CNN: Hamas <i>guys</i> are not "Islamic radicals"

Yesterday, Hamas crashed with some Salafists linked to Al-Qaeda in Gaza, after a Salafist cleric declared Gaza “an Islamic Caliphate”. Some time ago, bin Laden had accused Hamas of not being Islamic enough (what other accusation would there be, hein?). So CNN reports on the case and the title is:

13 die as Islamic radicals, Hamas clash in Gaza – CNN.com.

The clashes ended after several hours, after Hamas forces blew up the home of Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, leader of the Salafist jihadist group Jund Ansar Allah, or Soldiers of the Partisans of God, the sources said.

So, Hamas, according to CCN, are not “Islamic radicals”. So what are they? Must be the same as Hizbullah for Mr Brennan, because they also have doctors, lawyers, etc.

About Jund Ansar Allah, GlobalJihad.net says:

A group naming itself Jund Ansar-Allah (Soldiers of the Victorious God), began to form in Southern Gaza Strip and inspired by Al Qaeda and Global Jihad announced its establishment in the Gaza Strip in 11/2008. That group is the first manned with a substantial number of Muslim volunteers from the Arab World, hardliners from Hamas and the PALESTINIAN Islamic Jihad. The group performed its first attack against Israel on 06/08/2009 (see – Nahal-Oz 06.08.09). Jund Ansar-Allah is estimated by Israeli intelligence as a well trained 400 men strong organization.

But not only CNN is whitewashing Hamas. BBC has done the same when reporting about this clash. And the Guardian:

Hamas security forces killed the leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group today in a shootout that claimed the lives of 22 people, the governing party in the Gaza Strip said.

(…) Dr Moaiya Hassanain, a health ministry official in Gaza, said a total of 22 people, including six Hamas police officers and an 11-year-old girl, were killed in the violence and a further 150 were wounded.

Hamas also confirmedthat one of one of its high level commanders, Abu-Jibril Shimali, was killed in the clashes. Israeli officials say Shimali was behind the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier three years ago in a cross border raid.

That Israeli soldier that the Guardian can’t even name is Gilad Shalit, who is yet kidnapped by Islamic terrorists.

But if you continue reading they insist on that idea Hamas vs. Islamic radicals:

Jund Ansar Allah and a number of other small radical groups seek to enforce a stricter version of Islamic law in Gaza than that advocated by Hamas.

Hmm, even stricter than passing a law to crucify Islam converts to Christianity, amputations and other extreme Sharia punishments?

Bill Roggio has more on the clash. There is a complete list of active AQ’s terrorist groups in the area.

Two years ago, there was the civil war between Fatah and Hamas. I don’t think that 400 men can fight Hamas for long, specially after Hamas has announced they have killed Jund Ansar-Allah’s “extremist cleric”, but is this a new civil war? Is going Al-Qaeda to take part in Gaza actively? What do you think?

NOTE: There is an ongoing campaign to Free Gilad Shalit:

The current campaign will utilize Twitter.  ‘Tweet4Shalit’ is a virtual grassroots movement inspired by the struggle Gilad Shalit must endure daily as a prisoner of war and as a victim of Islamic extremism. ‘Tweet4Shalit’ is a 24 hour Twitter event in which thousands of supporters will sign onto Twitter to tweet the hashtag ‘#GiladShalit’ with the goal of making Gilad a top ten Twitter ‘Trending Topic’ on the day of his birth two days before his birth.

The campaign is proposed by International Civil Liberties Alliance and Jewish Internet Defense Force.

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