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Hamas may send operatives to Iran

2006-10-13

Hamas representatives were in Teheran on Thursday discussing the possibility of training its operatives in Iran, Channel 2 reported. Following PA elections earlier this year, Hamas reportedly asked Iran for guidance, instructions and financial assistance as it prepared to take over the Palestinian government. "Hamas is currently trying to obtain funding from Iran and has asked the Iranians for advice on how they think Hamas should lead the PA," then-defense minister Shaul Mofaz told EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana at the time.

In 1999, the IDF claimed Iran had been training Hamas guerrillas near Teheran for several years to carry out attacks on Israel, after a military court indicted two Hamas members from Gaza for carrying out illegal activities for the movement that included initiating Iranian training. Hamas denied at the time that it had any military training camps in Iran, dismissing the reports as part of a smear campaign against the Islamic republic because of its arrest of 13 Jews on spying charges.

Posted by:Fred

#5 Perhaps the Zionists hacked into the Air Jihad manifest.

Posted by: ed 2006-10-13 11:51

#4 Channel 2 reported

Well put Joe. However I cant tell from this article if Channel 2 independently obtained hard information regarding specific discussions between Hamas and Teheran or if this is simply Mofazs opinion? Either way, it begs the question; how would they get that kind of info? Furthermore, if true, wouldnt this compromise sources and methods? Seems to me this is another case of stating an obvious assumption disguised as inside baseball. Then its picked up by another news outlet (Jpost) as reported to lend it legitimacy. Ironically, whether it's true or not, this kind of journalism lends credence to Irans smear campaign charges.

Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-10-13 11:01

#3 When there was that students revolt back in 2000 IIRC (sorry if I'm wrong on that), the dirty work of the actual street repression was in part carried out by arab enforcers, and the MM still have such suppletives ready at hand.

Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-10-13 10:02

#2 Maybe the HAMAS folks could be useful in helping IRAN in their ethnic cleansing of the Arab portions of IRAN.

Posted by: mhw 2006-10-13 09:58

#1 Well, Duhhhh.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-10-13 01:41

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