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Hamas says Bush is ``Islam?s biggest enemy'' for freezing assets in bombing response
Link courtesy of the Brothers Judd. EFLA leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday called President Bush an enemy of Islam because the U.S. government froze the assets of Hamas leaders in response to a suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem. Speaking to Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV, Abdel Aziz "Ha Ha Ya Missed Me!" Rantissi called the action "a theft of Muslim money by the Americans" and said the frozen money doesn?t belong to Hamas. "Hamas does not have any money in the U.S., Europe or even in the Arab states. By freezing this money that doesn?t exist... President Bush has become Islam's biggest enemy," Rantissi said in the interview. Just imagine how much worse it would've been if the money really had belonged to Hamas! On Friday, the United States froze the assets of six Hamas leaders, including Rantissi, an aide to Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the group's spiritual leader. The United States also froze the assets of five European-based organizations that it said raise money for the radical Palestinian group. Bush said he ordered the assets frozen because Hamas claimed responsibility for Tuesday's suicide attack on a packed bus in Jerusalem that killed 20 people, including six children. The Lebanese representative of the militant group on Saturday urged European nations to reject U.S. demands to freeze the funds of Hamas officials and pro-Palestinian charities. "We call on the countries that the Americans are trying to pressure not to respond to the pressure International Zionist Conspiracy (C) alert! A similar call was issued by one of the charities named by the U.S. government, the Sanabel Endowment for Posted by: Mike 2003-08-24 |
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