http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1408
“When Yemen Meets Gaza”
By Matthew Levitt
ForeignPolicy.com, January 25, 2010
SNIPPE: “Now, a small number of Yemeni jihadists have reportedly joined others from Syria, Egypt, France, and Belgium to fight a new war on an old battlefront: Gaza.
According to intelligence officials, up to a few dozen foreign fighters have entered Gaza from Yemen and other Middle Eastern and European countries. Some are experienced fighters there to provide training, while others seek to be trained and experience jihad. Some of the Europeans have even reportedly “come with their credit cards” and financed jihadist activities while in Gaza.”
SNIPPET: “Some have argued that the existence of al Qaeda-inspired groups in Gaza means that Hamas is no longer the worst option and that Israel should engage with Hamas without preconditions, lest al Qaeda take over. In fact, the global jihadist groups in Gaza lack grassroots support and are in no position to challenge Hamas’s authority as the governing entity, let alone take over the Gaza Strip. Moreover, Hamas remains at the heart of the problem.
Despite Hamas’s ideological differences with al Qaeda leaders and its violent crackdown on global jihadists in Gaza, its own radicalization has ironically created an ideal springboard for still more extreme radicalization. When one ideologically motivated suicide bomber becomes a role model, all ideologically motivated suicide bombers become role models.”
Note: “Matthew Levitt is a senior fellow and director of The Washington Institute’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.”
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Note: The following blog entry is a quote:
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/24285.htm
Iranian Official Meets Privately With Hizbullah Leader
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s deputy Mehrdad Bazerpash met privately with Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah yesterday evening in Beirut, and also with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and other ministers.
Bazerpash also visited the tomb of Imad Mughniyeh, the senior Hizbullah official who was assassinated in February 2008.
Source: Parsine.com, Iran, January 29, 2010
Posted at: 2010-01-29