Hamas denies links with aircraft attacks in USThe spiritual leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas denied on Tuesday that Hamas had any connection with the attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center towers in New York and struck the Pentagon in Washington."We in Hamas, our battle is on the Palestinian land. We are not ready to move our battle out of the occupied Palestinian territories," Sheikh Ahmed Yassin told reporters in Gaza City. He said U.S. policies against the weaker peoples of the world were to blame for the aircraft attacks on two major U.S. cities. Sheikh Yassin founded Hamas, which opposes peace moves between Israel and the Palestinians. His group has carried out bombings that have killed scores of Israelis in the nearly year-old Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. |
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