In this July 2002 bombing at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, five Americans were among Hamas' victims.
Hamas must have awakened this morning with a fuzzy head and a dry mouth and realized it didn't mean all those things it said last night about revenge against the U. S. as well as Israel. Now Hamas says it will target Sharon, not the U.S.
You may remeber that Hamas was quick to deny any involvement in the last attack on Americans in Gaza. Perhaps they know their limitations.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP)- The new Hamas leader in Gaza said Wednesday the militant group had no plans to attack U.S. targets, while another top official in the organization said it has targeted Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for death.The Islamic group had made veiled threats it would retaliate against the United States for Israel's assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin on Monday, but it has rarely attacked American targets during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Fearing retaliation, Israel has gone on high alert since Yassin's death, and troops south of the West Bank city of Nablus stopped a Palestinian boy wearing a suicide bomb belt from crossing through a checkpoint. Soldiers removed the explosives-packed belt from the boy, Hussam Abdo, and sappers later detonated it, the army said.
Oh, by the way. Some reports say the Palestinian boy was a teenager. Haaretz reports the Palestinian boy with the suicide belt was 12 years old.
Smart move. Leave us be. Al Qaida is still up to tricks though, and they blame us for this little demon being taken out.
Do you have any sites stating that Hamas actually threatened the US that aren't based in or allied with the US? Seems the only sites I see that claim the US was threatened are US sites.
It'd be nice to have proof from some Arab news station that they threatened us. That would be truely independant (from the US)
I wonder if the kid even knew he was carrying a bomb? It would be just like the MF's (Muslim Fundamentalists) to say "Hey! Kid! There's a reward in it for you if you take this (backpack, belt, package,- fill in the blank with the appropriate one) to this address. Of course they don't tell him his "reward" is to become the latest "martyr". I heard at one time the MF's considered using dogs to do their dirty work instead of strapping bombs to children. But they found they can breed kids faster and they don't get as attached to 'em.
Hamas has a tiger by the tail. What will happen if he lets go?
Something interesting - apparantly Hamas is a "secret" offshoot of the Egyptian Brotherhood, and the secret was released in the form of the obituary for that murder-contractor/spiritual advisor, Sheik Yassin. That makes Hamas a part of the world-wide Jihad, not just a local player.
Belmont Club has interesting posts about Hamas strategy.
http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/
You guys should see this:
http://jihaad.blogspot.com/
Anyone who praises Al-Muhajiroun is someone I am glad to count as an opponent.