| Amman Warms to Hamas | | 2008-08-28 14:24:51 | | Last week, Jordan's minister of information publicly confirmed that senior Jordanian officials have been meeting with Hamas in an effort to "solve pending security issues." These talks represent a significant shift for Amman, since relations between Jordan and the Palestinian group had been frozen for two years, following the arrest of three Hamas members in the kingdom on terrorism and weapons charges. As my colleague David Schenker and I argue in this co-authored piece, while the decision to renew...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Israel And Hamas Reach Gaza Truce Deal | | 2008-06-19 18:06:25 | | GAZA CITY:Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement have agreed to begin a Gaza truce in two days, Egyptian mediators said on Tuesday after months of negotiations to try to halt bloodshed in and around the impoverished territory.The first phase of the ceasefire will go into effect from 0300 GMT on Thursday, a senior Egyptian [...] | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
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| Israel and Hamas ceasefire begins | | 2008-06-18 23:26:40 | | A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has begun, despite a last minute flurry of cross-border attacks.Under the terms of the truce, Israel will ease its blockade on Gaza and talks to release an Israeli soldier held by Hamas are expected to resume.Israeli PM, Ehud Olmert, has warned that the truce, which started at 0600 (0300 GMT), will be fragile.At least 40 rockets and mortars were fired from Gaza at Israel on Wednesday and Israel carried out air strikes.Another militant group, Islamic Jihad, who lost several members to Israeli air strikes in recent days, claimed responsibility for some of the attacks.Key questionsJust an hour before the truce came into effect, an Israeli missile strike killed one Palestinian gunman and wounded another three near Gaza's border fence.The key questions, says the BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Gaza, are: * Will Hamas be able to keep control over all of the disparate militant groups that fire rocket over the border? * Will those groups be able to sho | | By: A Pakistan News | | |
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| (NBC/NEFA) - Voices From the Iraqi Insurgency: Exclusive Interviews with Hamas al-Iraq and the Al-Rashideen Army | | 2008-06-18 15:26:16 | | (See also - MSNBC Deep Background: "Exclusive Interviews with Iraqi Insurgents" ) In an effort to help Americans better understand the evolving dynamics behind the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, I have begun conducting a series of exclusive interviews with prominent Sunni insurgent organizations. The first groups to accept my invitation were Hamas al-Iraq and the Al-Rashideen Army--arguably two of the most influential Sunni insurgent factions fighting in Iraq . Both groups have insisted that they are...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Hamas and Hizbullah Recruiting in Increasingly Islamist Turkey | | 2008-05-25 13:57:00 | | Turkey, a vacation destination for many Israelis and the home of newly launched talks with Syria, is experiencing an upsurge in Islamist programs targeting Israel for destruction.According to Turkish web site Velfecr.com, radical Turkish Islamists have been organizing nightly programs in cities across Turkey under the slogan, “A free Al-Quds [the Muslim term for Jerusalem], A world without Israel.” The halls are decked out with photos of Hizbullah Chief Hassan Nasrallah and former Hamas Chief Ahmed Yassin. PLO flags are draped over the speaker's podium. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| France admits ambassador held talks with Hamas | | 2008-05-21 10:32:00 | | Gulf News - France said on Monday it had held talks with Hamas, in an apparent softening of its support for the US-led policy of isolating the Palestinian Islamist group. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner confirmed a report in the French daily Le Figaro quoting a retired ambassador who it said had met senior Hamas officials last month. "It would be difficult to deny it since the man who is in touch with them has spoken," Kouchner told Europe 1 radio. Kouchner played down the talks between France and Hamas. "They are not relations. They are contacts," he said. "Having contacts is necessary. We had some before the invasion [takeover by Hamas] of Gaza," he said. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Obama: Hamas and Hezbollah have “legitimate claims” | | 2008-05-17 06:26:00 | | The U.S. needs a foreign policy that “looks at the root causes of problems and dangers.” Obama compared Hezbollah to Hamas. Both need to be compelled to understand that “they’re going down a blind alley with violence that weakens their legitimate claims.” He knows these movements aren’t going away anytime soon (”Those missiles aren’t going to dissolve”), but “if they decide to shift, we’re going to recognize that. That’s an evolution that should be recognized.”Via Infidels are Cool | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Deportation Hearings of Hamas-linked Imam Wind Down | | 2008-05-12 17:51:45 | | Deportation proceedings against Imam Mohammad Qatanani of the Islamic Center of Passaic in New Jersey, charged with failing to disclose an earlier arrest and conviction in Israel, wrapped up today. News reports have alternately described Qatanani as "revered," "influential," and "respected." Likewise, all media reports have outlined both the charges against Qatanani and his excuses, bolstered by a coterie of quotes from supporters about how revered, influential and respected Qatanani is. What those...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Closest aide of Hamas hard-line Khaled Meshaal dies in suspicious "accident" | | 2008-04-26 14:23:00 | | DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that Hisham Faiz Abu Libda, Khaled Meshaal’s chef de bureau, was killed in Damascus by a hit-and-run car. Syrian authorities have ordered a blackout on the incident. His was the second mysterious death of a high-profile terrorist in the Syrian capital in recent weeks after Hizballah’s military chief Imad Mughniyeh was blown up in a high-security district on Feb. 13.Abu Labda’s dies the day after the Syria’s North Korean nuclear reactor and its destruction by Israeli raiders were exposed in Washington, will serve as a warning to Damascus. It is Bashar Assad’s second reminder that his undercover agencies are seriously penetrated.Abu Libda organized Meshaal’s contacts with Hamas operations chiefs in Gaza and other places and his regular meetings with Syrian and Iranian officials. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| 'Hamas trying to make bomber drones' | | 2008-04-26 14:18:00 | | The Jerusalem Post - Hamas is trying to assemble bomb-carrying drones, Al-Aharam reported Saturday. The Egyptian newspaper said that the revelation was made by Egyptian security forces during their interrogation of a Muslim Brotherhood terror cell.The interrogators reportedly discovered that the operatives were working with Hamas on the project.Al-Aharam said the security forces learned that as result of the cooperation between the two terror groups, know-how and equipment were acquired to assemble the unmanned planes and were transferred to the Gaza Strip. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Zawahiri criticises Hamas position | | 2008-04-22 14:01:00 | | In a new internet message urging support for Muslim fighters in Iraq and elsewhere, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second-in-command, has criticised Hamas for reportedly being ready for peace with Israel subject to a Palestinian referendum."As for peace agreements with Israel, they [Hamas] spoke of putting it to a referendum despite considering it a breach of the Sharia [Islamic law]," he said in a message posted on Tuesday on the World Wide Web."How can they put a matter that violates Sharia to a referendum?" More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Rice says Carter was warned against meeting with Hamas | | 2008-04-22 12:24:24 | | KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday the Bush administration explicitly warned former President Jimmy Carter against meeting with members of Hamas, the Palestinian faction that controls the Gaza Strip and which is regarded by the U.S. as a terror group.
Rice, attending a regional meeting on Iraq’s security and future, contradicted [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| Egyptian Concerns About Hamas | | 2008-04-21 12:02:40 | | Notwithstanding former President Carter’s embrace of Khaled Masha'l last week, there is little optimism in the region that Hamas is poised to change its stripes. Indeed, after Carter’s departure, Hamas officials rolled back his amazing assessment that the terrorist organization was finally prepared to accept the right of Israel to “live as a neighbor next door in peace.” Judging from the official statements on the Carter visit, Israel is not under any illusions about Hamas....(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Hamas explodes U.S. vehicles in massive attack | | 2008-04-21 10:36:00 | | Hamas used two seized U.S. military vehicles to carry out a large-scale attack this weekend against a major Israeli border crossing, Hamas leaders told WND.The vehicles were captured when Hamas last June took complete control of the Gaza Strip, overtaking all U.S.-backed security compounds in the territory associated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party. The U.S. provided Fatah with weapons, vehicles and large sums of financial and military aid.Yesterday's border attack, the largest terror op in 3 years, was to 'execute mass killings and abductions'. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Hamas rejects Israeli recognition | | 2008-04-21 07:04:23 | | Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal rules out recognition of Israel, after meeting former US President Jimmy Carter.
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| The Links: Hamas For Obama? | | 2008-04-21 00:37:23 | | Some late night weekend linkage:Pennsylvania Polling Average: Clinton +6.1Chris Cillizza looks at the November battleground states.Clinton gets support from OH Dems Tim Ryan and Betty Sutton.She also picks up two add-on supers in NJ.Obama picks up a Nebraska super.McCain's tax, budget plans don't add up.Tom Tancredo takes on the Pope on immigration.McCain suggests Hamas supports Obama. (Ridiculous.)Howard Dean again pushes supers to commit.McCain releases his tax returns.Clinton Labor Sec. Robert Reich backs supports Obama.35,000 supporters showed up to see Obama in Philly.Clinton slams MoveOn and the party's left wing.Former Dem Senators Sam Nunn and David Boren back Obama.McCain uses the Bush 2000 and 2004 fundraising model.Obama went on a whistle-stop tour to end his PA campaign.Have Republicans fallen in line behind McCain?The Obama camp is beefing up its rapid response team.The NBA approves moving the Seattle Sonics. (Disappointing.)This day in history: two students shot and kill | | By: Political Realm | | |
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| Hamas suicide bombers attack Israel-Gaza crossing; 13 hurt | | 2008-04-19 11:05:02 | | KEREM SHALOM, Israel (AP) - Hamas suicide bombers detonated two booby-trapped jeeps at an Israeli border crossing Saturday in what a top army commander said was Hamas’ most ambitious attempt to target Israelis since Israel’s pullout from Gaza in 2005.
Thirteen soldiers were wounded and four Hamas assailants killed in the attack on the Kerem Shalom [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| Hamas wants Obama | | 2008-04-19 10:27:00 | | According to Cnn the McCain campaign has sent a fundraising e-mail to their supporter claiming that Hamas approves Barack Obama's foreign policy, and wants Barack to win come November. If this doesn't get the republicans to wake up and come out and vote in heavy numbers I don't know what will. I see the Rovian fear mongering machine is in full effect here. While Obama may have alluded that he would meet with foreign leaders of Iran,Cuba, N Korea etc without preconditions, Obama has never stated | | By: The Political Point | | |
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| Barack Obama Criticizes Jimmy Carter for Meeting With Hamas | | 2008-04-16 21:06:48 | | Cross posted at Grizzly Groundswell
I find this interesting. In an effort to prove he is strong on terror, Barack Obama criticized Jimmy Carter for meeting with Hamas. Here is what he said about Jimmy Carter’s meeting:
“That’s why I have a fundamental difference with President Carter and disagree with his decision to meet with Hamas,” Obama said. [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
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| Legitimizing Hamas: Carter's Visit Sends the Wrong Message | | 2008-04-16 11:59:15 | | Yesterday, former President Jimmy Carter embraced West Bank Hamas leader Nasser Shaer, and today he is scheduled to meet Mahmoud Zahar, an avowedly militant Hamas leader from Gaza, in Egypt. The parade of Hamas meetings concludes tomorrow, with the former President meeting the overall head of Hamas, Khaled Mishal, in Damascus. As I write in today's Weekly's Standard online: Imagine the Alice in Wonderland scene that will take place later this week, when U.S. Secret Service agents entrusted with protecting...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Carter’s Comfort for Hamas | | 2008-04-13 21:20:07 | | Former President Jimmy Carter’s plans to meet with a major Hamas leader do not technically violate U.S. policy against negotiating with terrorists, but they counter the principle and may well undermine his professed desire to support Middle East Peace efforts. It is long standing U.S policy not to negotiate with terrorists. There are nuances to the policy; it does not preclude contacts and talks. But the bottom line has been that terrorists should not be rewarded for their criminal actions,...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Mr. Carter Goes To HAMAS: Talk About Ineptitude | | 2008-04-10 11:05:00 | | It's got to be the old age thing. Perhaps not enough Omega-3 in the diet or whatever. But senility appears to have taken full hold of ex-President Jimmy Carter. How else does one explain going from winning a Nobel to embracing terrorists?Wait. This is the norm for Carter. Nevermind. Perhaps I was having a senior moment for forgetting this is the kind of thing we've come to expect from him. Eh, maybe he'll get lucky and be provided the opportunity to enjoy the same luxuries the hostages in the Iran takeover enjoyed for about 444 days.Or has the world already forgotten that as easily as they seem to be forgetting what 19 terrorists did on 9/11? I don't suppose there's too many whole recall an incedent involving a boat named the U.S.S. COLE? Or a meager building in Beirut?HAMAS is a TERRORIST Organization Jimmy. And now you want to take a trip to Damascus to have a pleasant little chat with them? That's just great. Wait, this is par for the course too as he seems to have a history of "sup | | By: Hoopy Frood Dude | | |
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| The Howdy Doody Show, HAMAS TV Is Not | | 2008-04-02 10:12:00 | | I guess the "extremist fringe fanatics" that are giving islam a bad name, have enough money to produce multiple children's T.V. shows these days. First we had the Mickey Mouse clone Farfur inciting kids to fight Israel in the name of islam. Shocked?Farfur's show appearances ended when he was gunned down by an actor portraying an Israeli Security agent. Farfur the mouse was then followed up by Nahoul the martyr bee. I suspect you can imagine how that turned out. Then came Assud the Dane/Israeli-eating rabbit. "Shhhh. Be vewy vewy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits."Now we get more "Martyr-vision" style T.V. for kids from HAMAS on al-Aqsa. This time, we get a puppet show of a Palestinian kid taking revenge, wielding the "Sword of ISLAM," and assassinating President Bush for backing Israel. Apparently, repentance isn't acceptable in the show either as pleas for mercy and repentance are ignored. Go figure.The Bush puppet apparently wasn't pure enough to invite the kid to the White House either, as | | By: Hoopy Frood Dude | | |
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| Part IV: CAIR Remains Apologist for Terrorist Hamas, Seeks To Silence Critics | | 2008-03-27 09:42:16 | | To say that The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has contorted logic and language to avoid criticizing its early patron, the terrorist group Hamas, would be damning enough. But the full truth is even worse: CAIR and its leaders have, over the years, actively supported Hamas positions and regularly done their best to discredit critics of militant Islamic activity. Those ties with Hamas are at the center of today's installment in our examination of CAIR's history and activities. Part IV...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Israel Air Force may buy vertical-takeoff planes to dodge Hizballah-Hamas rockets | | 2008-03-18 05:32:00 | | Debka -- Israel’s southern and northern air bases have come within range of rockets from Hizballah in Lebanon and Hamas from the Gaza Strip, respectively, and possibly from the West Bank too. Air landings and takeoffs have therefore become hazardous. Israeli air bases and installations have been fortified against Palestinian rocket attack from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.This information has been kept from the Israeli public as the Olmert government continues to avoid proactive options for knocking out the increasingly dangerous Hamas and Hizballah’s rocket capabilities - boosted by Iran, and remains fixed in defensive mode. This fixation is not lost on Iranian, Syrian, Hizballah and Hamas in charting their assault scenarios against Israel. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Hamas admits that its fighters are trained in Iran | | 2008-03-14 14:55:00 | | Iran Press News -- A senior commander interviewed by The Sunday Times said 300 of the group’s “best brains” had been secretly sent to Tehran.Half are still being trained by Revolutionary Guards. They are learning how to make explosives from everyday items and produce deadlier rockets.The rest have already returned from a Revolutionary Guard base in Tehran. Some have been trained as snipers. Others have learnt to use tunnels in attacks on Israeli forces.“Iran is our mother,” the commander said. “She gives us information, military supplies and financial support.”Seven separate groups of Hamas militants have spent up to six months in Tehran since the training began in 2005. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Hezbollah, Hamas & Fatah Co. | | 2008-03-10 14:44:00 | | The Jerusalem shooting massacre that left eight Jewish seminary students dead yesterday was planned on behalf of the Hezbollah terrorist group by an activist from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah organization, according to senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials speaking to WND.Israel, coordinating with Palestinian intelligence services, has specific information the bloody massacre was financed by Hezbollah and was planned in the West Bank city of Bethlehem by Muhammad Shehadi, a Fatah activist who ran as a Fatah candidate but lost in the 2006 Palestinian elections.The attack reportedly was carried out by an Arab who worked as a driver at the rabbinical seminary and lived in the Jerusalem village of Jable al-Mujabre.World Net Daily via Infidels are Cool | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Hamas placed children on rooftops as human shields preventing Israeli attack on Qassam workshops and warehouses | | 2008-03-08 14:17:00 | | Yediot Ahronot correspondent Itamar Eichner reports in today's edition that an officer in Israeli Military Intelligence revealed in a briefing by FM Livni to foreign ambassadors that "before the IDF attacks Qassam workshops or warehouses it distributes flyers asking the residents to evacuate the area. But Hamas exploits the flyers and places small children on the rooftops in order to foil the attacks. And thus because of this trick the IDF is forced to halt many such bombings at the last moment.""We are working with our hands tied because of all these laws and because we are part of the free world and because this is part of our values," FM Livni said.Via Jihad Watch | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Hamas reivindica autoria de atentado contra escola religiosa em Jerusalém Israel | | 2008-03-07 16:45:07 | |
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“O Hamas reivindicou o atentado da última noite contra uma escola religiosa de Jerusalém, que resultou na morte de oito estudantes, naquele que é considerado o pior dos últimos anos na cidade santa.
“O Hamas anuncia a sua total responsabilidade pela operação em Jerusalém”, adiantou um responsável do [...] | | By: Diario de Viagem | | |
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| Hamas, Detras de la Mascara | | 2008-03-07 06:04:08 | | Documental que trata sobre Hamas, organizacion palestina de tipo religiosa, politica y social que, despues de anos de represion ejercida tanto por parte de las autoridades israeliÂes como palestinas, han ensenado a sus miembros a moverse como una sociedad secreta. | | By: Documentales Tv-ON | | |
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| Israel aims to stamp out missile jihad by destroying Hamas rule of Gaza | | 2008-03-02 03:51:00 | | DEBKAfile’s military sources report the Israeli military command is now targeting Hamas rule of the Gaza Strip as ultimately the only effective way of halting the Palestinian missile offensive against civilian locations. It therefore proposes to systematically destroy Hamas institutions one by one until its rule of Gaza caves in.The IDF has now set itself the following targets:Every Palestinian military and security installation belonging to Hamas, as well as its Al Dawa social welfare branches used as meeting places and the money changers’ places of business.A series of ground operations on the same lines as the Sejayia raid will be launched to drive Hamas and its allied terrorist groups out of northern Gaza – the sites of most missile launches against Ashkelon and Sderot. Once this part of the territory is purged, Israeli military control can be exercised without reoccupation.DEBKAfile’s Palestinian sources report that Hamas leaders are well aware of the IDF’s revamped tact | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Hamas in the spotlight | | 2008-02-27 14:10:05 | | As I wrote today for Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH), this week’s news placed Hamas in the spotlight, with press coverage of key Hamas activity in the West Bank, Egypt and Jordan. While Hamas suffered significant setbacks at the hands of Israeli and Jordanian authorities, the group fared much better in Egypt. In the West Bank, the Israeli military shut a key Hamas charity. In Jordan, officials arrested a group of five Hamas operatives surveiling targets within the Kingdom. But in Egypt...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Hoping That Hamas Is Blamed | | 2008-01-23 16:43:22 | | Reuters: Palestinians blow up border wall, flood into EgyptWell, it had to happen sometimes. And its too late to change course.Israel’s strategyIsrael has been attempting to isolate Hamas and make their government in Gaza look like a failure. Israel, the U.S., and other western powers have been bolstering Mahmoud Abbas’s (semi-)democratic government in the West Bank to solidify this image.The mistake of the strategy – or not?Israel has been making life in Gaza miserable for Gazans, and life will only become exponentially worse in the following weeks and months.By increasing poverty, unemployment, and general dissatisfaction in Gaza, the West is creating the perfect situation for terrorism to grow. Terrorism is like a disease: it grows on dissatisfaction. Israel and the United States will be blamed for the bad conditions. Unless, of course Israel and the West aren’t blamed, and instead, the Hamas government is. That is the Ehud Olmert’s hope, at least.It’s too late nowThis b | | By: Thoughts on the World | | |
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| Guest Post: "Fatah and Hamas, Two Sides of the Same Coin: An Arab-American’s Perspective" | | 2008-01-16 08:08:47 | | The following is a guest post written by Emilio Karim Dabul, an Arab-American and a Contributing Editor with the American Congress for Truth , and is highly recommended by Steven Emerson . The views expressed below are Mr. Dabul's. ------------------ With President Bush’s trip to Israel, and a stopover in the West Bank, it is an appropriate time to ask what he hopes to accomplish with Fatah, a notoriously intransigent and corrupt political party that has murdered more Israelis than any other...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Hamas TV says group has new anti-aircraft unit in Gaza | | 2007-12-26 05:48:00 | | Hamas's military wing has a new anti-aircraft unit intended to combat IAF aircraft operating over the Gaza Strip Channel 10 reported Friday evening.In footage broadcast on Hamas's TV station, operatives were seen wearing uniforms bearing an emblem that read "Anti-Aircraft Force."Channel 10 said that the new unit was believed to be in possession of anti-aircraft missiles. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Summary of Special Panel on Holy Land's Ties to Hamas & Muslim Brotherhood | | 2007-12-14 12:29:59 | | On Tuesday, December 11, the Counterterrorism Foundation , along with the NEFA Foundation and International Assessment and Strategy Center, conducted a special panel, "Infiltration and Deception: The Holy Land Foundation and the Muslim Brotherhood in America," in the halls of Congress before a packed room of experts, law enforcement and intelligence community personnel, Congressional staff, and industry leaders. You can listen to the entire panel discussion and the Q&A through this website . The...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Sentence in Chicago Hamas Trial | | 2007-11-21 14:43:07 | | Abdulhalim Ashqar, who was convicted of obstruction of justice and criminal comtempt in a Hamas-related trial in Chicago earlier this year, was sentenced today to 135 months imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. The sentence was arrived at through application of the Sentencing Guidelines terrorism enhancement based on what the judge thought the trial evidence showed about Ashqar's activities for, and knowledge of, Hamas On February 1, after fourteen days of deliberation, a Chicago jury acquitted Muhammad...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Townsend’s Forgotten Legacy: Blocking Investigations Into Hamas’ U.S. Fundraising Activities | | 2007-11-19 10:39:31 | | Bush Homeland Security Advisor Frances Fragos Townsend resigned today , after more than 4 years in that role. As is customary, President Bush praised his long term aide, stating that Townsend “has ably guided the Homeland Security Council. She has played an integral role in the formation of the key strategies and policies my administration has used to combat terror and protect Americans.” The Associated Press described just such an instance: When Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold called on...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Hamas Is Producing a New Generation of Palestinian Extra-Power, Extra-Range Missiles in Gaza and West Bank | | 2007-11-10 13:05:00 | | In the last few weeks, the Palestinian Islamist Hamas has succeeded in tricking Israeli military intelligence into believing that the IDF forays behind the lines in Gaza had slowed down their Qassam missile offensive against Israeli towns and villages.It was a ruse. DEBKAfile’s military sources disclose that stocks of the primitive Qassam missiles are low because Hamas has stopped making them and is now fully engaged in setting up the production of a new generation of missiles upgraded to a range of up to 25 km, armed with 3-kilo warheads - one-and a half times the range of the types in current use and more than double their explosive power - and greater accuracy.Production lines are also going up in several towns on the West Bank, the territory governed by Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority. According to intelligence sources, the Hamas target is to turn out enough new missiles in 4 to 6 weeks – preferably in time for the US-promoted Middle East conference in Annapolis at the e | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Egypt's options when it comes to Hamas' control over Gaza | | 2007-07-17 22:47:00 | | Hamas' control over the Gaza Strip is posing new challenges for Egypt. The least of these challenges is the concern that Hamas' rule over Gaza would benefit Egypt's banned Islamic movements, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas' control over Gaza brings to Egyptian borders two security threats that have been, for years, kept at bay. Hamas' seizure of Gaza is likely to grant Iran additional access to the core of the Middle East. The cornered Hamas is likely to consolidate its alliance with Iran, which would bring the rising tension between Iran, the United States and Israel closer to Egypt. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Hamas trying to take over the Temple Mount | | 2007-07-02 19:52:59 | | The Israeli Shin Bet has stopped Hams from infiltrating and taking over the Temple Mount. Hamas's plans for Temple Mount foiled By YAAKOV KATZ Hamas's attempts to take over control of the Temple...
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| Hamas Fallacies | | 2007-06-28 20:53:00 | | 1. Hamas is not short of cash. Suitcases full of banknotes pass through the Rafah crossing. Hamas’ masked gunmen can be seen every day smartly outfitted in clean black uniforms, brandishing new weapons with no shortage of ammunition and carrying personal gear in top condition.2. Pouring US and Israeli hopes and investments into the Abbas-Dahlan outfit ended in disaster in Gaza. The Fatah-forces built and trained under the supervision of an American general were utterly humiliated in Gaza.3. Not only Iran and Syria, but six Arab governments, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, refuse to cut their ties with the Hamas regime or hold back funds. So forget about an Arab boycott of Hamas. Abbas’ main base of residence and personal business is located in Doha.4. In the key West Bank towns of Greater Nablus, Tulkarm, Qaiqilya, Ramallah, Hebron and East Jerusalem, Hamas is not only popular, but works hand in glove with radical factions of Abbas’ own Fatah al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades.5. Neit | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| 'Hamas coup was coordinated with Iran' | | 2007-06-25 10:23:00 | | The Palestinian Authority intelligence chief on Sunday accused Iran of close involvement in Hamas violent takeover of Gaza, saying Teheran funded the group and trained hundreds of their gunmen. The intelligence chief, Tawfiq Tirawi, said the battle for Gaza earlier this month was carefully orchestrated. "It was a joint program with Iran," he said.On Saturday, Hamas hardliner Mahmoud Zahar was quoted as telling a German news magazine that he had personally carried $42 million in cash from Iran across the Gaza-Egypt border. More...The Threat to Lebanon - Joseph Hitti | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Recapture of the Philadelphi Route Is Proposed to stop the Hamas Horror Show from Moving forward | | 2007-06-25 09:59:00 | | More and more Israeli commentators are frankly admitting that Israel’s pull-out from Gaza in the summer of 2005 was an open invitation to the forces of radical Islam to set up house in the defenseless territory. A former Israeli national security adviser Gen (ret.) Giora Eiland argues now that the influx of tons of smuggled weapons and explosives into Gaza Strip must be halted at any price. There is a real danger of Hamas importing reinforcements from Syria and Lebanon for its next offensive. Egypt will, as usual, stand aside. Eiland was the only defense official at the time to oppose disengagement as a recipe for bringing Iran and al Qaeda to Israel’s borders. Having been proved correct, he now proposes to limit the damage by recapturing the Philadelphi route and the southern outskirts of Palestinian Rafah, flatten the houses there and evict 15,000-20,000 people. This option would give Israel the chance to start combating Hamas at a point from which the IDF enjoys a position of st | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Hamas Completes Gaza Takover, Fatah Men Flee to Egypt | | 2007-06-14 17:57:00 | | Hamas continued its campaign of destroying Fatah in Gaza and killings its leading officials. Hamas terrorists fired mortar shells and rockets at the three remaining Fatah compounds in Gaza City – those of the PA’s Preventive Security Service, Intelligence Service and the Presidential Guard, as well as Fatah chief and Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s main compound. Hamas said it was in control of the Preventative Security compound and would be holding Friday's Islamic prayers in Abbas's former office. In Rafiah, Hamas blew up the Fatah headquarters and declared it had taken over the town. Fatah was beaten so badly that Egyptian reports said 40 PA officers broke through the Gaza-Egypt border fence and fled to Sinai for safety. The Hamas-affiliated Popular Resistance Committee announced Thursday that it had taken control of the border to prevent weapons smuggling (to Fatah) and mass emigration by local Gazans. More...Hamas to convert Palestinian Security HQ into mosq | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| UPDATE: Hamas Mickey | | 2007-05-10 14:18:27 | |
Well, it appears that Hamas has pulled its children’s TV show that starred a Mickey Mouse look alike. They said something to the effect, “It did not represent their struggle properly.”
Reported by ABC news
Technorati Tags: Hamas, Mickey Mouse | | By: TubaPants | | |
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| Hamas vs Disney | | 2007-05-10 01:12:57 | | From the AP:Hamas 'Mickey Mouse' wants Islam takeover By DIAA HADID, Associated Press WriterTue May 8, 4:59 PM ET Hamas militants have enlisted the iconic Mickey Mouse to broadcast their message of Islamic dominion and armed resistance to their most impressionable audience — little kids. A giant black-and-white rodent — named "Farfour," or "butterfly," but unmistakably a Mickey ripoff — does his high-pitched preaching against the U.S. and Israel on a children's show run each Friday on Al-Aqsa TV, a station run by Hamas. The militant group, sworn to Israel's destruction, shares power in the Palestinian government. "You and I are laying the foundation for a world led by Islamists," Farfour squeaked on a recent episode of the show, which is titled, "Tomorrow's Pioneers." "We will return the Islamic community to its former greatness, and liberate Jerusalem, God willing, liberate Iraq, God willing, and liberate all the countries of the Muslims invaded by | | By: Dyre Portents | | |
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| Hamas’ Mickey | | 2007-05-08 21:27:58 | |
Hamas has started using a knock off Mickey Mouse to teach the children of their state a little bit of one sided thinking in the matter of religion and the world on the television. Its purely propaganda to keep the youth of their country involved in the fight against everyone basically ‘not on their side’. (I’m keeping things generic here for the sake of brevity and so I don’t muck up the facts) It really shouldn’t be all that shocking, and it wasn’t to me when I heard and saw it… but there it is. A political group in the middle east telling their children to fight against the ‘Jewish Occupiers’ and to … if I remember it correctly, ‘Liberate Iraq’…
Give me a break.(inserting foot into mouth and spouting pure personal opinion) The US would hardly be in Iraq at the moment if people would just act civil with one another, sure there would probably be a small base or two… but what would you rather ha | | By: TubaPants | | |
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| Bloodbath in Gaza: Hamas Urges Attacks Against America | | 2006-11-08 18:14:00 | | Hamas' exiled leader, Khaled Mashaal, says a 2005 truce with Israel is finished and appealed to all Palestinian factions to resume attacks: "There must be a roaring reaction so that we avenge all those victims." Israeli tank shells ripped through a residential neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, killing at least 18 members of an extended family, including eight children as | | By: The Truth | | |
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