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Al Qaeda Leader Dies in Battle With Hamas

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(Newser) – Hamas launched a raid on an al-Qaeda splinter group's mosque stronghold today, leaving at least 22 dead, including the group’s leader, and around 120 people injured, Reuters reports. The extremist Jund Ansar Allah, or Warriors of God, had provoked Hamas by declaring the establishment of an Islamic “emirate” in Gaza, first in a sermon Friday and then on their Web site.

The group’s leader, Abdel-Latif Moussa, died in an explosion—a Hamas spokesman says he and an aide blew themselves up after killing a negotiator. Hamas also accused the group of “terrorizing the country and attacking civilians.” The battle was the worst inter-Palestinian conflict in 2 years, with six Hamas policemen, six civilians and three children among the dead.

Amember of the militant Islamic group Jund Ansar Allah stands guard while his leader Abdel-Latif Moussa, not pictured, gives a speech during Friday prayers in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Aug. 14, 2009.
Amember of the militant Islamic group Jund Ansar Allah stands guard while his leader Abdel-Latif Moussa, not pictured, gives a speech during Friday prayers in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Aug. 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/ File)
Members of a militant Islamic group Jund Ansar Allah, stand guard as their leader Abdel-Latif Moussa, right, speaks during Friday prayers in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip Friday, Aug. 14, 2009.
Members of a militant Islamic group Jund Ansar Allah, stand guard as their leader Abdel-Latif Moussa, right, speaks during Friday prayers in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip Friday, Aug. 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/STR)
In this Aug. 14, 2009 file photo Abdel-Latif Moussa, the leader of Jund Ansar Allah, or the Soldiers of the Companions of God, speaks during Friday prayers in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
In this Aug. 14, 2009 file photo Abdel-Latif Moussa, the leader of Jund Ansar Allah, or the Soldiers of the Companions of God, speaks during Friday prayers in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.   (AP Photo/File)
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I think its main aim was to send a message to the West that it can suppress and abort any possible advance for the more radical groups. Hamas wanted to say that it is an Islamist faction but a moderate one. - Hani Habib, Palestinian political analyst

We hold Jund Ansar Allah and Moussa responsible for what happened because of his rash declaration of an emirate - Taher al-Nono, spokesman for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh

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peacenique
Aug 15, 09 9:38 AM CDT
See? If everybody just stepped back ... they'd look after themselves over there. Sometimes it really just boils down to everyone minding their own business. Reply
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Aug 15, 09 9:53 AM CDT
I agree with you, but I really think that this was just a blood thirsty power grab to prevent someone else's blood thirsty powergrab
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Aug 15, 09 10:20 AM CDT
I say let's allow the power-grabbing play its course, and when a problem arises make a decision - what ever that may be.
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Aug 15, 09 10:25 AM CDT
Be nice if they would all annihilate each other. Reply
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and children? you are so thick
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