Al Qaeda 'infiltrates Gaza'

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The head of Israel's counter-terrorism task force says militants from Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network have slipped into the Gaza Strip.

In an interview with Army Radio, the counter-terrorism chief, Danny Arditi, said Al Qaeda militants had crossed into Gaza from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in the chaotic aftermath of Israel's pullout from the Palestinian territory.

For several days after the withdrawal, thousands of people were allowed to cross the Gaza-Egypt border unhindered.

Brigadier-General Arditi says Al Qaeda already has several cells in the Sinai, which have carried out two attacks in the last year, leaving more than 100 people dead.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1494003.htm

[Jim Sagle]

1. Our genius Resident has brought peace in the land.

[newyorican]

2. This Al-Qaeda?

Ibrahim, the Shin Bet wants you to join Qaida
PA unveils Israeli intelligence scheme, denies Gaza links to bin Laden

Palestinians arrest al-Qaeda 'poseurs'

BY WAY OF DECEPTION
Israel pulls a fast one – and gets caught

PA uncovers Israelis posing as Al-Qaeda agents
Gaza security chief announces arrest of three Palestinians used by Israeli intelligence as al-Qaeda operatives.

[ProgressiveMuslim]

3. They put Karl Rove to shame. n/t

[barb162]

4. Haaretz seems to indicate some limited Qaida involvement

"But there was at least one Palestinian whose name came up - Sheikh Abdullah Azam. Born in 1941 in the village of Silat al Hartiye, near Jenin, he left the West Bank in 1966 to study Islam in Damascus and Cairo.
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Bin Laden was impressed by Azam, even going so far as to call him "my Palestinian mentor" in a number of interviews he gave to television reporters. In 1989, Azam was killed in Afghanistan - the circumstances are unclear - but was not forgotten. Over the years, some of the Hamas cells have called themselves the Sheikh Abdullah Azam Shaheed Brigades

There are names of a few other Palestinian students who studied in Pakistan, where they became known to bin Laden's people and were recruited into Al-Qaida, One is Nabil Ukal of Gaza, who was caught by the Shin Bet at the Rafah junction two years ago and put on trial. His verdict is expected in the near future.


But Palestinian involvement in Al-Qaida has been the exception to the rule, and the rule is that so far, Palestinian involvement in international Islamic terror has been very marginal. There are names of a few other Palestinian students who studied in Pakistan, where they became known to bin Laden's people and were recruited into Al-Qaida, One is Nabil Ukal of Gaza, who was caught by the Shin Bet at the Rafah junction two years ago and put on trial. His verdict is expected in the near future."

[barb162]

5. Are these articles all from 2002?

The last three are a few years old. The Haaretz article appears to be from 10/31/05 until one notices present tense sentences such as this:" Arafat and his people know that, of course."

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