AL-QAEDA IN GAZA?

PA: Al-Qaeda-Linked Terrorists Active in Gaza - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)
A new Muslim terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda has started operating in the southern Gaza Strip, PA security officials said Thursday. Jundallah, or "Allah's Brigades," consists mostly of scores of former Hamas and Islamic Jihad members who "believe that Hamas and Islamic Jihad have become too moderate," said one official. Abu Abdallah al-Khattab, who identifies himself as the spokesman for Jundallah in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday accused the U.S. of desecrating the Koran and killing Muslims in Iraq. "Soon everyone will see operations [against the U.S.] that would make all the Muslims delighted," he said. He said Jundallah would not honor the unofficial truce with Israel.

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