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Hamas apologizes for murder of Palestinian woman in Gaza
Hamas published an unprecedented statement Monday apologizing for the murder of a young woman by its gunmen near the town of Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip.
They look sorry, don't they?
According to Palestinian sources, several armed Hamas gunmen stopped a car with four passengers at around 9 P.M. last Friday. The gunmen who apparently were attempting to rob the couples - two brothers and their girlfriends - suddenly opened fire at the car to make it easier to rob them for unknown reasons and killed 20-year-old Yusra al-Azami, a student at the Islamic University in Gaza.

Hamas issued a statement several days later admitting that its people were responsible for the murder, calling it "an isolated act by irresponsible people, from which Hamas dissociates itself."

The Popular Front, to which al-Azami apparently belonged, asked Hamas on Monday to expel the murderers from its ranks.

Another murder occurred in Gaza last weekend under similar circumstances. Both incidents are indicative of the internal anarchy (or "fawda") in the Palestinian Authority over the past months. Hamas was seen until recently as a more disciplined organization than Fatah or the PA's security arms. The recent incident shows that Hamas too has members who engage in criminal activity.
Somewhere around 100%, based on activity.

Posted by: Steve White 2005-04-12
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=61244