Hamas Rejects Support of al-Zawahri

[norml]

Hamas Rejects Support of al-Zawahri

CAIRO, Egypt, Mar. 5, 2006
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(AP)


(AP) Hamas officials shrugged off the support offered by al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, saying Sunday the Palestinian militant group has a different ideology than the terror network and won election through a moderate approach to Islam.

In a video aired Saturday by Al-Jazeera, Ayman al-Zawahri called for jihad, or holy war, to reclaim Palestinian lands and implied al-Qaida's support for Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel despite international pressure since the militant Islamic group swept parliamentary elections in January.

A Hamas official in Gaza, speaking on condition of anonymity because the movement did not want to formally respond to al-Zawahri's support, said: "Hamas believes that Islam is completely different to the ideology of Mr. al-Zawahri."

"Our battle is against the Israeli occupation and our only concern is to restore our rights and serve our people. We have no links with any group or element outside Palestine," the official said.


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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/05/ap/world/mainD8G5MT3O1.shtml

[xchrom]

1. careful -- we don't want anyone to think that hamas is anything

but a terrorist organization -- and not the legitimately elected representatives of the palestinian people.

[ECH1969]

2. Egypt, Iran, and alot of other ME countries would cut them off

if they ever got too close to al-Qaeda.

[madrchsod]

3. that meeting with the russians paid off..

isn`t interesting that bush has made russia a player in the middle east again?




check the text on

http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/


BAGnewsNotes

[bemildred]

4. More like Bush is impotent to keep Pooty-Poot out of it now.

Talk about shooting your dick off while hunting quail, Bush can't even aim as good as Cheney when he's drunk. Come to think of it, I'll bet Cheney's behind our clumsy and delusional foreign policy disasters too, I keep forgetting Bush is just a puppet.

[saigon68]

25. Bush Puppet

Bush is simply an empty vessel, a hollow shell, a person of weak character and limited life experience who is therefore highly susceptible to the control of a small, determined group of ideological hard-liners bent on asserting U.S. power more forcefully in the world.

[Wordie]

5. Interesting thread.

:popcorn:

[mom cat]

6. Sure is. The attempts to demonise the elected represenatives of the

Palastinians are running into trouble.

[LynnTheDem]

8. Funny too how most Americans never ever mention the good work

that Hamas does in many areas.

Oh wait, that's like mentioning all the good Saddam Hussein did; if ya mention that, ya must be a Saddam loyalist.

Must only demonize, must never look at all sides of any issue. Dammit I always forget that!

[brentspeak]

9. Yeah, forget the limbs and heads scattered about by Hamas bus bombs

and let's instead focus on Hamas' charitable work.

:wow:

[LynnTheDem]

10. Yep exactly. Like we should focus ONLY on America's genociding

of hundreds of thousands, and ignore any & all good works! EXACTLY right!

NEVER EVER look at all sides of any issue if you're an American; it just ain't the American way!

RAH! RAH! RAH!

:eyes:

And ya wonder why the world hates us???

[megatherium]

15. Because we support a Jewish homeland? nt

[cantstandbush]

11. Hamas was initially a "political" group, turned militant by Israeli

incursions into Palestinian territories and atrocities against Palestinians. How can anyone blame the occupied for raising a militia to protect its people and to respond to terror against it people? Of course, the origins and history of Hamas will never be truthfully told by the oppressors of the Palestinian people.

[brentspeak]

12. er...

:wow:

[Zhade]

14. Er...it's true.

Israel supported Hamas as a rival to the PLO at one point.

You didn't know?

[Colorado Blue]

13. er....

[StrafingMoose]

21. AFAIK, Hamas was religious from the very...

beginning. Sheikh Yassin was always more into the Islam cause than the Palestinian, nationalist cause. First Islam, then Palestine. In my opinion, that's why Israel funded it in the beginning. Religious cause headed by theocracies are lost in advance (or will have a hard time making viable diplomatic, economic links with other nations), while nationalist cause can be more challenging -- which Israel didn't want.

[wordpix]

27. forget blowing up weddings & cafes & buses---but if Hamas wants to follow

the rule of law, I'm all for it.

[mom cat]

17. Some people need black/white, up/down thinking. It is a

severe cognitive limitation.

[Malikshah]

7. Actually-- it's quite dull

Folks must be watching oscars

Give it time.

The froth will start flowing :)

[Wordie]

20. Few really care about this, imho.

[Malikshah]

23. Interesting...HAMAS...boring topic...al-Zawahiri...boring topic

Trying to link al-Qa'ida to everything from global warming (if it existed in their eyes) to hang nails..

Yup-- folks aren't interested...or they are just *selectively* interested.

[Township75]

16. What's really interesting...

is what the f*ck is that thing in/on the center of his forehead in that picture?!

And why doesn't that man make use of the Al-Qaida dental insurance plan? Or maybe due to decreases in revenue Al-Qaida doesn't have one, or had to cut back on the insurance plan and other benefits.

These are the real questions that need to be asked and answered.

[The Stranger]

18. All non-White Muslims are the same.

War on Terror! Kill 'em all and let Gawud sort 'em out!

:sarcasm:

[StrafingMoose]

19. Hah, setting up Hamas ?

I like how al-Qaeda mostly works in favor if it's supposed enemy. Of course, Hamas accepting support of Zawahiri wouldn't have played exactly into Israel/USA's hand, right ? :sarcasm:

[cantstandbush]

22. Something this important ought to have more recommendations on DU

This is one of the most important news breaks this year yet the MSM is having little to say about it and DU also. I find that amazing. Especially when we all know if Hamas and Al-Zawahri had "struck a deal" it would be breaking news 24/7 on FOX, CNN, and MSNBC, and Rush and Hannity would be having a field day. We say here that we want peace and justice in the ME...but who are most DUers? It's making my head swim. So sad.

[The Stranger]

24. It doesn't fit into the Neocon agenda.

[wordpix]

28. you're right about that---no oil (yet) in Israel, West Bank or Gaza

[EwokMyWeewok]

26. the real issue is bush and the neocons

manipulating it all for oil profits for themselves and their cronies.
its all superficial. the pnac is at the core.