Russia offers aid to Hamas

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4911310.stm

Last Updated: Saturday, 15 April 2006, 00:48 GMT 01:48 UK

"Palestinians to get Russian aid"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Hamas supporters in Gaza City condemn the withdrawal of aid
Russia has said it will grant the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority urgent financial aid, in opposition to the policy of the EU and the US.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the pledge to authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a telephone call, Moscow said.

The US and EU cut off aid after Hamas took power on 30 March because the militant group refused to renounce violence or recognise Israel.

Iran on Friday urged the Muslim world to help fund the authority.

A Russian foreign ministry statement said: "Mahmoud Abbas stated his high appreciation of Russia's intent, confirmed by Sergei Lavrov, to grant the Palestinian Authority an urgent financial aid in the nearest future."

Mr Lavrov said on Tuesday withholding aid to the Palestinians was a mistake."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In Tehran, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, opened a three-day forum on Palestinian solidarity by calling on the Muslim world to help the Palestinian people and their Hamas-led government."

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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=20114_Palestinian_Terror_State_Backs_Iran

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Yessir! They are willing to ship all the AK-47's the Palestinians can eat.

Ping

And in other news, hippies complain about getting wet at an antiwar rally, blame Bush for the rainstorm.

Already posted, but sourced to Fox, not to Reuters:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1615714

Russia Offers Own Throat for Cutting

Y not! Another chance to take a pound of flesh from the US and the west. The Cold War continues by proxy.

Hey if Russia has money to support the Palestinians - that's great - better them than us. And maybe they can talk the rich Arab countries into being sugar daddies too.

UPDATE:

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http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/04/14/bill-clinton-gave-iranians-blueprint-for-nuclear-bomb/

"Bill Clinton Gave Iranians Blueprint for Nuclear Bomb"
April 14, 2006
Jim Kouri
by Jim Kouri, CPP

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Last night, radio talk show host and former US Justice Department official Mark Levin shocked many listeners when he reported that President Bill Clinton gave nuclear technology to the Iranians in a harebrained scheme.

He said that the transfer of classified data to Iran was personally approved by then-President Clinton and that the CIA deliberately gave Iranian physicists blueprints for part of a nuclear bomb that likely helped Tehran advance its nuclear weapons development program.

The CIA, using a double-agent Russian scientist, handed a blueprint for a nuclear bomb to Iran, according to a new book “State of War” by James Risen, the New York Times reporter, who exposed the Bush administration’s controversial NSA spying operation, claims the plans contained fatal flaws designed to derail Tehran’s nuclear drive.

But the deliberate errors were so rudimentary they would have been easily fixed by sophisticated Russian nuclear scientists, the book said.

The operation, which took place during the Clinton administration in early 2000, was code named Operation Merlin and “may have been one of the most reckless operations in the modern history of the CIA,” according to Risen.

It called for the unnamed scientist, a defector from the Soviet Union, to offer Iran the blueprint for a “firing set” — the intricate mechanism which triggers the chain reaction needed for a nuclear explosion.

The Russian was told by CIA officers that the Iranians already had the technology detailed in the plans and that the ruse was simply an attempt by the agency to find out the full scope of Tehran’s nuclear knowledge.

But, contrary to orders not to open the packet, he added a note which made it clear he could help fix the flaws for money."

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http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/04/13/nuclear-iran-beware-of-the-russian-bear-in-the-middle-east/

"Nuclear Iran: Beware of the Russian Bear in the Middle East"
April 13, 2006
Jim Kouri
by Jim Kouri, CPP

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "As the Iranians are moving closer to developing a nuclear weapons program, the Russian government is telling the world not to worry. An Russian official is being quoted as saying the centrifuges available to Iran are not sufficient to launch industrial uranium enrichment. A Russian nuclear expert concurred.

“Uranium enrichment in Iran is not arousing concerns in Russia.There is nothing unexpected in this. The availability of 164 centrifuges in Iran is a fact that has been known for a long time,” Russian Atomic Energy Agency chief Sergei Kiriyenko told China’s communist party-controlled news agency.

“These centrifuges allow Iran to conduct laboratory uranium enrichment to a low level in insignificant amounts. The acquisition of highly enriched uranium is unfeasible today using this method,” Kiriyenko said.

However, a senior Iranian official and former president Hashemi Rafsanjani told the Kuwait News Agency that Iran had operated the first unit of 164 centrifuges and successfully enriched uranium.

And then there’s Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad bragging on Tuesday that Iran had “joined the world club of nuclear technology.”

However, in order for the Iranian scientists to produce their own fuel at least for the initial loading of a nuclear reactor, “one needs to have not some hundred-and-a-half centrifuges, but thousands of times more,” Viktor Mikhailov, ex-minister of the Russian Ministry for Atomic Energy who leads the ministry’s Institute for Strategic Stability.

But why should the United States and the United Nations believe the Russian government? Afterall, US intelligence agencies have for years known about Russian duplicity in Iraq. In fact, recent declassified reports indicated that Russian intelligence gave Iraq’s military leaders US war plans for the 2003 invasion. Today, Iran is a cash cow for the Russians and it’s in their best interest to prop up the current regime."

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4911310.stm

Last Updated: Saturday, 15 April 2006, 00:48 GMT 01:48 UK

"Palestinians to get Russian aid"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Hamas supporters in Gaza City condemn the withdrawal of aid
Russia has said it will grant the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority urgent financial aid, in opposition to the policy of the EU and the US.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the pledge to authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a telephone call, Moscow said.

The US and EU cut off aid after Hamas took power on 30 March because the militant group refused to renounce violence or recognise Israel.

Iran on Friday urged the Muslim world to help fund the authority.

A Russian foreign ministry statement said: "Mahmoud Abbas stated his high appreciation of Russia's intent, confirmed by Sergei Lavrov, to grant the Palestinian Authority an urgent financial aid in the nearest future."

Mr Lavrov said on Tuesday withholding aid to the Palestinians was a mistake."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In Tehran, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, opened a three-day forum on Palestinian solidarity by calling on the Muslim world to help the Palestinian people and their Hamas-led government."

I'm trying very hard to see the difference between Putin and all the other Communist leaders. I know he has a better tailor but I can't see much else.

OPINION: I think you nailed the difference.
Other than that; I don't see a difference, either.

He has a better looking wife then some of the swethogs his predecessors had.

If I were Abbas I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the money to arrive. Amen.

Nature abhors a vacumn.

"Already posted, but sourced to Fox, not to Reuters: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1615714"

The requested document does not exist on this server.

Have a nice Easter.

Smiling...

My husband said practically the same thing.

I know that Clinton helped the Chinese out with weapons designs, Russia with massive foreign aid and military secrets, and rogue regiemes by ignoring them.

OPINION: History, if recorded accurately will be a harsh judge of the Clintons and the Clinton administration.

Just some thoughts for consideration.......Unfortunately, it seems to me that many of you have been rather shortsighted and politically selective in your criticism of US presidential administrations for funding and supporting currently unfriendly regimes in the world. Need I remind you all of our support for Saddam, the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan (which produced Al-Qaeda), others in Latin America like Pinochet, African leaders such as Mubarak. It's not like the US hasn't made it's fair share of bad choices when supporting certain leaders in the world. We act out of self interest at the time and fail to see what might be produced out of our actions. Then those who oppose a particular administration or party selectively choose which ones to criticize as "one of the greatest mistakes in US foreign policy history." I think it is incredibly unfair, uninformed, and frankly, un-American to not try to see the "big picture" of our country's actions. If we don't try to do this as citizens, we will be aiding what many see as the destruction of our country's current world power status. From how many of you write, it does not seem that you either believe this is possible, or want it to happen.

Additionally, regarding the criticism I continue to see regarding Putin, I argue that this is ill-informed as well. How many of you have talked to the Russians to find out what they think of him? Americans don't like him because he creates his own foreign policies and refuses to be used as a puppet of our government. What's wrong with that and acting in what he sees as the best interest of his country? Maybe before criticizing other leaders, we should be putting ourselves in their shoes to determine if their actions are rational. I'd argue his are. The comparisons to the former communist leasers is simply ridiculous. Russians support Putin, his strong central government, and the stability it brings them. Putin is much better than the chaos created by Yeltsin. At least under Putin inflation is under control; Russia is experiencing economic growth, and Russians don't worry about whether or not they can afford to eat today. Will Americans not stop with the criticism until every country in the world adopts American-style democracy?!? For once, it might be nice for citizens to realize that we only support democracy when it's convenient to us (because we believe we can influence the new leadership). We support dictators as long as they side with us. Hypocrisy is almost inherent in US foreign policy (as with the foreign policy of almost any other country in the world). Citizens should critique and analyze the rhetoric rather than consuming it in one big gulp like the Kool-Aid others have used. Exercise your democratic rights and duties to be critical of your government and its actions, regardless of your party affiliation or the party affiliations of government leaders.

I know that this has been somewhat of a tirade. For that I apologize. For my statements, however, I do not.

Thank you for signing up to FreeRepublic.com to share your opinion.

If you don't mind me asking, are you Russian?

ping

He is right when he says Putin is just looking out for his people. Allies are just countries whose goals happen to be the same at that specific time. Nothing more, nothing less.

Thanks for sharing your opinion Blue Scourge and THANKS for your service for our country.

I appreciate the support, people sometimes like to forget that other nations have other priorities...it's not wrong of them to do so, they are just doing what we do, putting our priorities first.

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"I appreciate the support, people sometimes like to forget that other nations have other priorities...it's not wrong of them to do so..."

OPINION: Well now, I respectfully disagree. Supporting Hamas should be on no one's priority list.

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JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "QATAR SAYS TO GIVE $50 MLN FUNDING TO HAMAS GOVT" (April 17, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (CBS/AP): "HAMAS GETS $50M BOOST FROM IRAN" (April 16, 2006)

BBC NEWS: "PALESTINIANS TO GET RUSSIAN AID" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Russia has said it will grant the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority urgent financial aid, in opposition to the policy of the EU and the US." (Last updated April 15, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "PALESTINIAN TERROR STATE BACKS IRAN" (April 15, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com: "GADDAFI SUPPORTS HAMAS, STILL ON TERROR LIST" (March 25, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Search Term: "LIBYA"

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PMW.il - PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH: "HAMAS: 'CHILDREN FIGHT ALONGSIDE THE ADULTS IN THE RESISTANCE'" by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook (March 24, 2006)

NewsYemen.net: "PALESTINIAN CHILD FESTIVAL; AL-AHMAR INVESTS $1M" (March 10, 2006)

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TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER AT THE CENTER FOR SPECIAL STUDIES (C.S.S.): "THE HAMAS CHARTER (1988)" (Snippet: "Overtly anti-Semitic and anti-West, radical Islamic in outlook, it stresses Hamas' ideological commitment to destroy the State of Israel through a long-term holy war (jihad)." (March 21, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND HAMAS DENIALS" (March 16, 2006)

IsraelNationalNews.com - ARUTZ SHEVA: "HAMAS CHILD TERROR SITE UPDATED WITH STORY OF 'GIRL'S HEROISM'" by Ezra HaLevi (March 16, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "GREEN TIDE RISING The Ascension of Hamas (Whas Was)" by Philip B. Haney (March 16, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "THE MULLAH-HAMAS AXIS" by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen (March 14, 2006) (Read More...)

JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "HAMAS DENIES RUNNING KIDS' WEB SITE" (Updated March 16, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HAMAS CHILD INDOCTRINATION SITE PROVES TOO HOT FOR RUSSIA...but for Malaysia It's Just Right" (March 10, 2006)

MEMRITV.org - Video Clip No. 1064 - Transcript: "HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASH'AL EXPOUNDS UPON 'THE REALISM' OF HAMAS" (March 6, 2006)

MEMRITV.org - Video Clips: "HAMAS"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "And Lo! A domain is born in Gaza" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "alqassam.ps The new domain of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas. The site is still hosted in Malaysia" (March 12, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HAMAS CHILD INDOCTRINATION SITE PROVES TOO HOT FOR RUSSIA...but for Malaysia It's Just Right" (March 10, 2006)

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CNS NEWS.com: "HAMAS WEBSITE ENCOURAGES KIDS TO BECOME MARTYRS" by Julie Stahl (March 8, 2006)

"www.internet-haganah.com/jihadi/viewAllInfo-32.html"

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "HAMAS UBER-ALLES" by David Meir-Levi (February 23, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "A FOOL'S GAME WITH HAMAS" by Kenneth R. Timmerman (February 23, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS RECEIVED FUNDS FROM LOUISIANA? Feds believe funds for local mosque diverted to terrorist group" (February 23, 2006)

TREAS.GOV - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - js4058: "TREASURY FREEZES ASSETS OF ORGANIZATION TIED TO HAMAS" (February 19, 2006)

WTOP.com (AP): Cairo, Egypt - "MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD RAISING FUNDS FOR HAMAS" by Salah Nasrawi, AP (February 20, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HAMAS CALLS FOR THE NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL" (February 21, 2006)

WTOP.com (AP): Cairo, Egypt - "MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD RAISING FUNDS FOR HAMAS" by Salah Nasrawi, AP (February 20, 2006) (Read More...)

Off-Topic.INTERNET-HAGANAH.COM: "RUSSIA TO OFFER HAMAS WEAPONS IN EXCHANGE FOR 'PEACE PLEDGE'" (February 19, 2006)

INTELLIGENCE-SUMMIT.blogspot.com (REUTERS): Gaza - "HAMAS WEB SITE SAYS GROUP RECEIVED HIZBOLLAH MONEY" (February 15, 2006)

STATE.gov - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE: "INTERVIEW WITH BOB SCHIEFFER OF CBS's FACE THE NATION" (SNIPPET: "On Hamas, yes, the Russians make the point that they, unlike us, have not listed Hamas as a terrorist organization. Let me be very clear. Hamas is a terrorist organization for us and for the European Union. But Russia is signed on to a Quartet statement, the Quartet being the UN, the United States, the EU and Russia, that is the sort of guardian of the roadmap process in the Middle East; that the Quartet has signed on to the statement that says a Palestinian government must recognize Israel's right to exist, must give up violence, must accept the two-state solution and so on.") (February 12, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "HAMAS MOVES INTO SOUTH AMERICA" by Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu (February 10, 2006)

NEWSMAX.COM: "PUTIN: HAMAS NOT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION" by Carl Limbacher and the NewsMax.com staff (February 9, 2006)

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MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1087: "HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASH'AL AT A DAMASCUS MOSQUE: THE NATION OF ISLAM WILL SIT AT THE THONE OF THE WORLD AND THE WEST WILL BE FULL OF REMORSE - WHEN IT'S TOO LATE" (February 7, 2006)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=19056_Islamic_Terror_Gang_Goes_to_South_America (February 2, 2006)

SOFIR.org (E-PRISM.org): "THE ISLAMIC DEBATE OVER DEMOCRACY: JIHADI-SALAFI RESPONSES TO HAMAS' VICTORY IN THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS" by Reuven Paz (January 31, 2006)

"www.e-prism.org/images/PRISM_no_1_vol_4_-_Jihadi-Salafi_response_to_Hamas.pdf"

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "HAMAS DEMANDS RETURN OF SEVILLE TO ISLAM" (January 31, 2006)

"www.spainherald.com/2414.htm"

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Berlin - "HAMAS HAS SUBSIDIARY IN GERMANY 300 Activists of Radical Islam Organization Raise Funds" by Wolfgang Polzer (January 30, 2006) (Read More...)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1081: "Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al Presents Hamas Plan on Al-Jazeera TV: 'We are Committed to the Resistance and Adhere to its Weapons...As for Recognizing [Israel] and Amending Our Charter - Hamas is Not the Kind of Movement That Succumbs to Pressure...We Will Not Recognize it, No Matter how Much Time Passes...We Believe in Acting According to Stages...'" (January 31, 2006)

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FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (NATIONAL POST): "ELECTING TERROR" by Daniel Pipes (January 30, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org (NATIONAL POST): [THE HAMAS ELECTORAL VICTORY:] DEMOCRACY'S BITTER FRUIT" by Daniel Pipes (January 27, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "'WE HAVE NO PEACE PROCESS'" by Robert Spencer (January 27, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: Jerusalem - "IRAN CONGRATULATES HAMAS VICTORY IN PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS" by Julie Stahl (January 26, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HAMAS' PLAN FOR PALESTINE AND THEIR ROLE IN THE GLOBAL JIHAD" (January 26, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "MEET CANDIDATE 'MARTYR MOM'" by Andrew G. Bostom (January 5, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "Palestinian candidate and mother of jihad terrorists: Israelis are not civilians, no prohibitions on killing them" (January 3, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "ISLAMIC-BLOCK.NET: DOWN IN MICHIGAN, UP IN DALLAS This is a site of the Hamas student union." (December 29, 2005)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (DAILYALERT.ORG): "HAMAS WANTS SPAIN" (December 27, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series -No. 1051: "Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi on Hamas Jerusalem Day Online: 'We are a Nation of Jihad and Martyrdom'; 'The Resistance in Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon Must Go On'; 'We Stand Alongside Our Brothers in Hamas and Islamic Jihad'" (December 18, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "U.S. BUILDING HAMAS TOWN American agency constructing roads in village ruled by terror organization" by Aaron Klein (December 20, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "'MOTHER OF MARTYRS' RUNS FOR HAMAS" (December 9, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "DANISH MUSLIM GROUP CHARGED WITH FUNDING TERRORISM" (December 8, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS SITE NOW HOSTED IN MICHIGAN" (November 22, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "THE NIGHTMARE OF HAMASTAN" by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen (October 31, 2005)

FreeRepublic.com (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3159944,00.html): "ARAB EMIRATES: HAMAS FOUNDER DIES" (SNIPPET: "Halil Quka, one of the founders of Hamas, died at the age of 58 in the United Arab Emirates. In the 1980s Quka was considered one of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Gaza, second only to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. He was banished from Gaza in the mid-1980s.") (October 26, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS 'CAPABLE OF U.S. ATTACKS' Terrorism experts warning nation potentially at risk from militants" by Aaron Klein (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "JERUSALEM - Hamas has cells inside the United States that are technically capable of attacking the country, terrorism experts and senior security officials told WorldNetDaily.") (October 16, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "infobox.ru takes in more money from Hamas" (October 15, 2005)

ADNK.com (AKI): Tel Aviv - "MIDDLE EAST: FIRST HAMAS FEMALE BOMB MAKER CAUGHT, SAYS ISRAEL" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Israeli military has detained a Gaza Strip woman suspected of being the first female bomb-maker employed by the militant Palestinian group Hamas, an Israeli newspaper has reported. Samar Sabih, 22, was sent by Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank to train new explosive experts, Tel Aviv daily Haaretz said on Tuesday. Sabih was among a number of suspected militants in recent Israeli military raids, the report said.") (October 11, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "NO LOVE LIKE THE LOVE OF A PALESTINIAN MOTHER" (October 9, 2005)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S.): "'HAMASTAN' - A PALESTINIAN RADICAL ISLAMIST STATE, RULED BY HAMAS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The socio-political makeup of “Hamastan” (a Palestinian radical Islamist state, ruled by Hamas), as described in interviews granted by Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas figure in the Gaza Strip. An alternative to the Palestinian Authority, the agenda presented by Mahmoud al-Zahar is based on strict enforcement of radical Islamic codes in politics, society, and culture. “Hamastan”, according to Al-Zahar, will become an inseparable part of the global radical Islamic effort spearheaded by the Muslim Brotherhood.") (October 9, 2005)

ALQASSAM.ws - "Ezzedeen ALQASSAM Brigades The Military Wing of HAMAS Movement - Palestine": "UM NIDAL FARHAT: SACRIFICE WITHOUT LIMITS"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (REUTERS): "SISTER ENCOURAGED BRITISH SUICIDE BOMBER" (October 9,. 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "HAMAS ENCOURAGES WOMEN TO TAKE UP JIHAD" (October 2, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS VOWS MORE ATTACKS Terror Leader Taunts Israel for Vulnerability to Rockets" by Aaron Klein (September 30, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS GETS INTO THE SNUFF VIDEO BUSINESS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "After they kidnapped 51 year old Jerusalem resident Sasson Nuriel, and before they murdered him, Hamas videotaped the man in the manner made popular by Al Qaida in Iraq.") (September 28, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (HAARETZ): "ASSAD SAID TO HAVE GIVEN HAMAS, JIHAD GREEN LIGHT FOR TERRORISM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Syrian President Bashar Assad earlier this month gave Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives in Damascus a green light to carry out terror attacks and escalate fighting against Israel, Israel Radio said Wednesday, quoting a high-level Palestinian Authority intelligence dispatch, which was reportedly passed on to Egypt and Israel. Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim said Wednesday that Israel was aquainted with the dispatch.") (September 28, 2005)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "HAMAS HQ OFFICE IN SAUDI ARABIA" by Matthew Levitt (September 27, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE PAX HAMAS" (September 27, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS SAYS THEY WANT A WAR" (September 23, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE WEBSITES OF HAMAS, THE COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE THEM SERVICES AND THE THE COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN" (September 25, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS" (September 24, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE MOTHER OF ALL 'WORK ACCIDENTS'" (September 24, 2005)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog (NY SUN.com): "HAMAS TO CONVERT SYNAGOGUE TO WEAPONS MUSEUM" (September 22, 2005)

INTERNET HAGANAH.US (IL CORRIERE DELLA SERA-ITALIAN, 13Sep 05 - via DailyAlert.org): "HAMAS POLITICAL LEADER: 'AL-QAEDA HAS ALREADY ARRIVED IN GAZA'" (September 18, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NATIONAL POST): "A STUDENT OF TERROR: HOW A CANADA MAN WAS RECRUITED BY HAMAS" (September 10, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 983: "COMMANDER OF HAMAS MILITARY WING WOMEN'S UNIT: 'Our Members Yearn for Martyrdom'" (September 9, 2005) (Read More...)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (YnetNews.com): "HAMAS DEVELOPS IMPROVED ROCKET" (September 6, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS REVEALS 'SECRET' COMMAND SETUP" (September 4, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "SHADOWY HAMAS LEADER RESURFACES IN VIDEO" (August 27, 2005)

JNEWSWIRE.com: "HAMAS: CHRISTIAN ZIONISM IS OUR ENEMY" by Jerusalem Newswire Editiorial Staff (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Hamas terrorist organization has singled out Christian supporters of Israel, putting them on notice that it views their actions as "criminal," making them enemies of the Palestinian Arabs.") (August 22, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (News.TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "HAMAS CLAIMS EVACUATION IS VICTORY FOR THE SUICIDE BOMBERS" (August 21, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS RADIO: Jaffa is the Same as Gaza, Tel Aviv the Same as Rafah" (August 21, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 964: "AN INTERVIEW WITH HAMAS LEADER DR. MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar that appeared in Asharq Al-Awsat on August 18, 2005.") (August 19, 2005)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER AT THE CENTER FOR SPECIAL STUDIES (C.S.S.): "DISENGAGEMENT NEWS UPDATE NO. 2" (August 17, 2005)

MEMRI.ORG: "AN INTERNVIEW WITH HAMAS LEADER DR. MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR" (August 19, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=17135_Hamas_Will_Keep_On_Killin&only" (August 20, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "GOODBYE GAZA, HELLO HAMAS" by John Perazzo (August 24, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): Gaza Strip - "HAMAS VOWS TO CONTINUE FIGHT AFTER PULLOUT" (August 13, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS LAUNCHING ROCKET WAR AFTER GAZA EVACUATION Terrorist Group Foresees Massive Attacks as Next Stage of 'Conflict'" (August 6, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16950_Netanyahu-_Pullout_Will_Endanger_West&only" (August 5, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "ABBAS INVITES HAMAS TO JOIN CABINET" (July 2, 2005)

MEMRITV.org - Transcript - Clip No. 731: "HAMAS REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON OSAMA HAMDAN: THERE IS A BEGINNING OF EUROPEAN UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS ARMED RESISTANCE" (TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan, which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on June 24, 2005") (June 27, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (WASHINGTON TIMES.com): "RICE REJECTS HAMAS CONTACT" (June 19, 2005) (Read More...)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "SO, WAS IT A 'WORK ACCIDENT' OR WAS HE THE TARGET OF AN ATTACK?" (June 15, 2005)

"www.palestine-info.net/english/publish/article_12681.shtml"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "mojahedun.com: Hamas/Al Qaida joint venture: live and online in the Netherlands" (June 13, 2005)

ALTAVISTA.com - Search Term: "mojahedun"

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "EUROPE ACCEPTS HAMAS" (June 7, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16018_Palestinian_Work_Accident_Watch&only" (May 29, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "A POLITICAL PARTY JUST LIKE ANY OTHER..." (May 10, 2005)

DANIELPIPES.org (NEW YORK SUN): "HAMAS vs. AMERICA" (May 3, 2005)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: "BELLEVUE FIRM TIED TO PRO-HAMAS WEB SITE" by Peter Lewis (April 23, 2005)

DANIELPIPES.org (JERUSALEM POST): "SHARING JOKES WITH HAMAS" by Daniel Pipes (April 20, 2005) (Read More...)

AMERICAN DAILY.com: "CANADIAN HOSTED HAMAS INTERNET SITE ADVOCATES KILLING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER" by Jeremy Reynalds (April 18, 2005)

ARUTZ SHEVA.com: "HAMAS BOMB-MAKER STAR OF SYRIAN PRODUCED TV SERIES A 12-part series on the life of the “father of suicide bombings,” Hamas bomb-maker Yihye Ayyash is set to be aired on the Lebanese-based Hizbullah satellite television station al-Manar." (April 18, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (YNET): "PALESTINIAN GIRL HIDES GUN IN UNDIES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The soldiers in the Balata refugee camp, a terrorist hotbed, found the gunman inside his house and ordered him to surrender his weapon. He refused, saying he didn't have it. After questioning, they found the man's sister had hidden it her underwear. Troops then arrested the Hamas terrorist. They also found a gun holster and bullets inside the building.") (April 16, 2005) (Read More...)

JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "WOMAN WALKING WITH FIANCE MURDERED" (Updated April 12, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS TERROR MALL IN WEST BANK Nablus shopping center profits going to violent Palestinian group" by Aaron Klein (April 12, 2005)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - Special Information Bulletin - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER AT THE CENTER FOR SPECIAL STUDIES (C.S.S.): "SYRIAN REGIME - PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""The Tunnels of Hell," a movie produced by Hamas' information department and which appeared in a Hamas forum on the Internet on March 24, 2005. The movie praises and glorifies the explosive-packed tunnels.") (April 4, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15405_Hamas_Islamic_Honor_Killings&only=yes"

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15250_Hamas_Burning_More_Stuff&only=yes"

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15210_Hamas_Burning_Stuff_Again&only=yes"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS/TURKEY CONNECTION: AQSAVOICE.NET" (March 26, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "ALKOTLA.COM: HAMAS SITE MOVES BACK TO GAZA" (October 9, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS SITE IN THE NETHERLANDS: ALKOTLA.COM" (December 25, 2004)

WorldNetDaily.com: "DOCUMENTS SHOW ARAFAT PAID FOR DISCO BOMBING Sent Thank-You Note to Family of Terrorist Who Killed 21, Injured 120" by Aaron Klein (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The attack on the Dolphinarium was one of the most brutal massacres of the Palestinian intifadah, killing 21 people, mostly teens, on a Friday night in June 2001. More than 120 people were injured in the powerful blast carried out by Hamas terrorist Hassan Khutari.") (September 15, 2004)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE OF HAMAS" (September 5, 2004)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - Special Bulletin: "HAMAS Portrait of a Terrorist Organization" (Updated September 1, 2004)

CNS NEWS.com: "MORE ALLEGED HAMAS OPERATIVES LINKED TO DC-AREA THINK TANK" by Scott Wheeler (August 26, 2004)

E-PRISM.ORG - Special Dispatch No. 4-2 (pdf): "HAMAS' SOLIDARITY WITH MUQTADA AL-SADR: Does the Movement fall under the Control of Hizballah and Iran?" by Reuven Paz (August 23, 2004)

CNS NEWS.com: "ALLEGED TERROR THREAT OPERATES IN DC SUBURB" by Scott Wheeler (July 12, 2004)

INTERNET HAGANAH: "HAMAS LEADER THREATENS USA WITH 'THE SPANISH EXAMPLE'" (April 27, 2004)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "HAMAS LINKED TO AREA HOUSING" by Jerry Seper (March 26, 2004)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No.391: "AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MOTHER OF A SUICIDE BOMBER" (June 19, 2002)

IACSP.com: "ABDULLAH ASSAM: THE MAN BEFORE BIN LADEN" by Steve Emerson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Those who met Azzam were dazzled by his spellbinding oratorical skills, his capabilities as a military strategist, his religious leadership, and his interminable energy. Azzam helped bring about the mobilization of the Muslim Brotherhood movement more than any other leader. Today, the military wing of Hamas in the West Bank is called the Abdellah Azzam Brigades.")

"PALESTINE-INFO.info/arabic/HAMAS/"

No, I am not Russian. I am American. My ancestors are American by birth for at least the last 1 1/2 centuries (that's as far as I have researched at this point). I am actually a political science student, working on my Ph.D. and teaching undergraduate courses.

Ok.

Please don't think I was kidding or being sarcastic; we do have Russian or Russian-American freepers.

To be honest with you, I figured if you were either Russian or a teacher.

Oops, new keyboard...
Correction - To be honest with you, I figured you were either Russian or a teacher.

Russia is not our friend.

Russia should be a good lesson to all those liberals backed by the ACLU that want to take God out of our country.

Russia has no morals and no ethics on which to base a program of trust.

Same as with the Godless Chinese.

I understand that you do not support the goals of Hamas. More specifically, I would suspect you do not support their methods. While I would never profess to be an adamant supporter of Hamas' goals or methods, I do respect their right to have certain goals defined according to their values and to pursue them by what they consider to be acceptable methods given their means. This is what the US (and any other government in the world) does. The difference is that recognized states in the world have greater means due to a greater ability to extract from their populations (taxation). Need I remind you of things such as secret CIA prisons or Abu Ghraib, even Hiroshima and Nagasaki (in the eyes of some)? It is not like the means of the US have always been condoned by the world either.

Maybe you should investigate the social welfare networks established by groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah in the occupied territories. They do not focus all of their efforts and funding on what has so conveniently been labeled as terrorism. Until the state of Israel can combat the parallel social welfare state, it will never end the efforts of Hamas and others like them. Fortunately, the Israelis have realized this and have, over the last few years, been exploring options for counteracting this. The biggest problem is that they propose doing it with European funding, not Israeli funding which often furthers the idea that Palestinians will never receive respect and fair treatment from the state of Israel.

Additionally, maybe one should examine history a bit more closely to see that Hamas, Hezbollah, and the state of Israel (along with Western allies) did not really engage one another as enemies until the British made two promises (The Hussein letters to the Palestinians and The Balfour Declaration to the Jewish population) for the territory that is now in dispute. While many like to say that this is an historic battle over claims to territory, it really is not. Much like the Balkan wars, people cite historic grievances to incite more hatred, but there were centuries of peace in this territory also.

Back to the issue of the Russians funding Hamas.....They feel (and I would tend to agree) that whether or not you like what Hamas is doing, you have little choice but to recognize them as the legitimate, legal voice of the Palestinians at this point. They control the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ignoring them and refusing negotiation with them would be extremely hypocritical of a state like the US which professes to want to see a democratic world. Recognition of their newly won political power and status in the region also provides the opportunity to "bring them to the table" on somewhat equal footing to the Israelis in order to work out some compromises. Whether you feel they deserve to have that status or not, it psychologically works to demonstrate they have your respect and to convince them, as a result, that they do not necessarily have to be combative. They no longer have to fight for recognition and respect. Failing to give them this status almost guarantees a more militant stance. Of course, if you favor a war of attrition in Israel, by all means, continue to argue that Hamas should be ignored and that war will come, but it most certainly will not come without large portions of the world being drawn into it. It will also not come without severe disruptions to Western, oil-dependent economies who have not been farsighted enough to pursue alternative means of energy.

(Thanks for the opportunity to participate in a bit of lively debate.)

I figured you might think I was Russian or Russian-American, but why did you think I might be a teacher? Just curious.

"I understand that you do not support the goals of Hamas. More specifically, I would suspect you do not support their methods. While I would never profess to be an adamant supporter of Hamas' goals or methods, I do respect their right to have certain goals defined according to their values and to pursue them by what they consider to be acceptable methods given their means."

OPINION: Killing Jews (or any person for the sake of jihad) is just not a priority I could ever understand. You'll have to forgive me if I'm not as wide-minded as you; but scattered body parts for no reason is not a priority I endorse. Targeting children is not a priority I can endorse, either.

I could show you a whole bunch of info links on Hezbollah, too; but that would just waste your time.

Anyway, thanks for signing up on FR.
You could learn a lot here if you so desire to do so.

Good luck with Ph.D.

That's the end of this "lively debate" with me.

"I figured you might think I was Russian or Russian-American, but why did you think I might be a teacher? Just curious."

Your view point.

I respect your decision to end our "lively debate," but I would argue that you might learn something as well from those who challenge you to think about things differently. Consider that conditions in which those who support Hamas and Hezbollah find themselves. Desperate situations create desperate people who choose desperate tactics. I am not condoning, nor saying these are tactics I could ever see myself pursuing, but I do understand how/why someone might be pushed to that point. When ignored for so long, one does anything he feels will get him noticed.

FYI: Because I am asked this a lot given my stance on this particular issue (and related ones), I am not a Muslim. I am Christian and have spent my whole life in the South (somewhat the opposite of what many might think given my statements). I do, however, have an appreciation and understanding of many cultures that are not my own (which should not be taken to be unpatriotic).

Again, thank you for the discussion. Maybe we'll have another sometime on another issue. Maybe we'll even share similar viewpoints.