Hmmmmmm...
"Peaceful, all we want to do is live our lives" moslems will donate money to Hamas?!?
A little terror funding doesn't mean we are terrorist supporters, how dare you, you dirty ignorant infidels...
How dare you question our 'moderation'...
Al-Qaeda, Seeking New Sway, Urges Muslims to Aid Hamas
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second in command, called on all Muslims yesterday to support the Islamic movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip by sending money and weapons to defend it against what he said are attacks planned by Western and Arab governments.
The appeal marked a shift in tactics for al-Qaeda, which has long criticized Hamas for not adhering to strict interpretations of Islamic principles and for its participation in Palestinian elections last year. The appeal follows Hamas's conquest of Gaza this month in a brutal five-day battle against Fatah, the rival Palestinian party headquartered in the West Bank.
With the Palestinian Authority now split into two camps, and Gaza cut off from international assistance as the United States and Israel back Fatah and President Mahmoud Abbas, al-Qaeda is seizing an opportunity to increase its influence.
"We are with you . . . despite all the mistakes of your leadership," Zawahiri told Hamas in an audio recording posted on a Web site frequently used by groups linked to al-Qaeda.
He called on all "mujaheddin" to support Hamas with "money and working hard to get it to them, and working to break through the siege imposed by the Crusaders and the traitor Arab rulers around them." Muslims in neighboring countries should "ease the movement of weapons and supplies" to Hamas, according to a translation of the Arabic recording provided by the Washington-based SITE Institute.
U.S. intelligence officials, who said they have no reason to doubt the authenticity of the recording, described Zawahiri's message as part of al-Qaeda's continuing effort to claim global Islamic leadership.
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1) Al-Qaeda, Seeking New Sway, Urges Muslims to Aid Hamas
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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