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US-built Gaza aid pier will be dismantled after troubled mission
« on: July 18, 2024, 02:08:16 pm »
US-built Gaza aid pier will be dismantled after troubled mission
By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp
 Jul 17, 2024, 03:39 PM
 
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to starving Palestinians.

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, deputy commander at U.S. Central Command, told reporters in a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday that the pier achieved its intended effect in what he called an “unprecedented operation.”
 

After last-ditch effort, the Gaza pier aid mission is coming to an end
The pier mission resulted in injuries to three U.S. troops earlier this year, and much of the aid has failed to reach Gazans in need.
 
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/07/17/us-built-gaza-aid-pier-will-be-dismantled-after-troubled-mission/
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Re: US-built Gaza aid pier will be dismantled after troubled mission
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2024, 02:09:51 pm »
Another 200 million taxpayer dollars well planned and well spent.  No big deal! *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: US-built Gaza aid pier will be dismantled after troubled mission
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2024, 02:21:55 pm »
Can't they leave it as a swimming platform for the children of Gaza?
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Re: US-built Gaza aid pier will be dismantled after troubled mission
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2024, 02:27:57 pm »
Obvious to anyone with common sense, Obama intended to use this as a private avenue to get supplies to Hamas without having to deal with Israeli security and inspections. Everyone I know, knew Israel would never allow this to happen.

Israel is a coastal nation. Israel has piers all over the country. The very last thing Israel needs is yet another pier. The idea that America wanted their own privately constructed, privately controlled pier, directly to Hamas was suspicious from the beginning.

Nobody should be surprised. This was the inevitable outcome from the first day they started.
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