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"New Shi'ite group worries Hamas, PA"
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
RAMALLAH
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Palestinian Authority security forces are investigating whether Iran, Hizbullah or al-Qaida are behind a new Shi'ite group that has been operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over the past few days.
Called the Higher Shi'ite Council, the group is headed by Muhammad Ghawanmeh, a former Islamic Jihad official from the West Bank. Ghawanmeh was close to Islamic Jihad secretary-general Fathi Shikaki, who was reportedly assassinated in Malta in 1996 by Mossad agents."
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Mar. 6, 2006 1:51 | Updated Mar. 6, 2006 16:40
New Shi'ite group worries Hamas, PA
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
RAMALLAH
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "He admitted that his group was in touch with Iran, but denied receiving financial aid from the Teheran government.
He also admitted that his group was linked to "Shi'ite elements" in Lebanon, but did not mention Hizbullah by name."
Here it all comes together; Hezbollah with the Palis with Al Qaeda.
...And my money says that Zarqawi has moved into lawless Southern Lebanon (Hezbollah's stomping grounds) to run this show.
Which may very well mean that our intel intercepts about the "Big Bang" are for an AQ operation in Lebanon or even Israel itself.
Meaning that the Samarra Mosque bombing was a known deal-breaker by Al Qaeda...used as a last resort to add enough noise in Iraq to cover AQ's move out.
Note - Opinion: I'm speculating that this article probably should have been posted before posts no. 46 and 47.
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FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU
"Al-Qaida leader in Palestine soon to be revealed?
Terrorists' pamphlet demands non-Muslims vacate West Bank, Gaza"
Posted: March 7, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "JERUSALEM – An al-Qaida leader as important as overall terror chief Osama bin Laden and the group's Iraq leader Abu Musab Zarqawi will soon reveal himself in the Palestinian territories and orchestrate local and global jihad from the area, according to a pamphlet distributed in the Gaza Strip and obtained by WorldNetDaily.
The pamphlet, signed by a group calling itself the Jaish al Jihad, or Army of Jihad, claimed to speak for al-Qaida. It warned all non-Muslims and foreign embassies to vacate the Palestinian areas within one month.
"Is there now among us a person like Saladin, like Sheik Osama bin Laden, like Abu Musab Zarqawi? The answer is yes. We have this man and he will appear with the help of Allah very soon on the land of Palestine," said the pamphlet, which was intercepted this week by the Palestinian General Intelligence after being circulated in southern Gaza.
The message continued: "We ask all foreigners who are not Muslims to leave our holy Islamic land. We will fight all those who do not believe that Allah is the one and only God. [We will fight] every government that will not apply the rules of Allah and Islam and that chooses to follow the rules of the West and the infidels that bring corruption to our lives and religion like prostitution, alcohol … and drugs."
The group threatened the Palestinian police and security services not to interrupt its planned activities, adding, "We will fight all the corrupted and unbelieving politicians. It will be a great war for the purity of the land of Islam and Palestine."