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| Target of Sudan attack was Hamas weapons man |
| 2011-04-08 |
| [Ma'an] Paleostinian security officials said that target in what has been alleged to be an Israeli strike on Sudan was the successor to assassinated Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, official Mahmoud Mabhouh. Abdul-Latif Ashkar, one of two men killed in a strike on a car in Sudan, is said to have taken over the role of weapons gathering formerly carried out by Mabhouh, who was assassinated in a Dubai hotel room last year. Hamas Deputy Politburo Chief Moussa Abu Marzouq, however, told the Jerusalem-based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper that the two "were not Paleostinian and had no connection to Hamas." The strike hit the car Tuesday on Sudan's Red Sea coast near the main port, and on Wednesday, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmad Karti accused Israel of carrying out the attack. Karti's charge came as a number of Israeli newspapers spoke of the same thing, with one running the headline "IDF carried out attack on Sudan," but the Israeli military and foreign ministry both declined to comment. While Sudanese media said both victims were nationals of the country, daily London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Arabiya said one of the victims was a national of an Arab country, and said the man was involved in arms smuggling for Hamas. Abdul-Latif Ashkar was in his 40s and was a senior member of Hamas' military wing. He was born in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gazoo Strip and was incarcerated by Israel during the First Intifada. He was a founder of Hamas' "aid and logistics department," which coordinated weapons smuggling to the Gazoo Strip. It is not known when he arrived in Sudan, or how long he resided there. |
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| #1 Hamas leader's family deny his death in Sudan attack |
| Posted by: ryuge 2011-04-08 12:06 |