Hamas nabs two Islamic Jihad men preparing to fire mortars at Israel
Two militants preparing to fire mortars into Israel were detained Saturday by interior security officials of the Islamic Hamas movement, reported a group to which the militants claim membership.
The statement, from the Saraya al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, announced the arrest of their members Saturday, reporting that the two men had been arrested as they engaged an Israel Defense Forces unit along the border of Israel and the eastern Gaza Strip.
Hamas, which has held de facto control of the Gaza Strip since June 2007, has stopped rocket attacks on Israel, in an unofficial, unannounced and fragile ceasefire with Israel that was reached January 18 at the end of the last Israeli military offensive into Gaza.
I wonder if this had anything to do with that:
Hard time for Islamic Jihad: Budget cut in Syria means terror group can’t meet payroll
GAZA CITY — The Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad is down on its luck due to a financial crisis.
Palestinian sources said Jihad has failed to acquire most of its budget from headquarters in Syria. The sources said this has resulted in Jihad’s failure to pay operatives and purchase weapons for attacks on Israel.
“Only aid from Iran continues to come in, and that too is only for bereaved families and charities,” Islamic Jihad deputy secretary-general Ziad Al Nahla said.
Al Nahla said Israel and the Palestinian Authority have confiscated millions of dollars in donations from Arab and Muslim states. In an interview to the Saudi-based daily A-Sharq Al Awsat, Al Nahla said the funds had been transferred to Palestinian and Jordanian banks in the West Bank.
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The funding shortage has not paralyzed Jihad activities in the Gaza Strip. But the sources said Jihad has been forced to curtail missile and rocket strikes on Israel from the Gaza Strip amid the decline in funding.
“We can still guarantee minimum requirements,” Al Nahla said. “The money reaches the Gaza Strip via the tunnels, just like the weapons.”
Iran was said to be the largest donor of Jihad, established in 1987. Several Gulf Cooperation Council states, particularly Qatar, were said to have sent funds to Jihad as well.
The sources said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has proposed a joint command of Hamas and Jihad. They said IRGC envisioned Jihad establishing units in Hamas’s military in the Gaza Strip in an effort to enhance the combat ability of Iran’s proxies.
Jihad leaders have been divided over the IRGC proposal. Critics said Jihad would be eliminated in any merger with Hamas.
Tags: Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Qatar, tunnels
first. i smell a rat, this is bullshit,
they have done this to make their selves look good in the eyes of obama.
i wouldent be surprised if they hadent had some advise on this, you know to get the old peace process going again so old bummer can seal his legarcy.
look world hamas wants peace, they have proved it,
yes we can deal with them.
you know the same old worn out crap. and the morons will lap it up.
re: #2 by justin case
It’s crazy that they can pull that off with the masses. But they have. Education is the key.
U.S. Citizen Living in Tehran Said to Be Arrested
If you want to see how bad LGF has sunk, check out this thread (remember to copy paste it into your browser) and pay attention to CJ’s post #64. Can you believe that LGF has gone down to this level of actually speaking up against attacks on Islam (granted that the BNP is a bunch of low lifes)? Also note how wussified most of the posters are on LGF and how they walk on egg shells in case they offend The Great Leader.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/34163_BNP_Leader_Griffin-_Islam_is_a_Cancer_Requiring_Global_Chemotherapy/comments/#ctop
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re: #45 spudly
Even the moderates are forced to admit that the only allowed punishment for apostates is DEATH.
Then how do you explain the fact that there are thousands of apostate Muslims in the US who are not living under a sentence of death? If Islam is “fundamentally violent,” shouldn’t those people all be dead?
If there is no possibility of moderation, how are those apostates able to live out in the open?
BTW, being against a set of ideas (Islam) is not racist. Racism requires that the victim be persecuted for an indelible trait. Not saying that suborning murder is OK, it’s not, but it’s not racism—calling Arabs a cancer would be racist.
Nick Griffin is a stone-cold racist, by any definition of the word.
re: #5 by Speranza
Is he suggesting that islam is peace and it is wrong to question that?
was spudly banned? heh
re: #5 by Speranza
To whomever it may concern:You know what,heres my take on Islam. It has as much merit as Communism.When I meet one from either belief system I find trustworthy we’ll let you know but don’t hold your breath. Sue me lefturds.
Don’t worry folks. The Jihadi Fundraising campaign will begin again in earnest when Obi makes it “easier for muslims in America to perform zakat”.
re: #6 by LanceKates
The old Charles Johnson would have agreed that Islam was a “Religion of Peace” /not
7. vagabond trader
Islam sucks and a dirt bag like the BNP saying that Islam sucks does not make it not suck just because he said it.
Is this the same Charles Johnson?
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re: #145 SevoGuy
I’m not going to stand for people advocating banning books at my website. Do it again and your account will be history.
re: #5 by Speranza
When you click on that link you get an animated cartoon singing “you are an idiot”.
re: #10 by mjazz
Yes I thought you knew that you must copy paste it into your browser. It is CJ’’s childish way of harassing us here.
re: #9 by Speranza
don’t ban books, just opposing viewpointed posters.
re: #7 by vagabond trader
Speranza, of course I was not directing my blather at you!
re: #12 by LanceKates
1000 friggin updings.
re: #13 by vagabond trader
Oh I know that.