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| Islamic Jihad Denies Any Connections With Al-Qaeda |
| 2002-12-19 |
| Source: Palestine Information Centre The Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance group has vehemently denied the existence of any connections with the Al-Qa'eda group of Osama bin Laden. Muhammed al-Hindi, a political leader of the group in Gaza, described statements made in Washington Tuesday by Zionist Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as "concocted allegations." "Lies! All lies!" Mofaz alleged that al-Qaeda "elements" were operating in the Gaza Strip, but gave no detail to corroborate his claims. "We are a Palestinian resistance group fighting the Zionist occupation and colonization of our homeland. We have no other agenda. Hence, I assure you that the allegations made by Mofaz have no iota of truth," the Palestinian daily newspaper, AL Quds, Wednesday quoted him as saying. "Whether al-Qaeda says they're involved or not..." Al Hindi pointed out that the Zionist regime was making rabid and frantic efforts to find a linkage between the Palestinian resistance groups and the al-Qaeda group in order to justify further massacres and repression against the Palestinian people. PA Preventive police last week arrested a number of Israeli agents in Gaza who confessed to having been instructed to establish a "resistance cell" under the name of al-Qaeda. "Hey! I ain't no — Ow! Stop hitting me there! Ow! I confess! I dunnit! I kilt Kennedy, too! I shot Martin Luther King! I'm an al-Qaeda! I shot J.R.!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |