Hamas says Abbas accidentally paid its fighters

Reuters via Washington Post ^ | August 08, 2007

[jdm]

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's government accidentally paid salaries to almost half the members of rival Hamas's security force before noticing the error, officials said on Wednesday.

They said Abbas's Finance Ministry ordered Tuesday's payouts to 2,600 members of the Hamas Executive Force to be reversed, but hundreds of fighters had managed to withdraw funds.

"To their surprise, they got phone calls telling them to get their salaries. They rushed to the bank," said an official in the Hamas-led administration in Gaza.

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GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's government accidentally paid salaries to almost half the members of rival Hamas's security force before noticing the error, officials said on Wednesday.

Accidentally? Riiiiiiight. Why do we give more and more $$$$ to Palestinians if the money (half of it) winds up with Hamas?

[DAC21]

Brings back to mind that old SLN skit,

“Yeah right, that’s the ticket”

[yldstrk]

“Accidentally?” Give me a frickin’ break.

[mtbopfuyn]

Somehow, I’m not surprised.

[CaptRon]

I work with several people that happens to. Or at least I think that should be the case.

[DownInFlames]

That’s what happens when most of the male populations’ name begins with Mohammad.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

our tax dollars at work

[KarlInOhio]

Is Condi going to have to bring another $80 million?

[Diogenesis]

Terrorism PAID for by American taxpayers again, and again, and again, and again, and again.

[Diogenesis]

"We have no worries about running out of weapons or ammunition
thanks to your American government"
said Abu Abdullah of Hamas' Izzedine al-Qassam Martyrs Brigades, Hamas' military wing (Gaza, June 20, 2007).

[the anti-mahdi]

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you cannot make this up! A once free and educated people being betrayed by essentially unelected and hateful morons who give money to our enemies.

[Realism]

Fatah and Hamas are bitter enemies, really, they just had a civil war, really. They must think we’re a bunch of idiots over here, well, maybe we are.

[onedoug]

‘One little, two little, three little islamists....’

[monday]

So Washington is now a Hamas supporter as well as a Fata supporter. Oh well, Muslim terrorists are all the same. Still aren’t we supposed to be at war with Muslim terrorists? I’m confused? Is everyone in Washington brain-dead?

[monday]

Perhaps banks should freeze US assets until Washington stops funding terrorists?

[SJackson]

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With US aid money.

Arafat accidently caught aids too. Dirty toilet seat.

[montag813]

I’ll say it again. Condi Rice is an incompetent ass who should have been fired on 9/12/2001.