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| Hamas to visit Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia |
| 2006-02-04 |
| The Palestinian militant Islamist group Hamas, which won the Palestinian legislative elections last month, plans to send emissaries to South America to seek financial and political support, a Brazilian newspaper reported. The O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper said Hamas planned to send envoys to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela. South America is home to large Palestinian immigrant communities. Hamas wants to reach out to South American leaders "to disabuse them of the view that we are terrorists and to demonstrate that the problem is the Israeli occupation," a Hamas spokesman, Abu Kuhri, told the paper THursday. Kuhri said senior Hamas leaders would travel to the region seeking support for the Palestinian cause, as well as potential investors. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 I thought Hispano-America was Al Qaeda territory? Are they willing to share? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-02-04 20:07 |
| #2 Actually, I think that it's good to see them working together. No matter what you heard most of these countries are economic basket cases. They may give money to Hamas but they will have to give up something at home. How long will it take the public to realize that funding terrorists is a bad thing? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-02-04 10:42 |
| #1 This is a piece of news that we can do without! The boomers are getting progressively closer. Creeping Alanism spreads itself more intimately with the likes of MS13, Chavezistas and blowboy Morales - be worried, be real worried. |
| Posted by: Carlos Menem 2006-02-04 10:04 |