Hamas says Israel dumping aphrodisiac gum on Gaza

[oberliner]

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Hamas suspects that Israeli intelligence services are supplying its Gaza Strip stronghold with chewing gum that boosts the sex drive in order to "corrupt the young," an official said on Tuesday.

"We have discovered two types of stimulants that were introduced into the Gaza Strip from Israeli border crossings," Hamas police spokesman Islam Shahwan told AFP.

"The first type is presented in the form of chewing gum and the second in the form of drops," he said.

The Islamist movement that has run the densely populated and impoverished Palestinian territory for the past two years said it has detained members of a gang that helped to bring in the products.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iflSn6wJWSpD_E55DV8LHxvldfiA

[cboy4]

1. Now I've heard everything. Is this from the Onion?

:eyes:

[oberliner]

4. A similar story from 10 years ago

Mansura Journal;Of College Girls Betrayed and Vile Chewing Gum

If it is true, as it is whispered here, that certain young women in this provincial capital have let their moral standards lapse, then no one wants to believe they fell prey to hormones alone. No, the cause -- the curse, it is said -- was ordinary-looking chewing gum laced with aphrodisiacs capable of transporting the most innocent female into a sexual frenzy.

The potion's source, it is firmly believed here, is an Israel bent on corrupting pure Egyptian youth.

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/10/world/mansura-journal-of-college-girls-betrayed-and-vile-chewing-gum.html

[panader0]

2. I don't think young people need anything to boost their sex-drive.

[crikkett]

3. Better than White Phosphorous. n/t

[LeftishBrit]

11. True! If only aphrodisiac chewing gum was the weapon of choice in wars...

the world would be a better place. 'Make love not war'.

[cboy4]

5. And by the way, the same people -- Hamas -- who encourage the young

to become suicide bombers and blow themselves up so they can become "martyrs" -- are bitching about "corrupting the young."

That's effing rich.

[LeftishBrit]

6. That's hilarious...

And, assuming that the Israelis are worried about the 'demographic timebomb', why would they want to do this anyway? But it's the same the world over; religious fundies can't believe that their darling sons and daughters actually have evil sex, and if they do, it must be because they've been corrupted by wicked foreigners.

Next thing, Sarah Palin will be claiming that the Russians dropped aphrodisiac chewing gum on Alaska!

[Donald Ian Rankin]

7. This strikes me as implausible...

I don't rule it out completely - the CIA plotted to kill Castro with an exploding cigar - but I won't be holding my breath for it to be confirmed, shall we say...

[cboy4]

8. Of course it's implausible. Do you seriously know of an aphrodisiac substance

that's been proven to actually boost sex drive?

I mean if there was such a thing, it would be advertised on TV around the clock.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

9. No; nor do I know of a way to make lethal exploding cigars...

As I said, implausible...

[Vegasaurus]

10. Paranoid much?

This is funny,

[varelse]

12. If Israel intelligence had such a thing

Israel would not require financial assistance from anyone - instead, they'd be providing aid to the USA.

[Fozzledick]

13. Watch out for the combs....

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