Hamas has gone underground

Radio Netherlands Worldwide ^ | 1/2/2009 | Mohammed Abdulrahman

[bruinbirdman]

The large-scale Israeli offensive in Gaza has sent Hamas leaders and operatives physically under the ground. They are nowhere to be seen. None of them have appeared in public or in the media apart from a recorded speech by Hamas government chief Ismael Haniya. Prominent Hamas leader Nizar Rayan, who chose to remain on ground level, was killed Thursday by an Israeli missile attack on his house.

Supplies go into a tunnel in Gaza

For Israelis and Palestinians the whereabouts of Hamas leaders is no secret at all. For almost three years, Hamas was busy digging and building an extensive network of tunnels under the cities of Gaza and Rafah for military purposes, leaving smuggling tunnels across the border with Egypt for private entrepreneurs who pay lucrative taxes to Hamas.

Hamas has even taken the tunnels far away from Gaza to Hebron in the West Bank where Israeli authorities destroyed a one hundred-metre-long tunnel last November.

Ayemen Taha, a junior Hamas activist told the AFP news agency this week that

"communication between our people and the leadership has never been interrupted anywhere in Gaza, we are ready for any land attack on Gaza." He was apparently referring to the fact that the Hamas leaders are in the safe tunnels under Gaza City. According to the Israeli press these tunnels are well supplied, protected and equipped with efficient control and command centers.

Inspiration from Lebanon Hamas was inspired by the effective use of tunnels by the Lebanese Hezbollah against the Israeli attack in the summer of 2006. Tunnels were used by Hamas earlier against its Palestinian rival Fatah in the power struggle in Gaza in 2007. Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority who currently resides in Ramallah on the West Bank, earlier complained that

[combat_boots]

Nice.

The saying I used is English for an Arabic curse I wanted to throw back in the face.

[combat_boots]

“Why is it that Israel can’t carpet bomb Gaza with conventional weapons. The population elected Hamas. Therefore they support Hamas. Therefore they should be considered as terrorists. Pull back and don’t enter Gaza at all. Im getting annoyed about this now. Carpet bomb mile by mile Gaza until there is nothing left. Then no need for mines or other hazards when Israel retakes their rightful land.”

Political expedience.

[Larousse2]

Send in Crazy Cynthia to shield them!

[Larousse2]

We have to give GWB credit for our not being attacked again since 9-11.

[Larousse2]

Thanks for your comments! I agree with you!

[MortMan]

For Israelis and Palestinians the whereabouts of Hamas leaders is no secret at all. For almost three years, Hamas was busy digging and building an extensive network of tunnels under the cities of Gaza and Rafah for military purposes, leaving smuggling tunnels across the border with Egypt for private entrepreneurs who pay lucrative taxes to Hamas.

It's telling that the author considers smugglers - who breach the laws of TWO governments (Egypt and Hamas) - "entrepreneurs" who pay "lucrative taxes" (otherwise known as bribes).

Hmmmm... I wonder what the supply of heavier-than-air non-breathable gases is in Gaza?

[Jabba the Nutt]

My thinking exactly.Link to interesting video on the development of the thermobaric bomb led by former female Vietnamese Boat person: Here.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Did you mean this?

FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL KILL!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Not sure. How about a hyper-thermobaric bomb? As it explodes, it roasts them and shoots them out like chunks of shishkebobs.

[TomasUSMC]

Jihad should NOT be fought by their terms and to their strengths...
We should fight their weaknesses and to our strength..
The only fair fight is the one you win....
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I bet the first time obambi orders our military to commence “Air raiding villages” and 50 “innocents” are killed ....no one in the media will talk about disproportional response. .........................I keep remembering that republican who was involved in one of those National Emergency Presidential Drills in which obambi was involved and he said that obambi was unable to make a decision when the chips where down.