Prohibitively High Rocket-Fuel Prices Bring Mideast Crisis To Standstill
August 7, 2006
BEIRUT, LEBANON—As the cost of rocket fuel soared to $630 per gallon Monday, Middle Easterners who depend on the non-renewable propellant to power 10-kilogram rockets have been forced to severely restrict their daily bombing routines, bringing this latest round of fighting to an unexpected halt.
"The way things are going, I won’t have any money left over for other necessities, such as anti-aircraft missiles, land mines, and machine guns," said Hezbollah guerrilla Mahmoud Hamoui, who is just one of hundreds of Islamic militants compelled to scale back their killing until rocket-fuel prices return to their pre-2006 levels.
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Frustrated Hezbollah fighters face astronomical rocket-fuel prices at the pump
2 comments:
Oh Leelee, the picture is a classic! It goes in my collection.
Hep ya-sef! :-)
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