Gaza turns into a comic strip

Associated Press, June 14, 2007:

"...In the southern town of Khan Younis, Hamas militants surrounded a security headquarters and warned everyone inside to leave or they would blow it up, witnesses said. The building was then destroyed by a bomb planted in a tunnel underneath it, said Ali Qaisi, a presidential guard spokesman.

An Associated Press reporter saw defeated Fatah fighters streaming out of the building after turning over their weapons to Hamas militants. Hamas took weapons, clothes and vehicles and flew a green Islamic flag over the building, then celebrated by firing in the air and passing out candy...."

They were passing out candy :)

If HSBC would ever dare open a branch in the Gaza Strip (who knows, maybe they will get into islamic banking after all), this would be a great subject for their "HSBC - The world's local bank" ad campaign (also check out British in China, Commuter in New York, Biker in Brasil, The italian girl). It must be one of those cultural differences that get westerners killed in the Middle East...

I can imagine what is going to happen when Hamas finally defeats Fatah: they will sit around eating cake and drinking smoothies...