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Viewing cable 07CAIRO645, RAFAH BORDER CROSSING OPEN; VIOLENCE ON

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07CAIRO645 2007-03-08 16:56 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Cairo 
VZCZCXYZ0001
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHEG #0645 0671656
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 081656Z MAR 07
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3908
INFO RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 1383
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM 0751
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
 
UNCLAS CAIRO 000645 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM KPAL EG
SUBJECT: RAFAH BORDER CROSSING OPEN; VIOLENCE ON 
PALESTINIAN SIDE 
 
Sensitive but unclassified.  Please protect accordingly. 
 
(SBU)  A contact at the Liaison Agency with International 
Organizations (LAWIO) reported that violence ensued on the 
Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing at 
approximately 10:00 A.M. on March 8 as a large crowd of 
Palestinians attempted to enter the border terminal.  The 
contact said that Palestinian security forces fired into the 
air to regain control of the crowd.  He could not comment on 
press reports that one man died and seven people suffered 
injuries, but confirmed that 300 people crossed from Gaza 
into Egypt and 142 crossed from Egypt into Gaza during the 
opening. 
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