Terrorists Terrorizing Terrorists

August 16, 2009: A growing problem in Gaza, for the Palestinians there (especially Hamas, the radical group that runs the place) and neighboring nations, is the growing number of Islamic terrorists moving in. Hamas has made Gaza a sanctuary for Islamic radicals. So has Somalia and the tribal territories of Pakistan. But Somalia is in chaos, and Pakistan's tribal territories are under heavy attack. Thus while Gaza is small, and under constant threat of Israeli attack, it is relatively safe. And the tunnels into Egypt give these terrorists access to the rest of the world, via an underground network of criminals and Egyptian Islamic radicals who will, for a price, help you get out of the country, or get weapons, equipment and false ID.
The Egyptians are not cooperating with this arrangement, as many of the Islamic radicals in Gaza consider the Egyptian government an implacable enemy. That's certainly true, as Egypt destroyed the radical wing of the Moslem Brotherhood in the 1990s (some of the survivors joined al Qaeda in Afghanistan). Four months ago, the government uncovered a network of 49 Hezbollah terrorists planning attacks inside Egypt. About half the suspects got away, some into Gaza.
Hamas does not want to run a sanctuary for terrorists, but as an Islamic radical organization, it does not want to get into wars with other Islamic terror groups. This is all too easy a trap to fall into. In most areas where Islamic terrorists are active, factions among the terrorists are fighting each other. This does not get a lot of media play, but it gets a lot of Islamic terrorists killed. Think of it as a dirty little secret in the terrorist world. Hamas would rather not join this club, at least not in a big way..more..http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20090816.aspx