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| Mideast: Hamas paid ransom for kidnapped Israeli |
| 2009-07-11 |
| [ADN Kronos] Gaza's ruling Hamas movement paid a ransom to those who kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, sources told Adnkronos International on Thursday. Meaning they bought him... "The Islamic resistance movement paid money to the kidnappers of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit so that they could give him to them, in a bid to break any ties with them (Hamas)," an unnamed source from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine told Adnkronos International (AKI) in an interview from the Jordanian capital Amman. Or maybe they financed the kidnapping for plausible deniability that turned out to be pretty implausible. The source - who wished to remain anonymous - also told AKI that the last payment was made after the Gaza war in December 2008 and January 2009. Although the source did not know the precise amount of money allegedly paid "according to information we have, the figure is about six million dollars." Obviously they expect to get their money's worth. And the number 6 million seems particularly apt when dealing in Jews... "Shalit's destiny is totally in the hands of Hamas, and the issue of prisoner exchanges is no longer linked to that of national reconciliation, but only to the issue of the reconstruction of Gaza," the source said. Israel has demanded the release of Shalit and that militant factions cease all their operations in Gaza. The source said Hamas received Shalit alive but apart from that, "we know nothing else about him". Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak said earlier this week that Shalit was "fine". Shalit has been held captive by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip for almost three years. He was seized by militants in a cross-border raid on 25 June 2006. The Marxist-Leninist DFLP is one of the largest factions inside the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 MOSAD, Find these people. And you'll find Shalit's grave. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-07-11 04:17 |