Posted on 06/15/2007 3:04:38 AM PDT by Lorianne
Israel has a radical Islamic state sitting on its doorstep.
Hamas militants seized control of the Gaza Strip yesterday and deposed the Palestinian political party that recognizes the Jewish state - and then proceeded to shoot vanquished Fatah Party fighters in the street like dogs.
"The era of justice and Islamic rule have arrived," Islam Shahawan, a spokesman for Hamas' militia, told Hamas radio.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a state of emergency and dissolved his coalition government, firing the Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. But Hamas just laughed.
"Hamas rejects the Abbas decision," senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said. "In practical terms these decisions are worthless."
Nizar Rayan, another prominent Hamas official, called on "Abbas' army of prostitutes to surrender or else they will be executed in public."
By nightfall, green Hamas flags were flying from the rooftops of the presidential compound and other Palestinian Authority bastions while Hamas fighters boasted they had "executed" Samih al-Madhoun, a close ally of Abbas' top security aide.
Other Fatah fighters loyal to Abbas were marched half-naked from the hated Preventive Security Service complex in Gaza City. Witnesses reported that some were later executed gangland-style by masked Hamas militiamen. "This is a real coup against the Palestinian Authority," said Nabil Amr, a top Abbas aide.
Unable and unwilling to intervene, the Israelis watched with growing despair as Hamas - bankrolled by Iran and bent on destroying the Jewish state - took over a territory they had just turned over to the Palestinian Authority in 2005.
"Hamas has to stop terrorizing the Palestinian people," White House spokesman Tony Snow said.
Secretary of State Rice telephoned Abbas in the West Bank but could do little more than voice her support for the beleaguered Palestinian leader.
Meanwhile, there was mayhem in Gaza City as Hamas murdered Fatah men - sometimes while the victims' wives and children looked on, witnesses said.
"They are executing them one by one," a witness who gave his name as Amjad told The Associated Press. "They are carrying one of them on their shoulders, putting him on a sand dune, turning him around and shooting."
Abbas, who had been banking on his far more numerous Fatah fighters to hold off Hamas, ordered his elite presidential guard to strike back. But the order came too late.
His forces were already routed by the better-armed and better-disciplined Hamas fighters. The death toll was at least 80 and expected to climb.
Fatah and Hamas have battled sporadically since Hamas shocked the world last year by winning the parliamentary elections. The latest round of violence started on Sunday and exploded into a full-fledged war yesterday.
Yep, thanks to U.S. and Israeli appeasement policies, Iran (through its proxies Hamas and Islamic Jihad) now controls both the front door (Gaza) and the backdoor (Lebanon) into Israel. Nice!
How much money have we given to Hamas in the last few years and how many times have we listed to our own government officials sing their praises including Ms. Condoleeza Rice. LMFAO
Hamas fighters posed for photographs after capturing the presidential compound in Gaza City [Reuters]
No tears for Fatah. The old Arab-fascist terrorists got replaced by the new Islam-fascist terrorists.
Israel now doens’t any longer have to pretend that there are dialogue partners on the other side.
Israel badly nedes a leadership change, which will bomb those animals into submission without mercy.
The first act by Israel should be shutting off electricity, water, sewage, traffic and money.
Let Gaza boil in it’s own feces.
Let us hope they get Bibi at the helm soon...
“No, no, no, you infidel dog! I said pepperoni, hummus, and goat cheese! And a two-liter of Diet Coke! If it does not get here in thirty minutes, I will execute you and you will not get a tip, inshallah!”
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Two front war, with three or four enemies. Hezbullah and Syria in the North and Hamas in Gaza, with Iran as a “long distance” enemy.
Israel has the means to take care of all of them,( ncluding Iran, with US assitance).
All they need is an utter disrespect for political correctness, the media and so-called “civilian life”. Gaza is not larger than a city. It’s a crowded, infested sore. Drive Hamas into the Sinai or into the ocean.
Yo bro, guess where I am.
Hamas IS the Palestinian People, Snowjob.
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