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| Hamas doesn't want their snuffies to go... |
| 2002-05-07 |
| Those slated for deportation came under some last-minute pressure not to accept. The leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, called one of his followers in the compound, Aziz Abayat, and told him that in going into exile, he would not have the group's backing. "Sheik Yassin told us that ... anyone who accepts exile does not represent the movement's position," Abayat said. That position involves fighting to the last man, the last bullet, except for Sheikh Yassin, of course. He's to valuable to the Movement to explode. A senior leader of Arafat's Fatah movement in the West Bank, Hussein al-Sheik, criticized the Palestinian Authority for accepting exile as an option, saying it set a dangerous precedent. And killing them sets a better precedent? Oooh. Great Minds of the 21st Century at Work! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |