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Friday, June 12, 2009

Hamas orders 'Islamic warriors' to fight crackdown by Palestinian Authority

RAMALLAH — Hamas has ordered active resistance to efforts by the Palestinian Authority to impose order in the West Bank.   

PA and Hamas sources said the Islamic military wing has been directed to fight any PA crackdown in the West Bank. They said the Hamas leadership has concluded that the PA, in cooperation with Israel and the United States, would significantly intensify efforts against the Islamic opposition in 2009.

"Our Islamic warriors have the right to resist any attempt to arrest them, and there is no difference between the occupation and the traitor who acts on behalf of it," Hamas's military wing said. "We call all the resistance members to stand in the face of this criminal group [PA] which sold itself to devil."


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In a statement on May 31, Hamas's Izzedin Kassam Brigade said the PA crackdown was directed by U.S. security envoy Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton. The statement said Dayton was the driving force behind the PA assault on a Hamas safe house in the West Bank city of Kalkilya on May 30, in which six people were killed, including the Hamas commander and his deputy.

"The Islamic warriors were killed in a planned crime that was coordinated with Dayton and the Zionist enemy," the statement said.

The PA has confirmed Hamas plans. Officials said Hamas has begun targeting senior PA commanders as well as security installations throughout the West Bank. They said Hamas has established a military infrastructure in most West Bank cities.

On June 11, the PA reported foiling Hamas plans to dig a tunnel underneath security headquarters in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. PA Interior Minister Said Abu Ali said Hamas also sought to acquire a large quantity of explosives to attack the regime of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. He said both Hamas plots were foiled.

For its part, Hamas said it would hold Abbas responsible for the killing of the military commander and his deputy in Kalkilya. Hamas called on Palestinians not to join or cooperate with PA security forces.

"The blood of Kalkilya martyrs will be a curse that chases these forces, and we hold the chief of these forces Mahmoud Abbas the direct responsibility on this crime," Hamas said. "The Kassam brigade will not allow the harming any of its warriors, and any coward who doubts this will receive this response."



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