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Article: Pro-Qaeda group, Hamas clash in Gaza ; 16 die at mosque; radicals declare `Islamic emirate'
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2009
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GAZA CITY - Islamist radicals from a pan-Arab group defied the
Hamas rulers of Gaza yesterday by declaring an "Islamic emirate,"
prompting clashes that killed 16 gunmen.
Although Jund Ansar Allah ("Warriors of God") rallied only a few
hundred men for an event at a Gaza mosque, it marked a clear
challenge to Hamas's nationalist brand of Palestinian Islam by
groups espousing a pan-Arab militancy aligned with Al Qaeda.
It was followed by clashes between Hamas policemen and supporters
of the leader of the movement in Rafah, near the Egyptian border.
Medical workers said 16 gunmen, including at least three Hamas
policemen, were killed and about 85 people injured.
Hamas said its gunmen stormed ...