Hamas Founder Says Bush Has Declared War on Islam

[admin]

I guess they interpret terrorism as Islam?

GAZA (Reuters) - Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Islamic militant group Hamas, emerged from hiding on Wednesday and denounced President Bush (news - web sites)'s speech to the United Nations (news - web sites) as a declaration of war on Islam.

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"Today Bush declares war on Islam under the pretext of terrorism and ideologies that feed terrorism. Bush views Islam as terrorism," the wheelchair-bound cleric, 64, told reporters at a mosque in the Gaza Strip (news - web sites).


Yassin has been in hiding because of Israeli missile strikes against Hamas leaders after a wave of suicide bombings.


Hamas is sworn to the destruction of Israel, Washington's closest Middle East ally, and has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide attacks.


"Bush must understand that religious people do not fear threats. Islam is stronger than Bush's regime, stronger than Bush and stronger than his state and Islam will win."


He said Bush had resorted to war after failing to conduct a dialogue with Muslims. "But he will be defeated, in Afghanistan (news - web sites), in Iraq (news - web sites), in Palestine and in all the Muslim land," he said.


Bush said in his U.N. address Tuesday that the Palestinian cause was being "betrayed by leaders who cling to power by feeding old hatreds."


"We will not surrender, we will not raise white flags and we will continue to fight until we achieve either victory or martyrdom," said Yassin, who was slightly wounded in one strike.


Yassin said Hamas opposed any truce with Israel, although Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) wants a cease-fire. "Talking truces is completely rejected by our side now," he said.


Yassin also said Hamas would not take part in any Palestinian government. "We do not share in governments under (Israeli) occupation," he said.


Yassin said Hamas was in contact with the Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah over a possible prisoner swap deal with Israel.


A Palestinian newspaper said Tuesday Israel could free 215 Palestinian security detainees next week as part of a prisoner-swap deal with Hizbollah.


"From our side we work and are in contact with Hizbollah to release as many Palestinian prisoners as possible from the jails of the Israeli enemy," Yassin said.

[TheHipHopBillGates]

this is going to be problems. Exactly what I was afraid that this would turn into a religious war.

There was a masive amount of them in Times Square tonight with all the Suicide Attack headlines and stuff preaching the white man is the problem and is declaring war on them. Meanwhile as they look disgusted at my white ass walking buy as theyre screaming hate shit, one of them asks me to donate money into one of those big blue poland springs water bottle jugs....I just started to laugh and mumbled fuck you and kept walkin..

[MsRay]

Originally posted by TheHipHopBillGates
this is going to be problems. Exactly what I was afraid that this would turn into a religious war. That good ol'time religion. Though I don't see how this changes anything except for complicating any possibility of a Palestinian government since it seems Hamas feels any that would exist next to Israel is not legitimate.

[Chicago]

please! as if we don't already know the shrieking sheik yassin (have you ever heard an audio of him?!?!) hasn't been lambasting americans forever now. big deal. and yes, hamas should be liquidated fully.

what i found interesting about the article: what's this deal about hamas and hizbollah communicating re prisoner exchange. i mean, i understand this is an ongoing thing w/hizbollah and israel . .but how does hamas enter the picture (Besides representing themselves in similar such negotiations). are they learning methods from the highly advanced hizbollah (who have trained w/everyone from the IRA to the old SS nazi officers) on how to kidnap israeli soldiers to use as barter later?

wusthedeal?

[MsRay]

Originally posted by Chicago
please! as if we don't already know the shrieking sheik yassin (have you ever heard an audio of him?!?!) hasn't been lambasting americans forever now. big deal. and yes, hamas should be liquidated fully.

what i found interesting about the article: what's this deal about hamas and hizbollah communicating re prisoner exchange. i mean, i understand this is an ongoing thing w/hizbollah and israel . .but how does hamas enter the picture (Besides representing themselves in similar such negotiations). are they learning methods from the highly advanced hizbollah (who have trained w/everyone from the IRA to the old SS nazi officers) on how to kidnap israeli soldiers to use as barter later?

wusthedeal? I was simiarly perplexed how in one breath you could say "Die! I will destroy you!" and in the next "We're thinking of striking a deal."

[admin]

Originally posted by Chicago
please! as if we don't already know the shrieking sheik yassin (have you ever heard an audio of him?!?!) hasn't been lambasting americans forever now. big deal. and yes, hamas should be liquidated fully.

what i found interesting about the article: what's this deal about hamas and hizbollah communicating re prisoner exchange. i mean, i understand this is an ongoing thing w/hizbollah and israel . .but how does hamas enter the picture (Besides representing themselves in similar such negotiations). are they learning methods from the highly advanced hizbollah (who have trained w/everyone from the IRA to the old SS nazi officers) on how to kidnap israeli soldiers to use as barter later?

wusthedeal?

I agree and a normal person would too but there are many brainwashed idiots out there that actually lookup to Hamas and live off their hate and spread the hate.