Hamas Confirms al-Qaida Group Overrun and Destroyed

Hamas Confirms al-Qaida Group Overrun and Destroyed
- Leader Killed -
Saturday, August 15, 2009

The Guardian website brings us this bit of GOOD News today and it starts off like this... An al-Qaida inspired group which briefly proclaimed "the birth of an Islamic emirate" in the Gaza Strip included a Syrian national who was believed to be the head of its military wing, Hamas confirmed today after the group was overrun and its leader killed by police.
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Hamas destroys al-Qaida group in violent Gaza battle
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* YNETNews.com reports it this way…
'Islamic Swords of Justice' posts message on al-Qaeda website vowing to avenge deaths of 24 people, including radical leader Abdel-Latif Moussa, in shootout with Hamas Saturday. 'War is on its way,' says group…
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Al-Qaeda affiliated group declares war on Hamas
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* AP has this report… Hamas crushed an al-Qaida-inspired group in an hours-long standoff that came to a fiery end when a large explosion killed the radical Muslim group's leader inside his Gaza home on Saturday… The fighting was sparked by a rebellious sermon by the group's leader, and his dramatic death put an end to the greatest internal challenge to Hamas' rule since it took control of Gaza two years ago...
Read this report in full at link below…
Hamas crushes challenge by al-Qaida-inspired group

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