Monday, October 12, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
IPT Investigation Finds Hamas Support Drives 'Viva Palestina' Caravans - '...Galloway has denied being a Hamas supporter, despite his direct donation to Hamas in Haniyeh's name that was captured on video last spring. He claims to be loyal to the late Fatah leader Yasser Arafat. But he stands against Arafat in endorsing Hamas, which has been engaged in a bloody power struggle with Fatah since 2007, when Hamas took control of Gaza by force. Viva Palestina events show the group is aware it risks running afoul of U.S. law. At the July 3 pre-convoy sendoff in Brooklyn, Father Luis Barrios urged convoy travelers to, "Break the law. Just break it. OK?"...'
