Friday, May 20, 2005

PA: Al-Qaida-linked terrorists active in Gaza

Jerusalem Post Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

"A new Muslim terrorist group linked to al-Qaida has started operating in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Authority security officials told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. "

Jundallah, or "Allah's Brigades," consists mostly of scores of former Hamas and Islamic Jihad members, the officials disclosed. They ..launched their first attack ...near Rafah earlier this week...four soldiers were lightly wounded .... "

"They believe that Hamas and Islamic Jihad have become too moderate," the official said... "... the attack near Rafah...was the first in a series of operations that (t)his group was planning against Israel."

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