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| Hamas states it will do more kidnappings |
| 2005-09-30 |
| In an exclusive interview with WorldNetDaily yesterday, Hamas senior spokesman Sami Abu Zahri taunted Israel for its vulnerability to rocket attacks and warned that the terrorist group plans to kidnap more Israeli citizens just days after it claimed responsibility for the abduction and murder of a Jerusalem resident. Zahri also told WND Hamas maintains "good relationships" with Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Lebanese Zahri claimed Israel does not have the military capability to stop Hamas' Qassam rockets from flying out of Gaza and hitting nearby Jewish communities. "Israel has always tried to stop Qassam attacks and she always failed to do so, even while using the most sophisticated technological and military tools. ... Hamas succeeded in creating a new military equation against Israel." Following Israel's assassination this week of a senior Islamic Jihad commander, Hamas' Gaza leader Mahmoud al-Zohar vowed to halt all attacks from Gaza. But Zuhri said Hamas will only cease rocket attacks "as long as the enemy [Israel] is committed to stopping its escalation." Zuhri took the occasion of the interview to again blame Israel for an explosion at a Hamas victory rally in Gaza last week that killed 21 people, even though the Palestinian Authority Tuesday announced Hamas mistakenly caused the blast. "The Israeli occupation is fully responsible for the rally massacre," Zuhri said. "Photos show and prove that an Israeli aircraft was flying above the area where the rally was happening. Also the rockets we bring to our rallies never contain live explosives." . A PA probe found Hamas members who mishandled homemade rockets were responsible for the rally explosion, which Hamas reportedly then used as pretext for launching a barrage of Qassam rockets against Israeli Negev communities. Hamas this week admitted to kidnapping and killing Jerusalem resident Sasson Nuriel, releasing a video of Hamas members interrogating the Jewish merchant with a blindfold strapped around his head. Zuhri warned Hamas will kidnap more Israelis unless Palestinian prisoners are freed and the Jewish state ceases to "Therefore if we will not succeed in getting our prisoners freed in peaceful ways and through negotiations, we will do everything necessary to liberate them, including kidnapping more Israelis." |
| Posted by:Blitzen |
| #7 Oh, that was Me; I forgot to reset the cookie. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-09-30 20:48 |
| #6 I don't know who said it first (and I don't have time to research it), but the fundamental difference between the Israelis and Palestinians is: the Israelis could wipe out the Palestinians but won't, and the Palestinians would wipe out the Israelis but can't. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-09-30 17:03 |
| #5 Israel states it will do more Hamas killing. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-09-30 16:56 |
| #4 then Zahri went and hid under his daughters' bed |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-30 14:56 |
| #3 For the last attack, Israel distributed leaflets telling the civilians to leave, cuz Israel was gonna unleash a can o' whoopass. And they did. Expect more of the same. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-09-30 13:41 |
| #2 God this makes me sick. This ignorant bastard believes his own propaganda! Israel has MORE than enough capability what it lacks is the moral callousness to do it. How long do you think that it would take Israel to level anything within Qassam range of the border? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2005-09-30 11:05 |
| #1 Zahri claimed Israel does not have the military capability to stop Hamas' Qassam rockets from flying out of Gaza and hitting nearby Jewish communities. Now that the Israeli citizenry are out of Gaza, the task potentially becomes much, much easier. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-09-30 10:59 |