Posted on 08/15/2009 1:20:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
GAZA CITY (AFP) – A radical sheikh was among 24 people killed and 130 wounded after Hamas police stormed a Gaza mosque when he declared an Islamic emirate in the Palestinian enclave, medics said on Saturday.
The shooting erupted on Friday afternoon following weekly prayers in Rafah, on the Egyptian border, and continued until dawn on Saturday.
"Clashes... between Hamas and an extremist group in the southern Gaza Strip left 24 people dead and at least 130 wounded," a spokesman for the Palestinian emergency services told AFP.
Four of the wounded were considered to be "clinically dead" and many more "seriously wounded," the spokesman added.
Abdul Latif Musa, identified by an internet statement from Jund Ansar Allah (Soldiers of the Partisans of God) as its leader, was killed while fighting Hamas forces besieging his house, the interior ministry said.
Witnesses reported a number of explosions there, but it was not clear how the man died. His aide Abu Abdullah as-Suri also died in the house.
Mohammed al-Shamali, the Hamas military chief for southern Gaza, and five policemen were also listed as killed, and 10 police wounded.
A three-year-old Egyptian boy was seriously wounded by a bullet from the fighting across the border, but was said to be recovering on Saturday when the clashes died down allowing the reopening of the Gaza-Egypt border to Muslim pilgrims.
In what Hamas police insisted was a separate incident, a member of the powerful Doghmush clan -- Rashid Doghmush -- was shot dead in an exchange of fire with officers in Gaza City overnight.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of Hamas members during their funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip a day after clashes between Hamas and a radical Islamist sect. A radical sheikh was among 24 people killed and 130 wounded after Hamas police stormed a Gaza mosque when he declared an Islamic emirate in the Palestinian enclave, medics said on Saturday. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
Abdul Latif Musa, identified by an Internet statement from Jund Ansar Allah (Soldiers of the Partisans of God) as its leader, delivers the Friday prayer sermon at a mosque in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on August 14. Musa was killed along with aide Abu Abdullah As-Suri when police blew up his house in Rafah. (AFP/File/Said Khatib)
When even Hamas don’t like ya.. yur bad.. and soon to be .. dead.
yesterday..
Hamas battle with Islamic (Al-Qaida ‘inspired’) radicals kills 7 in Gaza
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316193/posts
Friday, August 14, 2009 12:16:30 PM · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 298+ views
AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/14/09 | Ibrahim Barzak - ap
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Islamic radicals from an al-Qaida-inspired group battled Hamas security in the Gaza Strip Friday in a shootout that killed at least seven people. The fighting began when Hamas forces surrounded a mosque in the southern Gaza town of Rafah where about 100 members of Jund Ansar Allah, or the Soldiers of the Companions of God, were holed up, including some armed with suicide belts and rifles, according to residents of the area. The confrontation was triggered when the leader of the group defied Gaza’s Hamas rulers by declaring in a Friday prayer sermon that the...
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Mosque gun battle rages in Gaza (Hamas vs. al-Qaeda!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316186/posts
Friday, August 14, 2009 12:09:28 PM · by mojito · 16 replies · 373+ views
bbc ^ | 8/14/2009 | Staff
At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in a fierce gun battle in Gaza, emergency services say. Eyewitnesses say hundreds of Hamas fighters and policemen have surrounded a mosque where followers of a radical Islamist cleric have been hiding. They have been firing rocket-propelled grenades at the mosque in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, witnesses say. It is thought that at least 100 supporters of the al-Qaeda-linked group Warriors of God are inside. Hamas says a grenade fired from the mosque has killed one of its fighters. Earlier, during Friday prayers, hundreds of worshippers declared Gaza an...
How evil do you have to be... if even HAMAS thinks you are nuts?
Good riddance.
Members of a group called Jund Ansar Allah surround their leader Abdel-Latif Moussa (2nd-R) as he speaks during Friday prayers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 14, 2009. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Abdul Latif Musa (C), a representative the radical Palestinian Islamist group Jund Ansar Allah, is surrounded by armed members of his radical group after the Friday prayer sermon in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Four people were killed and another 38 wounded in gunbattles in Gaza after Hamas police stormed a mosque where radicals had declared an Islamist "emirate". (AFP/Said Khatib)
Can´t wait for part 2.
Love the soap opera in Gaza,always entertaining :God willing.
Can´t wait for part 2.
Love the soap opera in Gaza,always entertaining :God willing.
LOL! Stuck on stupid.
Would have been safer to declare one in England or Detroit.
Guess that “will of allah” thing can be pretty fickle, huh...
“Clashes... between Hamas and an Extremist Group”
Huh? Thats like saying “Big game tonight between the Steelers and a Football Team”
So? It would be even better if Hamas "police" then went and jumped off tall buildings to their deaths, but I guess you can't expect a perfect day.
Jund Ansar Allah, or the Warriors of God: Jund Ansar Allah members are thought to have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. The group battled Hamas after its leader, Latif Moussa (Abu al Nour al Maqdissi), said Hamas is insufficiently Islamic, and declared an Islamic emirate, or state in Rafah and the Palestinian territories. Moussa and Abu Abdullah al Suri, the military emir, were killed during the fighting.
Jaish al Islam, or Army of Islam: Also known as the Tawhid and Jihad Brigades. Jaish al Islam is led by Mumtaz Durmush. This group became known in 2006 after it captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and then turned him over to Hamas. A cell from the Army of Islam, led by Khattab al Maqdasi, also kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston. Maqdasi is said to have fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The Army of Islam is said to be financed by Mohammad Dahlan, the Fatah security chief of Gaza before Hamas took power in 2007. The Army of Islam is linked to Abu Qatada, a Palestinian who serves as al Qaeda’s spiritual leader in Europe. The group demand Qatada’s release in exchange for Johnston.
Jaish al Ummah, or the Army of the Nation: Jaish al Ummah group released the first videotape claiming to be an al Qaeda-linked group in Gaza. The video showed its masked fighters training in the desert and riding on horseback. Jaish al Ummah warns about the creeping influence of Iran and its proxy Islamic Jihad.
Jaish al Mu’minun, or the Army of Believers: Also known as Al Qaeda in Palestine. This little-known group has looted the American International School, opened fire at a YMCA center, and is believed to have murdered a Christian book seller. The group claimed to have “no organic links with al Qaeda, but we share its ideology.” In a propaganda tape the group said its “goal is not only to liberate Palestine, but to spread Islam everywhere.”
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/hamas_and_al_qaeda_l.php#ixzz0OKTlsbMV
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/hamas_and_al_qaeda_l.php
As mentioned elsewhere the main reason for the reaction by Hamas was probably that they declared an Emirate. There are several small groups with self declared Mahdis not understanding that they have psychiatric disorders waiting for their Darwin Award.
http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/001647.html
August 15, 2009
“HAMAS AND JUND ANSAR ALLAH CELEBRATE RAMADAN A LITTLE EARLY”
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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006563.html
SNIPPET: “16 August 2009
“WEBSITE OF THE JUND ANSAR ALLAH?
Gone.”
SNIPPET: “The site was called janah.ps.”
SNIPPET: “A video of the deceased sheikh is available here...”
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ON THE INTERNET:
www.archive.org/details/ben-laden-arriving
Previously...
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/hamas_and_al_qaeda_l.php
“Hamas and al Qaeda-linked group clash in Gaza”
By BILL ROGGIO
August 14, 2009 5:40 PM
“Clashes... between Hamas and an extremist group”
gotta love the Iranian press.
Now pass the popcorn.
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006563.html
16 August 2009
“WEBSITE OF THE JUND ANSAR ALLAH?
UPDATE 17 Aug 09: site has been restored.”
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