Tunnels are conduit for weapons to Gaza

RAFAH,Egypt-Hidden inside a bedroom closet just feet from a crib and a bed,an Egyptian army officer lifted floor tiles to reveal a hole:the entrance to a tunnel for smuggling weapons extending hundreds of yards across the border into the Gaza Strip.Tunnel entrances turn up in homes all over this border town.Another house nearby had two,one hidden in the kitchen and another in a backyard duck pen-small holes in the earth,just wide enough for a person to crawl through,dug with homemade tools.Egypt has been under stepped-up pressure from the US and Israel to stop the flow of weapons into Gaza since the Palestinian militant group Hamas seized control of the coastal territory in June.But Egypt says it needs help from the U.S. and Israel,including more equipment to track the many passageways dug under the border and money to deploy more guards."We can't stop all smuggling.We need more machines,we need double the number of border guards,"Egyptian army Col. Amr Mamdouh told reporters during a rare tour of the border area Sunday.
"Anywhere you stamp your foot on the ground,you will find tunnels,"he said.The eight-mile Gaza-Egypt border is the sole land connection between the territory and the outside world not controlled by Israel,making it crucial to the West's attempts to isolate Hamas and prevent it from getting arms and money.The militant group is pressuring Cairo to at least let money slip through to bolster its rule...
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