Posted on 12/11/2011 10:18:05 AM PST by Libloather
Hamas quietly scales back its presence in Syria
By Nidal al-Mughrabi | Reuters – Sun, Dec 4, 2011
GAZA (Reuters) - Dozens of Hamas operatives have quietly returned to Gaza from Damascus as the Islamist group scales back its presence in Syria and gauges the uncertain future of President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said on Sunday.
Officially, Hamas leaders are sticking to their denial they plan to quit the Syrian capital, where the group keeps its main headquarters outside the Gaza Strip.
But diplomats and regional sources said the Hamas delegation in Damascus, which once numbered hundreds of Palestinian officials and their relatives, had shrunk to a few dozen.
Departures were speeded up, one regional intelligence source said, by the Arab League's suspension of Syria last month over its military crackdown on protests rocking the Assad government.
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That’s why you start bombing immediately and not dick around.
Aren’t we involved in enough wars right now?
We are involved in *ONE* war: World War IV, the War Against Islam, from Morrocco to the Philippines and Bosnia to Somalia and Sudan, as well as fifth columns in every country on earth, whether or not we admit it. They *ARE* at war with us and plainly say and demostrate it.
We just have to pick them off in pieces.
Yup, elements of the Former Ottoman Empire attacked us. They have not yet sued for a peace treaty ~ which is the ONLY way we can withdraw from a war.
It’s time for Israel to close the border and sink ships of Hamas before they enter the gaza strip.
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