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Gaza’s ‘Incendiary Kites Unit’ To Escalate Fires Until Siege Lifted

July 24, 2018 Staff, Maannews.com , , , ,
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The "incendiary kites unit" of the Gaza Strip announced on Wednesday that the amount of incendiary kites and balloons targeting Israeli areas surrounding Gaza would increase as a response to the increased siege on the Gaza Strip. The unit, calling themselves the "Sons of Zouari" in reference to Tunisian engineer assassinated by the Israeli Mossad, denied any reports published by Israeli Hebrew-language media, that the Hamas movement will stop the launch of more incendiary kites and explosive balloons or that the amount of launched kites would decrease within the next 72 hours. The unit said in a statement that their peaceful resistance will continue until their demands are met and until the siege of the Gaza Strip is lifted.

3,000 Wells Shut Down In Colorado After Fatal House Explosion

April 29, 2017 Lorraine Chow, www.ecowatch.com ,
By Lorraine Chow for Eco Watch - Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is temporarily closing all its vertical wells across northeast Colorado following a massive house explosion and fire in the town of Firestone last week that killed two people. The Woodlands, Texas-based oil and gas giant said in press release it was shutting more than 3,000 producing vertical wells, which produce about 13,000 barrels of oil per day, "in an abundance of caution." Mark Martinez and his brother-in-law Joseph William Irwin III, both 42, were killed in the April 17 explosion. Mark's wife, Erin Martinez, was injured as well her 11-year-old son. A GoFundMe page is currently raising funds for the family. In its statement, Anadarko acknowledged that the blast occurred approximately 200 feet from the family's recently built two-story home on Twilight Ave., where the company operates an older vertical well drilled by a previous operator. The tragedy has sparked concerns from local anti-fracking activists over the risks of oil and gas production in Colorado and are calling for a statewide emergency moratorium as officials and regulators investigate the cause of the explosion.

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