, which is then used for carrying out terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.
		This smuggling, during the cease-fire, served to arm the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip and strengthen the terrorist infrastructure in the area.
		Parallel to the process whereby the demolition of houses in which smuggling tunnels have been uncovered, provides financial compensation, there are those Palestinians who reject the digging of the tunnels both from houses they own or from neighboring houses.
	www.israel-wat.com /tunnels_eng.htm (2615 words)

	Smuggling tunnels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Smuggling tunnels connect Egypt and the Gaza Strip, bypassing theinternational border established by the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.
		These tunnels are used to smuggle people, including terrorists and prostitutes, and a wide variety of items,including weapons, ammunition, illegal drugs, clothes, cigarettes, alcohol, and vehicle parts.
		The tunnels are run as businesses, mainly the Abu Samhadana and Abu Rish families, both of Bedouin origin.Smuggling provides tens of thousands of dollars in profits for each delivery.
	www.therfcc.org /smuggling-tunnels-100744.html (381 words)

	Smuggling tunnels: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Smuggling tunnels are secret tunnels, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Rafah (arabic: hebrew:) is a town in the gaza strip, on the egyptian border, and a nearby town on the egyptian...
		The tunnels are dug from basements of houses under the border at depths of up to 15 meters (49 feet), EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sm/smuggling_tunnels.htm (1740 words)

	Israel's Raid on Rafah and the Philadelphi Road
		Smuggling of goods and drugs between the two sides of the divided city began during the 1980s.
		During 2002, 33 tunnels were located and destroyed, and during 2003, the number of tunnels found increased to 40.
		The smuggling is conducted from the Egyptian side of the border to the Israeli/Palestinian side.
	www.aijac.org.au /updates/May-04/180504.html (1965 words)

	U.S. to fill 7 smuggling border tunnels \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		The tunnels, including the six in California, have already been sealed off, but authorities believe smugglers could dig new entrances and access hollow sections of the passageways, some of which stretch hundreds of feet.
		One of the tunnels, discovered in January 2006 near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, is 2,400 feet long and featured an 85-foot-deep shaft equipped with a pulley system.
		The tunnel's southern entrance was in a warehouse near the Tijuana airport.
	www.azstarnet.com /border/180188 (182 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The smuggled weapons, which account for the majority of the weaponry in the Gaza Strip, are then used for carrying out terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.
		The process of constructing tunnels and finding suitable landowners who agree for their house to be an exit for a tunnel is big business.
		The going rate for construction of a tunnel is at least $10,000 and the partners in the construction and maintenance of the tunnel have a price list for smuggling both people and weapons.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=3454 (559 words)

	A push to stop smuggling via tunnels \| csmonitor.com
		The tunnels are typically built to smuggle drugs but later become corridors for illegal immigrants, federal agents say.
		The San Diego tunnel and the caches of weaponry show the increased sophistication and commitment of immigrant and drug smugglers, he says.
		The operation masqueraded as a produce distribution company known as "V and F Distributors, LLC." The tunnel's entrance was in a small office inside their San Diego warehouse covered by four square tiles.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0227/p03s02-usju.htm (721 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Inside Gaza's terror tunnels
		A top IDF official told WND Israel still suspects there are more tunnels and the mission in Rafah will continue as part of a broader campaign to sweep the Gaza Strip of the "terrorist infrastructure" ahead of any plan by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to unilaterally withdraw.
		The smuggling industry has become one of the main sources of income in Rafah, with many residents competing over control of the lucrative industry.
		The tunnel is constructed horizontally with a width of 40 centimeters by 40 centimeters.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38652 (651 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		What astonishes me is that, with all the media coverage about arms smuggling, drug smuggling and prostitute smuggling from Egypt, the Israeli government and media have yet to place the blame squarely where it belongs.
		These tunnels are 12-14 meters deep (more than 35 feet) and in some cases hundreds of meters (yards) long.
		Israeli military officials said Israel had intelligence warnings that Palestinians were planning to use the tunnels to smuggle in anti-aircraft missiles, weapons that could have a strategic impact on the three-year conflict.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=2841 (1528 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Gaza’s Underground Economy by David Frankfurter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Such tunnels are pictured as being hand-dug by idealistic freedom fighters - in this case to supply arms to the heroic Palestinian resistance.
		The tunnels are extensively engineered - installed with electricity, telephone communication, airshafts, and recently even with proper lifts.
		As more tunnels are uncovered, the value of the smuggled goods has risen.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13697 (690 words)

	Gaza Smuggling Tunnels
		IDF infantry and armored forces uncovered a tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Thursday morning that was intended for either infiltrating terrorists into an Israeli settlement in the area or the smuggling of arms.
		The tunnel was discovered during operations in the area to lower the incidence of shooting and shelling attacks from the region towards Israeli settlements.
		The 500-meter-long tunnel's route comes quite close to the IDF's Orchan post, where a soldier was killed and five others were wounded in June, when Palestinians detonated a similar tunnel under the post.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/middle_east_politics/105289 (1114 words)

	IDF Activity in Rafah to Uncover Weapon Smuggling Tunnels - Oct 10- 2003
		As part of the ongoing war against terror and its infrastructure, IDF infantry, armor, and engineering forces began operating last night in the city of Rafah, near the Israel-Egypt border, to uncover weapon smuggling tunnels and arrest wanted Palestinians.
		In addition, during the operation, terrorists detonated dozens of explosives, hurled dozens of grenades, fired anti-tank missiles, and shot a number of times at IDF forces from buildings in the area.
		Since the beginning of the current armed conflict, the city of Rafah has been used a focal point for the smuggling of weapons to the Gaza Strip, and has been the site of dozens of daily events involving explosive devices.
	www.israel.org /MFA/Government/Communiques/2003/IDF%20Activity%20in%20Rafah%20to%20Uncover%20Weapon%20Smuggling (302 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Israel has learned that the Palestinians are taking advantages of the weapons smuggling tunnels linking Egypt with the Gaza Strip to sneak millions of Euros into the territories to ease the financial crisis.
		Diskin said that the Shin Bet perceives smuggling as a serious problem, since the materials brought into the Strip are used for improving Qassam warheads, and for producing explosive belts and explosive devices.
		Israeli officials admit Israel is incapable to halting the smuggling of funds through tunnels or through the Rafah crossing, where its monitoring capabilities are limited to video surveillance.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3259724,00.html (450 words)

	Article or Op-Ed
		After the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993, it was reported that the Palestinians had built a network of tunnels for smuggling fl market items like cigarettes and drugs, as well as weaponry, explosives, and even people from Egypt to Israel.
		In some cases, the tunnels are elaborate; media reports indicate that some have wood paneling, electricity, lighting systems, air ducts, communications equipment, rails, wagons--even elevators.
		Some of the tunnels are meant for more than smuggling: In one report, Israeli engineers expressed concerns that the tunnels would be used to transport captured Israeli soldiers.
	www.washingtoninstitute.org /templateC06.php?CID=683 (840 words)

	History of Deal at The Deal Directory
		In the 17th Century, the town was notorious for smuggling.
		Many of the buildings of the time have survived and are linked with a warren of tunnels running under the town.
		The tunnels run from many of the houses to buildings including churches and were used to transport the smuggled goods.
	www.thedealdirectory.co.uk /history.html (230 words)

	Israel Defense Forces - The Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A Tunnel was Uncovered, Dug Near the Karni Crossing in the Direction of Israel (07/12/04)
		A weapon smuggling tunnel was uncovered on the outskirts of Rafah (04/08/04)
		A summary of the joint IDF and border police forces activity to uncover weapon smuggling tunnels in the outskirts of Rafah, as well as the weekends events (03/04/04)
	www1.idf.il /dover/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&docid=29334.EN (612 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Palestinian Terror: The Egyptian Connection by Ariel Natan Pasko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		What astonishes me is that with all the media coverage about arms smuggling, drug smuggling, and prostitute smuggling from Egypt; the Israeli government and media have yet to place the blame squarely where it belongs: on Egypt.
		First, weapons smuggling is the lifeline of the Palestinian "armed struggle." Without an influx of more and better weapons, how can they aspire to "conquer" Israel, or at least drive out the "occupation," i.e., carry out more terrorism.
		The withdrawal of the Egyptian Ambassador from Israel just after the outbreak of the current Oslo War is also a clear violation of the treaty, as are the ongoing calls for professional and economic boycotts of contacts with Israelis.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10351 (1484 words)

	Arizona Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Addiction Treatment Programs and Substance Abuse Centers
		Because of the long border and lack of law enforcement, large quantities of cocaine are smuggled across the border on a regular basis.
		Large quantities are smuggled in via “mules” across the remote and rugged Arizona terrain.
		Many tunnels have been detected over the last decade but because of the wide spread unguarded border, limited law enforcement personnel it has been difficult to monitor the development of new tunnels, making this a primary transit point for narcotics/immigrants being smuggled from Mexico into the United States.
	www.addictionsearch.com /treatment/AZ/arizona.html (1584 words)

	israelinsider: security: IDF resumes Operation Root Canal against arms smuggling tunnels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Three arms smuggling tunnels were discovered and destroyed in the first stage of the operation.
		During the action, dubbed "Operation Root Canal," security forces located and destroyed three arms smuggling tunnels, due to warnings that the Palestinians were attempting to smuggle shoulder-launched Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and Katyusha rockets into the Gaza Strip.
		Palestinians called the weekend operation a "war crime and a human tragedy" and UN officials said that some 1,500 Palestinians were left homeless due to the army's demolition of structures in the refugee camp.
	web.israelinsider.com /bin/en.jsp?enZone=Security&enDisplay=view&enPage=ArticlePage&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l2859 (592 words)

	Razing Rafah: Mass Home Demolitions in the Gaza Strip: IV. The Security Situation in Rafah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Smugglers’ tunnels are the IDF’s main stated reason for incursions into Rafah and house demolitions near the border. ; As the military has repeatedly argued, it aims to find and destroy the tunnels that Palestinian armed groups use to obtain weapons and ammunition.
		Human Rights Watch researched the tunnel situation on the border by speaking with Rafah residents, IDF officers, PNA officials, foreign diplomats in Israel, Israeli and foreign journalists, Egyptian security officials, and experts familiar with the nature of Rafah’s subsurface soil. Interviews were conducted with three foreign experts in detecting and/or neutralizing tunnels.
		Human Rights Watch researchers were unable to verify the existence of the tunnel shaft, as the destruction of the house in question left behind only a large crater strewn with debris. During the visit, another loud explosion occurred nearby in the buffer zone, throwing a geyser of dirt into the air.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2004/rafah1004/6.htm (3275 words)

	israelinsider: Views: Living is easy with eyes closed
		The media keep referring obliquely and gingerly to the fact that terrorists are smuggling weapons and explosives - along with drugs, contraband, and even prostitutes - from Sinai to the Gaza Strip via tunnels.
		Imagine that there were organizations of Israeli terrorists smuggling weapons, explosives, and whatnot into Jordan through tunnels in the Negev.
		And the smuggling from Sinai to Gaza via tunnels has in fact been going on for ten years, since the beginning of the "Oslo process" in 1993, playing a major role in the murder of 1400 Israelis in that period.
	web.israelinsider.com /bin/en.jsp?enPage=ViewsPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l2663&enZone=Views&enVersion=0& (747 words)

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