Hamas denounces killing of Bin Laden

[oberliner]

Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, on Monday denounced the U.S. killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

"We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior," Haniyeh told reporters, according to Reuters. "We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-bin-laden-hamas-20110501,0,1332635.story

[seabeyond]

1. as do some duers.... nt

[oberliner]

4. I think that is a stretch

Have some duers actually expressed those sentiments?

[seabeyond]

5. "We condemn the assassination

We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood."


for oil

no, not really a stretch

[cliffordu]

2. Fuck Hamas. Arab holy warrior my huge white ass.

[sufrommich]

3. Fuck them. They're cretins just like Osama. nt

[Ikonoklast]

6. Hearing footsteps? Jumping at shadows now?

Good.

Maybe you should reconsider murdering innocent people as a political tool, you asshole.

[Common Sense Party]

7. Hamas' concern is duly noted. n/t

[blondeatlast]

8. "Thanks, Izzy--now, I'm sorry to cut our visit short, but I have a party to go to.

Don't let the door hit ya--you know the rest!"

[originalpckelly]

9. What, not a word about him living it up in a mansion instead of a cave?

The only thing that's good that might come from this is the propaganda that he was living in a mansion, like a decadent westerner, rather than a cave.

[Douglas Carpenter]

10. Abbas Palestinian government welcomes bin Laden death, Hamas deplore

Abbas government welcomes bin Laden death, Hamas deplore

In the occupied West Bank, the Western-backed Palestinian Authority welcomed the death in a U.S. raid in Pakistan of the al Qaeda leader and mastermind of the September 11 attacks.

"Getting rid of bin Laden is good for the cause of peace worldwide but what counts is to overcome the discourse and the methods -- the violent methods -- that were created and encouraged by bin Laden and others in the world," PA spokesman Ghassan Khatib said.

In the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, Haniyeh accused the United States of pursuing a policy based on "oppression and the shedding of Arab and Muslim blood."

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Political analysts in the Gaza Strip said Haniyeh was attempting through his remarks to cool tensions in the territory with al Qaeda-inspired Salafi groups. They consider Hamas too moderate and waged gun battles recently with its forces.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/02/us-binladen-palestinians-idUSTRE7414SS20110502