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| Hamas Eyes New Host Country | |
| 2005-11-04 | |
Damascus, 4 Nov. (AKI) - Militant group Hamas has reportedly asked Egypt and Jordan if either would be prepared to host the organisation's headquarters, Tel-Aviv based daily Haaretz reported on Friday. Hamas fears that Syria - where it and rival Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad's political leadership are currently based - may force the groups to leave, in an effort to ease international pressure on Damascus involving an ongoing UN probe into the murder of former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri. Both Egypt and Jordan have refused Hamas' request, according to Haaretz.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad now just set guidelines, such as the general timetable for an attack or the general area where it should it take place, Haaretz said. This makes it more difficult to trace contacts between bombers and headquarters in Damascus, and distances the Syrian government from accusations of direct involvement in terrorism. It also makes it harder for Israeli intelligence to obtain advance warning of an attack. Hamas's relative restraint in the past week, despite Israel's slaying of one of its operatives, Fawzi al-Qara, is a sign of Syria's desire to avoid escalation right now, Haaretz said. Hamas was headquartered in Jordan until 1999, when King Abdullah expelled several senior organisation officials from the country, who were relocated to Syria and Qatar. Egypt maintains close ties with Hamas, partly to maintain its role as chief mediator between the Palestinian Authority and Islamic organisations. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #12 With such "feelers" going out I think they have been requested to leave, perhaps even given a date to be gone by. Really gone not just out of site 'gone'. Syria wants to be seen as not supporting terrorism. The ruling |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-11-04 19:14 |
| #11 Hamas, you ain't nuthin but a hound dog, cryin all the time. You nuthin but a two bit terrorists and you ain't no friend of mine. You boys ignore that other Elvis and keep your asses in the middle east, preferably snuggled up with a hog somewhere about 6' underground. |
| Posted by: Evil Elvis 2005-11-04 15:00 |
| #10 nice of the parasite to ask the host before infecting |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-04 13:41 |
| #9 Mmmmm entrails.Nice mental picture Seafarious, The blowtorch is for cauterizing those nasty booboos long enough to visit our friend the pig farmer. Pigs, however, have no preference where they begin eating and so whether it be your face, philanges, or well, other appendages I'm sure they'll be enthusiastic if not downright thorough. Yep, good times. EP |
| Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-11-04 13:41 |
| #8 From the Belmont Club archives: The Ichneumon Wasp. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-11-04 13:27 |
| #7 I would like to extend the invitation to Hamas to relocate to beautiful and scenic Memphis TN, we'd love to have you over for some pork BBQ ribs, yes Memphis style, none of that bullshit they're peddling as BBQ in St. Louis. And don't forget to wear orange, it's hunting season and you know us rednecks, we'll shoot anything that moves and lots of shit that doesn't! I'll take you down to 3rd and McLemore and we can go talk to Daddy Mack about patriotism, that'll be fun won't it! He's a shade tree mechanic with a blowtorch and a few crackeheads who live in the alley behind his shop. You'd be surprised by the inhumane and downright midieval shit a 3rd street crackhead is willing to do for 20 dollars. Cracking teeth with pliars, ripping out toenails and cutting, burning, and or crushing human appendages clean off. I've been surprised again and again at their ghetto ingenuity. Downright nasty I says. But you'll love the sights, home of rock and roll and don't forget Beale Street, home of the blues. It will be a hell of a time I tell you, a hell of a time, and then we can go for a ride to the swamps and sloughs of Yazoo Mississippi, you'll never want to leave! I know an old farmer down there that swears up and down a grown man can be eaten by a couple of hogs in less than a day. Now I'd like to see that, how about ya'll? We'll give ya'll some real Southern Hospitality!Anyway, just give us a call, we'd love to have you! EP |
| Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-11-04 13:20 |
| #6 the holy city of Qom in Iran. They could even hold a terrolympics there every 2 years (I assume summer and winter terror events would be defferent) |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-11-04 12:54 |
| #5 All Hamas did in the U.S. was collect money, and they tried to stay under the radar even so. But I don't think they've been able to do even that for some years, not after Prof. al-Arian was arrested. (Has he been convicted yet?) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-11-04 12:47 |
| #4 nah, they dont like have their cars set afire. Damascus is a lot comfier than the banlieus. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2005-11-04 12:06 |
| #3 I hear France has some places for it to set up. Or do they already have offices there? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-11-04 11:39 |
| #2 I thought they already had a base to operate from....called the US |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-11-04 11:36 |
| #1 Al Quaenada might be an option. |
| Posted by: dushan 2005-11-04 11:29 |