State of emergency declared in Israel

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JERUSALEM, May 20 (UPI) -- Israel's defense minister declared a state of emergency Sunday in Sderot, which has been under near constant rocket attack from Gaza.

Minister Amir Peretz's declaration came as a new barrage of five Qassam rockets stuck Sderot Sunday morning. No one was reported killed or seriously injured, though some residents were hospitalized in shock.

Sderot residents called the emergency declaration too little, too late, the Jerusalem Post reported.

"Only after dozens of Qassam rockets and thousands of residents have left Sderot, the government only now understands that there is a state of emergency in Sderot," said Alon Davidi, a Sderot resident.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/05/20/state_of_emergency_declared_in_israel/3065/

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1. Can't blame the residents for thinking it's too little, too late n/t

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2. Apparently, the USA is not the only country with narcissistic weasels running it.

The danger was kind of obvious, as it was before in the 2nd Lebanon War. On the other hand, there are no good solutions to the problem, as I have said before, you have to take defensive and protective measures. Sometimes one must give ones enemies their due, lest one make a fool of oneself. Apparently the Israeli government prefers the latter to giving up its dick-waving and propaganda posturing.