Monday, October 9, 2006

GAZA AL-QAEDA BURNS INTERNET CAFE

Al-Qaeda Affiliate Burns Coffee Shop in Gaza - Ali Waked (Ynet News)
On Sunday, gunmen set fire to an Internet coffee shop in Jabaliya in northern Gaza, causing massive damage. According to the Islamic Swords of Justice, an affiliate of al-Qaeda that claimed responsibility, the owner of the establishment was warned that his business served as a center for "unethical" activity.  Among the Palestinian elite, there is increasing concern that al-Qaeda is becoming a major actor in Gaza.  Pictures of al-Qaeda's former leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are plastered on walls throughout Gaza.

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