Posted on 08/23/2009 7:59:30 PM PDT by RobinMasters
JERUSALEM – The American-funded Palestinian Authority provided financial support and, in at least one case, an official salary to al-Qaida allies in the Gaza Strip, according to information obtained by WND.
U.S. policy considers the PA to be moderate. America arms, trains and funds PA militias and provides hundreds of millions of dollars per year in financial support to the Palestinian group. President Obama, furthermore, backs the creation of a PA-led Palestinian state.
But WND has learned that Abdel-Latif Moussa, leader of a Palestinian Islamist splinter group allied with al-Qaida, has been on the official PA payroll for at least the last year.
Ten days ago, there were deadly fire clashes between Hamas and Moussa's group, after Moussa declared the Gaza Strip an "emirate", or under strict Islamic rule, in a sermon.
Moussa's group, Jund Ansar Allah, or Warriors of God, branded Hamas as un-Islamic and issued revolutionary statements against Hamas. Jund Ansar Allah previously has been accused of multiple deadly attacks against Christians in Gaza.
At least 24 people were killed when Hamas forces stormed Moussa's strongholds, including a mosque where the Jund Ansar Allah leader was holed up. Moussa committed suicide using an explosives belt instead of surrendering to Hamas.
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Everyone in the Obama administration is an Al-Qaeda ally. The headline needs to be more specific.
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