Hamas seizes US weapons

[ohio2007]

millions of dollars in US military aid to the fatah militias get hijacked ? SHould we continue to send aid to them even with its "not intended for terrorist use" waiver congress intends to attach?

Gaza sources say Hamas ambushed US convoy, seized stockpile of weapons aimed for Fatah militias

Aaron Klein, WND Published: 05.14.07, 18:13 / Israel News


Hamas ambushed a convoy in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and seized a stockpile of US weapons transferred in recent months to militias associated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party, according to Hamas and Fatah sources.
"We obtained the US weapons and will keep hijacking any assistance the Americans provide to Fatah. Our fighters are aware of the American and Israeli conspiracies to topple our government. We're trained and well prepared to defeat the American-backed (Palestinian) agents," said a top member of Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip.



http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3399875,00.html


Palestinian interior minister resigns amid factional violence
/ Ali Waked and Reuters

Sources in Fatah say tensions are so great with Hamas that unity gov't could collapse within days if bloodshed does not stop. Two gunmen killed in Gaza in clashes between rival Hamas groups, despite Egyptian-mediated truce
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3399621,00.html

but is this the straw that breaks the camels back and the MSM calls it what it is...a Civil War?

Ya know, if mohammad walked the streets in these muslim cities, he would be cut down in a heartbeat unless he himself had a militia.

imo,he would be treated as a "spy"

[azurnoir]

1. Who was running the convoy

I mean who was driving the trucks and acting as security? The article does not say. Was it "private contractors", IDF, the US military, Fatah?

[bemildred]

2. Well, it's a "sources said" thing, but:

"After a Fatah gunman shot a Hamas member on Sunday, a Fatah convoy of three trucks was stopped by Hamas at a makeshift checkpoint at Dabit Circle, a northern Gaza town, according to Hamas sources. Hamas abducted 18 Fatah gunmen and seized stockpiles of American weapons that were in the vans, the sources said."

So it doesn't sound like a shot was fired. One would assume that the "18 Fatah gunmen" were supposed to be guarding the weapons.

[azurnoir]

3. It was a leading question

So Hamas took 18 Fatah gunmen without a shot being fired apparently. I believe it also said that Fatah was infiltrated, sounds like it to me.

[bemildred]

4. That was my take too.

I think "Fatah" should have been in quotes, or something.

[bemildred]

5. HAMAS TAKES OVER GAZA STRIP

TEL AVIV -- Israel's military has concluded that Hamas succeeded in seizing Fatah-controlled property and equipment in the Gaza Strip.

Officials said Hamas has taken most or all of the property along the Gaza beach evacuated by Israel in 2005. They said the ruling Islamic movement also captured weapons, communications and other equipment financed by the United States and meant for the Fatah-aligned security agencies led by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

"Hamas is taking over Fatah and Abbas properties and equipment that the international community is bringing into Gaza," Brig. Gen. Yossi Baidatz, the director of Military Intelligence's research division, said.

In an address to the diplomatic corps on May 18, Baidatz said Hamas has demonstrated military superiority to Fatah-aligned PA agencies, including the Presidential Guard and the National Security Forces. The brigadier said Hamas was trained in warfare modeled after the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah.

http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2007/may/05_22_3.html

[Englander]

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[ohio2007]

7. ? ? WorldNetDaily ? nt

[Englander]

8. The article's from WorldNetDaily.

From the bottom of the page;

>snip

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