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.”
Published by Administrator November 15th, 2005
in News bits and Research / Influences.
Bruce Willis has offered a million dollars (US) to anyone who turns in any of the Al Qaida leaders. It seems that Al-Zawahiri’s letter to al-Zarqawi has put Zarqawi’s name at third place so if you have any info on the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden, Aymen Al-Zawahiri or Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, you better contact Bruce Willis.
It’s kind of ironic that Bruce’s most memorable perfomance is that of John McClane in Die Hard. Even more ironic, the movie was stolen by Alan Rickman’s Hans Gruber - a terrorist. How much terrorists have changed since 1988… The quality of the photos still sucks though.
Published by Administrator October 20th, 2005
in Research / Influences.
I know this sounds like a BAD joke. While I’m blogging and checking my email at the same time, some people still persist with writing letters. The problem with any letter (yes, even emails) is that they might end up in the wrong hands. CIA’s hands.
In a 6,300-word letter, Ayman al-Zawahiri addresses his Iraqi “colleague” al-Zarqawi (read the letter here: English; Arabic).
I still need to go through (at least part of) it myself. Although some sources doubt its authenticity, I have toread it. I do write several scenes that are related to Al Qaeda in general, and Al-Zawahiri in particular. No wonder it took Arthur Hailey 2 years to do his “Airport” research.
Update: Hamas wins the Palestine elections. Will we see another letter from Zawahiri (ايمن الظواهري)?
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