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| Hamas Announces 'Popular Army' After Temple Mount Clashes |
| 2014-11-08 |
| [IsraelTimes] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, announced the creation of a âpopular armyâ in the Gazoo Strip on Friday, saying it was ready for any future conflict with Israel, particularly over the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque site at The Temple Mount. At a ceremony at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north of the devastated Paleostinian territory, a front man for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades â the military arm of the Islamist Hamas â said 2,500 recruits would form âthe first section of the popular army for the liberation of Al-Aqsa [mosque] and of Paleostineâ. Mohammed Abu Askar, a Hamas official, said those older than 20 could sign up âto be prepared for any confrontationâ with Israel. Hamas and Israel fought a 50-day war this summer which resulted in the deaths of 2,140 Paleostinians â at least half of them combatants, according to Israel â and 73 Israelis, the majority of them soldiers. Abu Askar said the new Hamas force had been established "at a moment when the Al-Aqsa mosque is subject to serious Israeli violations". Another Al-Qassam front man said "the people, arms and the tunnels are going well", in reference to Hamas's network of underground passages, hundreds of which have been destroyed by Israel and Egypt to prevent arms smuggling, and which were used during Operation Protective Edge to attack Israeli troops. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Translation: recruiting drive, the troops really got thinned out the last time the Israelis came through. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-11-08 07:34 |
| #2 Whenever I hear about a popular army I think about Obola's desire for a domestic army as strong as the real military. These are nothing more than the gangs of the fascists vicious and evil. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-11-08 06:52 |
| #1 The last army was unpopular then? |
| Posted by: Incredulous 2014-11-08 04:32 |