I tuned to BBC - just in time to get the confirmation for Hamas’ winning the elections in Palestine. It’s not something that came out of the blue. Most polls indicated that Hamas could score an easy win.
Considering both the USA and the EU have banned Hamas and renounced it as a terrorist organization. The EU subsidizes the Palestinian government with some 500 Million euros which leaves an important question: how will Hamas spend these? A good start for Hamas is “wiping out Israel” as suggested by Iran’s president Ahmadinejad. It’s been on their agenda, they simply lacked the funds.
Iraq’s election yielded a similar result in that the vast majority of the parliamentary parties are religious - some more radical than others. I don’t wanna be the CIA guy who’s looking at the map of the Middle East.
An interesting question is: “what are the chances that Zawahiri will send Hamas a letter similar to the one he sent to Zarqawi?” Something like “does and don’ts of running a successful Al Qaeda franchise.”
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