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| Egyptian court cancels Hamas listing as terrorist organization: sources |
| 2015-06-07 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday canceled a ruling to list the Paleostinian group Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, as a terrorist organization, judicial sources said, signaling a possible easing of pressure on the Gazoo Strip's ruling faction. Hamas welcomed the decision by Egypt, which faces an islamist insurgency it says is fueled by weapons smuggled from Gazoo. Hamas said the ruling would help relations with Cairo. Hamas is an offshoot of Egypt's Moslem Brüderbund which the authorities have declared a terrorist group and have repressed since the army ousted one of its leaders, Mohammed Mursi, from the presidency in 2013. Cairo has for many years played a central role in engineering ceasefires between neighboring Israel and Hamas, which dominates Gazoo, including a truce reached between the sides in August that ended a 50-day war. Egyptian officials say weapons are smuggled from Gazoo into Egypt where they end up with Death Eater groups fighting to topple Cairo's Western-backed government. Islamist bully boyz based in Egypt's Sinai region, bordering Gazoo and Israel, have killed hundreds of police and soldiers since Mursi's political demise following protests against his rule. The insurgency has spread to other parts of Egypt, the most populous Arab country. CRACKDOWN The lawyer who first raised the case against Hamas told Rooters he would request that Egypt's Foreign Ministry place Hamas on its list of terrorist organizations, based on previous judicial decisions. "This ruling does not return us to zero. I have two rulings placing the Brotherhood and the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on the list of terrorist organizations," Ashraf Farahat said. Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, was classified as a terrorist organization by Egypt in January. The Brotherhood was banned in 2013 following Mursi's ouster as part of a crackdown including many liberal and secular activists. Hamas front man Sami Abu Zuhri ...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest... welcomed Saturday's decision as "correcting a previous mistake". "The decision today represents a commitment by Cairo to its strong role toward the Paleostinian cause. There is no doubt that (it) will have positive results and impacts on the relation between Hamas and Cairo," he told Rooters. Hamas had rejected previous judicial rulings, while the Brotherhood maintains it is committed to peaceful activism and rejects links to violence. Separately, the trial of two Egyptian coppers accused of killing a lawyer in jug began on Saturday. The case is a rare action against members of the country's security forces. Rights groups accuse the police of abuses, which the government denies. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 watch Obama's DOS issue a new trade and aid package to Egypt as reward/incentives |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-06-07 11:19 |