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| Hamas leader sez the Jews dunnit |
| 2001-09-30 |
| AFP The spiritual leader of the Islamic militant Hamas movement, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, accused Israel and the Jews Sunday of masterminding this month's deadly terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. We should worry about Israel because they say all Muslims are the enemy. They are behind what happened in America, the crippled preacher roared to a crowd of more than 3,000 at the Islamic University in Gaza City. The Jews are behind the events in September and maybe they used Islamic militants for these attacks, but they are behind it because they feel the Islamic world is dangerous. So they did they this to kill Islam. Yassin, whose group has unleashed the majority of the suicide bomb attacks on Israel, was hitting out at the US manhunt for Saudi-born Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, the alleged plotter of the September 11 suicide jet attacks in New York and Washington. The fiery religious leader also vowed to forge ahead with the year-old initifada or uprising, which marked its first anniversary on Friday with blood-soaked demonstrations. "It is necessary to continue the intifada to reach Palestinian aims," Yassin said. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |