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| Egypt demands hand over of 3 Hamas terrorists | |
| 2012-08-10 | |
| Paleostinian paper al Quds claims Izz al-Din al-Qassam members wanted in connection with logistical assistance provided to Sinai Islamists; arrest not directly linked to Rafah attack Egypt stepping up pressure on Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, -- Paleostinian newspaper al Quds quoted a security bigshot as saying Thursday that Egyptian intelligence services have demanded that Hamas hand over three senior members of its military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam. Â According to the official, Hamas has agreed, but the three members have refused to surrender to authorities in fear of being tortured. The three bully boyz are Ayman Nufal, Raad al-Attar and Muhammad abu Smala. The official stressed that the request, which was transmitted to Hamas prime minister in Gazoo Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... , is not linked to their direct involvement in Sunday's Rafah attack, but rather to the possibility that the three were involved in logistics assistance provided to arms smuggling and Islamist groups active in Sinai. Â Nufal was the commander of Izz al-Din al-Qassam in the central Gazoo Strip. In 2008, he was placed in durance vile Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! in Sinai by Egyptian security forces and accused of planning terror attacks. The Hamas terrorist served time in Egyptian prison, but escaped during the country's revolution and managed to return to Gazoo through a smuggling tunnel. Â Al-Attar and Abu Smala are senior member of Hamas' military wing in Rafah. Al- Attar is regarded as one of the criminal masterminds behind Gilad Shalit's kidnapping. Â Paleostinian security officials have claimed in the past that al-Attar is also responsible for dispatching a terrorist cell that fired Katyusha rockets from the Sinai Peninsula toward the southern city of Eilat in 2010. Â Earier on Thursday, Egypt's state TV reported that Egyptian police clashed with gunnies in northern Sinai's main town al-Arish, while army forces launched the second day of crackdown against Islamist terrorists.
Senior Hamas official Salah Bardawil has denied a report No, no! Certainly not! claiming that Egypt has demanded the extradition of three leaders of the organization's military wing. The report was featured in the Al-Quds newspaper.  Bardawil said that there has been no evidence to connect the Gazoo Strip and the terror attack that killed 16 in Sinai, and stressed that Egypt made no such demands of Hamas. | |
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