Hamas defeats Wahabi al Qaeda group in Rafah border of GAZA

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Sheikh Abdel-Latif Moussa Salafi was apparently killed on 15 Aug 2009 when gun battles began

 

ACCORDING TO BRITISH JOURNALIST Bill Roggio

Heavy fighting broke out between Hamas and an al Qaeda linked group that called for the creation of an Islamic state in Gaza. Thirteen people, including the leader of both groups' military wings, were reported killed and 85 more were wounded after Hamas attacked following sermon at a mosque in Rafah.

 

Abdel Latif Moussa, the leader of the Jund Ansar Allah, triggered the violent clashes after he said Hamas is insufficiently Islamic and created an Islamic emirate, or state, in Rafah which would eventually spread throughout the Palestinian territories.

 

Moussa, who goes by the name Abu al Nour al Maqdissi, swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden during his controversial Friday sermon, which was attended by several hundred followers. Moussa surrounded himself with five masked gunmen armed with assault rifles; one wore what appeared to be a suicide belt.

 

Hamas fighters attacked Moussa's mosque in Rafah as well as at other Jund Ansar Allah strongholds shortly after his announcement.

 

The fighting took its toll on the military leadership of both groups. Abu Jibril Shimali, the commander of Hamas' Izzadin al Qassam Brigades, and Abu Abdullah al Suri, the military emir of Jund Ansar Allah are said to have been killed, although the reports have not been confirmed. Moussa was killed during an explosion at a compound he and others sought refuge in was attacked by Hamas. A Jund Ansar Allah suicide bomber is said to have detonated in the middle of a Hamas military unit.

 

Jund Ansar Allah and several other al Qaeda-linked groups have formed in Gaza over the past several years [see list below]. Al Qaeda has attempted to make inroads into Gaza since the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the United States.

 

Al Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, have been critical of Hamas for accommodating Israel and the west and for improperly waging jihad, or holy war. Hamas has accused al Qaeda of attempting to graft the Palestinian struggle onto the global jihad and has criticized al Qaeda's attacks worldwide.

 

The war of words between the two groups has been heated. Al Qaeda leaders trade barbs with Hamas on propaganda tapes, while both groups' followers clash on jihadi internet message boards.

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Hammas is a Jihadi group with Sunni Ideology..........Long live Hammas & Palestine.

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