Thursday, February 16, 2006
Palestinian Media Watch: Hamas plans to kidnap Israeli soldiers to trade for imprisoned terrorists
...In an article in Tuesday's Al-Ayyam, the Hamas representative of the 'National and Islamic Forces Prisoners Committee' was quoted as saying that if a Hamas-led government won't be able to secure the release of the prisoners by peaceful means, it will "take care" of the issue by kidnapping Israeli soliders.
Below is a quote from the article, which was headlined, "How will a Hamas government act regarding the prisoners in the prisons of the Occupation?"
"...Nabil Nassar, the representative of Hamas in the National and Islamic Forces Prisoners Committee said, 'We will not leave them [i.e. the prisoners] alone. The coming government will double its efforts to set them free using every possible means.'"Nassar said that Hamas, which will form the coming government, can take care of the prisoner issue and kidnap [Israeli] soldiers if it fails to set prisoners free by peaceful means..."
[Al-Ayyam, February 14, 2006]
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