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Hamas announces formation of new naval coast guard unit
By The Associated Press

The Hamas militia policing Gaza - the Executive Force - on Saturday announced the formation of its new coast guard unit - the Marine Police.

Saber Khalifeh, a spokesman for the Executive Force, said the new body will consist of 150 members and soon begin its operations off the coast of the Gaza Strip.

He said the new force's main functions will include preventing the smuggling of drugs into Gaza, protecting Gaza's fishermen and maintaining security for Gaza residents on the beach.

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The unit is the latest in a series of steps taken by Hamas to establish its authority and restore law and order in the coastal strip, after Hamas' bloody takeover of Gaza from its rival Fatah faction in June.

Hamas has already introduced a new traffic police unit and will soon open a new internal security agency, Hamas officials said.
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  1.   Hamas, Naval coast guard 00:48  |  Stan 12/08/07
  2.   - the Marine Police 00:50  |  Akiva Patysh 12/08/07
  3.   Cut back on drug smuggling 00:58  |  Denton 12/08/07
  4.   will they have boats or is this a land based coast guard? 01:44  |  vik 12/08/07
  5.   A navy without ships 01:54  |  idf_sergeant 12/08/07
  6.   It`s not a bad idea,however 02:36  |  Palestinian Prince 12/08/07
  7.   No matter how hard Hamas Tries To Be Legit It can`t 02:48  |  Shepherd 12/08/07
  8.   It would be easy to hide sped boats 02:58  |  Realist 12/08/07
  9.   It would be easy to hide sped boats 02:58  |  Realist 12/08/07
  10.   #1, Stan 03:46  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  11.   #6, Palestinian Prince 03:59  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  12.   Second Smuggling Unit Formed 04:03  |  J of Hollywood 12/08/07
  13.   #7, Shepherd 04:03  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  14.   #8, Realist 04:07  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  15.   Hannah,greetings!and about time they set it up! 04:23  |  lakshmi 12/08/07
  16.   to hannah 04:25  |  me 12/08/07
  17.   hanna`s monologues 05:43  |  realist 12/08/07
  18.   THE HAMAS NAVY 05:44  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 12/08/07
  19.   Hamas` naval fleet 05:45  |  realist 12/08/07
  20.   15 LOL the Isreali navy is TERRIFIED!!!! 05:47  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 12/08/07
  21.   #15, Lakshmi 05:49  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  22.   #16, me 06:15  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  23.   hamas navy 07:07  |  dave s. 12/08/07
  24.   Its time to blow up some sailors!!!!! 07:09  |  Ben 12/08/07
  25.   #20 Jon Feigenbaum 08:10  |  lakshmi 12/08/07
  26.   Thats nice 08:11  |  Omar 12/08/07
  27.   Hannah #14 08:11  |  lakshmi 12/08/07
  28.   Agree with Idf_sergeant 08:13  |  Omar 12/08/07
  29.   #f16 Hannah 08:21  |  Lakshmi 12/08/07
  30.   #13 Hannah 08:23  |  lakshmi 12/08/07
  31.   Lakshmi you lost all credibility/lies about the Hamas dead man 08:57  |  Genuine Tosefta 12/08/07
  32.   Admiral of the fleet. 09:35  |  Steve the Pals. 12/08/07
  33.   Hamas`s constitution 09:58  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  34.   Simple and primitive thought-patterns 10:01  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  35.   Israel And Hannah 10:35  |  Natan 12/08/07
  36.   Hamas has a crafty plan 10:43  |  Esther 12/08/07
  37.   the ism is collecting money in texas isnt that illegal ? 11:50  |  victor hardman 12/08/07
  38.   LIbya and France armed deal 12:50  |  Tamrat 12/08/07
  39.   21Hannah,I think they are showing they can a country,when the 13:05  |  lakshmi 12/08/07
  40.   Hello Arab Hannah from Canada. Why are we, Jews, 15:01  |  Fake Hannah 12/08/07
  41.   Bathtub Navy 15:27  |  Yoav Naor 12/08/07
  42.   AN EFFORT TO INCREASE SELF-ESTEEM 15:41  |  indrajaya 12/08/07
  43.   HAMAS IS IN THE RIGHT TRACK 15:58  |  indrajaya 12/08/07
  44.   # 13 FALSE HANNAH ALERT 16:13  |  Real Hannah 12/08/07
  45.   FALSE HANNAH ALERT! #33 16:43  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  46.   FAKE LAKSHMI ALERT! #25, 27, 29, 30 16:44  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  47.   FALSE HANNAH ALERT! #34 16:45  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  48.   Haaretz typo 16:55  |  FinanceDoc 12/08/07
  49.   it is good to have Hamas Hannah here 17:02  |  bev 12/08/07
  50.   Hannah get an education 17:03  |  Johnny 12/08/07
  51.   Glass Bottomed Boats 17:04  |  SM 12/08/07
  52.   Will the REAL Hannah just shut up...LOL 17:05  |  The Equalizer 12/08/07
  53.   A step towards ending the occupation? 17:32  |  Mark Lincoln 12/08/07
  54.   #45, Bev 17:33  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  55.   Have Your Chuckles 18:22  |  Mark of Lewiston 12/08/07
  56.   Blast Them Out Of The Water 19:29  |  dyinglikeflies 12/08/07
  57.   #55, Mark of Lewiston 19:41  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  58.   #53, Mark Lincoln 19:46  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  59.   perhaps british navy can supply some inflatables 19:58  |  frenz 12/08/07
  60.   5 idf seargent,thanks,very interesting things happening,I guess 20:03  |  lakshmi 12/08/07
  61.   response to Hannah 20:11  |  Shepherd 12/08/07
  62.   One thing Hanah 20:28  |  Mark Lincoln 12/08/07
  63.   To Mark Lincoln 20:59  |  J.M.Jordan 12/08/07
  64.   #61, Mark Lincoln 21:02  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  65.   #61, Shepherd 21:04  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  66.   Naval police very needed... 21:15  |  Joe 12/08/07
  67.   ML 21:15  |  Hannah 12/08/07
  68.   They each get a paddle & waterwings 21:34  |  who cares 12/08/07
  69.   Indrajaya #42 21:57  |  Neal 12/08/07
  70.   What is Wrong with the Posters Here? 22:09  |  Bernie 12/08/07
  71.   Hannah -which one 22:28  |  Reid 12/08/07
  72.   Where does the money come from?They are all starving?? 22:54  |  PETER SM 12/08/07
  73.   57 Hannah - It`s a Serious Development 23:10  |  Mark of Lewiston 12/08/07
  74.   Will the real Hannah please stand up 23:17  |  Lynn 12/08/07
  75.   BERNIE Supporting Hamas automatically excludes supporting peace. 23:23  |  PETER SM 12/08/07
  76.   Captain Haniyeh.... 23:47  |  Webster 12/08/07
  77.   To any Gazan - a simple idea 00:19  |  Moises 13/08/07
  78.   Bernie - Peaceful Hamas 00:33  |  Reid 13/08/07
  79.   Hannah 00:48  |  Hamas 13/08/07
  80.   Reid, What 3 Conditions? 01:03  |  Bernie 13/08/07
  81.   J.M. Jordan - the Gaza situation 02:19  |  Mark Lincoln 13/08/07
  82.   Hannah, the US will veto 02:22  |  Mark Lincoln 13/08/07
  83.   Peter SM, Peace is Always an Option 02:30  |  Bernie 13/08/07
  84.   Reid, One Last Comment 02:34  |  Bernie 13/08/07
  85.   Reid, Israel can Live within 67 borders 02:37  |  Bernie 13/08/07
  86.   #70 Bernie. I similarly pointed out that fact... 02:50  |  Maureen Ann 13/08/07
  87.   #82 Bernie...rubbish 03:02  |  Nemesis 13/08/07
  88.   BERNIE Hamas says peace is NOT an option 03:15  |  PETER SM 13/08/07
  89.   71 Reid,you`re a bit out of your depth here,Hannah is right about 03:21  |  lakshmi 13/08/07
  90.   84 Bernie,the problem is not an israeli state,but a sovereign & 03:30  |  lakshmi 13/08/07
  91.   #21 Hannah 03:37  |  Space 13/08/07
  92.   ANYnaval move by ISM is a false flag Pal operationThey are a Pal 03:44  |  PETERSM 13/08/07
  93.   70 Bernie 04:05  |  Space 13/08/07
  94.   Thank you, Hamas....stay on course! 04:08  |  Dutch 13/08/07
  95.   Hamas Should Be Uprooted 04:58  |  A Tack 13/08/07
  96.   Hamas doesn`t want Jews in its territory 05:04  |  Hannah 13/08/07
  97.   Wolves in sheeps clothing? 05:45  |  Nechama 13/08/07
  98.   Nemesis, Are you listening to the Israeli Generals 06:20  |  Bernie 13/08/07
  99.   Peter SM 06:23  |  Bernie 13/08/07
  100.   #93 Nechama. Maybe they don`t believe in gambling casinos. 07:05  |  Maureen Ann 13/08/07
  101.   Reigns to a Sea Horse in his hands? 07:37  |  Jim 13/08/07
  102.   Is Bernie right that peace not in Israel`s best interest?Yes & no 07:54  |  Voice of Reason 13/08/07
  103.   Whatever they do, they do for the people and then.. 08:16  |  VIPER 13/08/07
  104.   #89 lakshmi 08:19  |  Sarah 13/08/07
  105.   #94 WHEN DID THEY LET BERNIE OUT AGAIN 08:21  |  paul harris 13/08/07
  106.   BNARAK never said peace is not an option.Hamas does 08:26  |  PETER SM 13/08/07
  107.   A Navy without ships 10:42  |  Dolly 13/08/07
  108.   Don`t laugh at Hamas; Iran sponsors it. 20:14  |  Mark Greenbaum 13/08/07
  109.   Israel should indeed focus carefully on this. 20:20  |  Mark Greenbaum 13/08/07
  110.   to the "idf_seargent"...ever hear of the word traitor? 10:40  |  SLAVO 14/08/07
  111.   ISM is terror supporting entity...dedicated to killing Jews 10:41  |  SLAVO 14/08/07
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