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Hamas chief Meshaal faults international community for Gaza (Extra)

Jun 15, 2007, 20:55 GMT

Damascus - Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Meshaal on Friday held the international community responsible for the outbreak of violence in Gaza and called for dialogue between Hamas and Fatah, in his first public comments since fierce clashes between the rival factions renewed last week.

Meshaal called the current situation 'grave and important,' in a press conference Friday evening in the Syrian capital Damascus. He added that 'Palestinians wouldn't accept dividing their land, Gaza for Hamas and the West Bank for Fatah.'

Hamas' armed wing seized full control of the Gaza Strip on Thursday after driving Fatah security forces out in intense clashes that killed more than 100 people during the week. Fatah retaliated by killing and arresting Hamas members in the West Bank - a Fatah stronghold.

'Both Fatah and Hamas factions belong to the nation. Home is for all,' Meshaal said. 'Whoever is conspiring against us will not succeed.'

Meshaal said that they in Hamas respect their 'fellows' in Fatah, who are partners in the 'resistance.'

Hamas, Meshaal says, didn't have any intentions to take over the Palestinian Authority or rebel against the Palestinian political system.

Meshaal, who leads Hamas' political bureau in exile in Syria, pointed accusing fingers at 'powers deriving their strength from foreign entities aiming to make the unity government fail.'

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday dissolved the Hamas-led unity government in response to Hamas' takeover of Gaza.

According to Mesh'al, 'lying off the Hamas government will not solve the disunity' in the Palestinian territoris.

Mesh'al said Hamas wouldn't approve the deployment of international troops in Palestine.

Meanwhile, Arab foreign ministers held an emergency meeting Friday evening to discuss the escalating situation in the Palestinian territories as well as in Lebanon.

© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur


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well read?Jun 15th, 2007 - 21:43:53

Reading this makes me wonder whether Khaled Meshaal is a student of Geobbels.

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GAZA, THE WEST BANK...THEN JERUSALEM!Jun 15th, 2007 - 22:34:02

'The era of justice and Islamic rule have arrived!' A HAMAS spokesman in the Gaza Strip declared referring to the Islamists’ victory over the Zionist collaborators of Fatah. It is a victory of the people of The Almighty GOD over the forces of Socialism, Communism, atheistic secularism and corruption. It is another victory of good over evil, of truth over lies, of Islam over Christendom, her bastard child Israel and their lackeys. The Fatah troops and police were routed because, like the soldiers of Satan (U.S./U.K. Coalition in Afghanistan and Iraq), the Fatah fighters are materialists who love this temporal world and fear death, whereas the warriors of The Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) are true believing Muslims who are fearless and whose goal is victory or martyrdom; the latter being preferable to the former because death unites the person with their Beloved GOD (ALLAH) and those who die fighting in defense of Islam get many blessings in the hereafter. Despite their military might and technical superiority, the Occidentals and Israelis will never defeat the Muslims. Today the Gaza Strip, tomorrow the West Bank, then…Jerusalem! Without the U.S., and to a lesser degree the U.K., there could be no Racist Zionist State of Israel. No wonder there is a Star of David (made up of 13 stars above eagle's head) on the Great Seal of the United States: the U.S. allowed the Zionist state of Israel to be illegally established on Palestinian lands. The U.S. watches as Israelis ethnically cleanse Arab lands. The U.S. supported Israel's illegal land confiscation after the 6-Day War. The U.S. gives Israel billions of U.S. dollars in economic and military aid. The U.S. is silent as the Zionists build illegal settlements on land that Palestinians were forced off of. The U.S. stands with Israel as the Zionists continue to violate the human rights of Palestinian men, women and children. The U.S. continues its unconditional support of the Zionists despite the fact that the Palestinians are being treated worse than the Blacks in South Africa were under Apartheid. There will never be peace in the Middle East until there is justice for the Palestinians, and there will be no justice for the Palestinians until Israel is destroyed, which will happen. But it will not be a Muslim army that destroys Israel, it will be The Almighty GOD. GOD will destroy Israel because the Israelis disobey The Law. Most Israelis are secular-minded and irreligious, many violate The Sabbath, fornicate and condone homosexuality. Some Israelis even eat pork. These, and other sinful actions by the Israelis incur the wrath of GOD. Also, the mistreatment of the Palestinians angers GOD. One would think that Ashkenazi (European) Jews would be particularly sensitive to violating peoples human rights, but evidently they (Ashkenazi Jews) do not speak out about the inhumanly brutal way that the Arabs are treated by the Israeli government. After all, it is the suffering of the Jews of Europe at the hands of the Nazis that is the cause of Palestinian troubles. It is hard to understand why the Palestinians have to suffer because of the crimes of the Nazis. A part of Germany should have been given to the Jews as a homeland instead of Arab Palestine. In the Middle East there must be justice for the people of Palestine. If there is no justice there will be no peace. GOD will not allow the Israelis to live in peace with their Arab neighbors unless they repent to GOD and obey The Law. All over the world an Islamic revolution is taking place. The hearts and minds of the Muslims are breaking the shackles of colonialism. Brave Islamic warriors are standing up to the Occidental forces of racialism and economic oppression. Last year (The Party of GOD/Hezbullah) and today (Fatah ul-Islam) in Lebanon; right now in Afghanistan and Iraq, the neo-Crusaders, the Zionists and their proxies have been defeated, or are now suffering military losses to the brave Muslim fighters. The Afghanis and the Iraqis are proud peoples who refuse to be subjugated by any infidel invaders. Soon the Crucifixers will be forced into an humiliating and shameful retreat. The Occidental minions of Satan will be expelled from all Islamic lands and seas. U.S. President George W. Bush’s neo-Crusader War on Islam is proving to be a terrible waste of human lives and money. Islam is the only obstacle preventing the Occidentals and their bastard child Israel from economic and social domination of the world. Hence Islam must be destroyed! But The Light of Islam will never be extinguished. Islam is the fastest growing religion on earth. Muslims around the world are turning away from the devilish ideologies, philosophies and schisms of the West and seeking answers and guidance in the teachings of The Holy Qur’an and the example of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and mercy to his family). Muslim populations are growing much faster than any other faith. The heroic Egyptian martyr, Lieutenant Colonel Khalid al Islambuli said it best, “ISLAM FOR THE WORLD!”

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exemplaryJun 15th, 2007 - 22:40:02

See post above for a vivid example of a religious nutcase.

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NoharnessJun 16th, 2007 - 00:22:23

Now you know why many of us refer to this as Islamo-fascism. The description fits and, yes, I'm sure he studied Geobbels or some Arabic derivative thereof. It's pretty good piece if you're into syncretic creativity.

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Where is the money?????Jun 16th, 2007 - 11:12:19

Follow the money and you should see the leaders of the fundaMentals Islamic organizations. They are the first to the $$$$ banks.....
The first to tell their followers to just blow-up,
But the last to lead their people into martyrdom: They direct from their airconditioned suites, and plush bank offices.

Why, I ask, does Hamas, Hizbollah, and the other radical
Islamic action groups sends their children to detonate themselfs as bombs?
This is why these groups want to keep the people ignorant and uneducated, Just teach them a distorted version of the Quaran
THen these terrorists can continue having stupid people sending their children to meet an Allah.
But if Allah is who they say do you think that he will be kind to them because of all their hatred for their fellow man?
One last question:
When dying as a martyr is seen as glorious,
why are so few of the self-proclaimed political and religiuos leaders unwilling to join Allah and receive their eternal reward in this manner?
I have not seen any Imans blowing up yet, Have You???
Show me the money and then you will find these rodents that call themslves the leasders'

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By the way...............Jun 16th, 2007 - 11:15:54

Where is Arafats 3-4 billion $$$ that he was holding for the PLO??
Where is the money????
Ask Mrs Arafat and the fat boys.
She has a new villa in the South of France. Oh La La.
Show me the money, honey............

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I am Lieutenant Colonel Khalid al IslambuliJun 16th, 2007 - 11:21:32

Please do not distort my words. I do not like the fat cat arm chair terrorist that just hate and want to destroy, because it will never end. I seek peace and would like to live in that way. I do not want to fight anymore. I want to live in peace. So what if my neighbor is not of Islam. I can live with him easier then killing him.
Peace brother do not distort my words like you have of Allahs.
Stop the sensely and stupid killing. It reduces all of Islam and the world.

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