Hamas outlines seized American weapons

From World Net Daily --

Hamas members today provided WND a preliminary list of what they claimed were hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. weaponry and equipment seized during last week's coup against the U.S.-backed Fatah security organizations of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

The list of claimed seized U.S. material included:

• "Dozens" of mounted machine guns

• Approximately 7,400 American M-16 assault rifles

• About 800,000 rounds of bullets.

• Eighteen armored personnel carriers

• Seven armored military jeeps

• "Tens" of armored civilian cars, including pickup trucks and magnums.

• Eight massive trucks equipped with water cannons for dispersing protests

• Fourteen military-sized bulldozers

The Hamas list of purportedly seized American weapons comes as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced this week the U.S. will resume "full assistance to the Palestinian government," lifting an economic and political embargo against the Palestinian government enacted after Hamas came to power in March 2006. More....

WND continues to report in another article that this money will got to the famous "Force 17", which is more or less a police force for Fatah. Problem is many are open members the Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigade which is a terror group with ties to Hamas.

Hamas has stated they will also get their hands on any emergency funding the U. S. sends to Abbas and his Fatah group.

"Like the American weapons in Gaza we told you will come to Hamas, also the weapons and aid the Americans are giving to Abu Mazen (Abbas) as part of their conspiracy against us in the West Bank will find its way to the Palestinian resistance and Hamas," said Abu Abdullah, a senior operational member in Gaza of Hamas' Izzedine al-Qassam Martyrs Brigades, Hamas' so-called "military wing."

The terror leader, speaking from the Gaza Strip, said Hamas was "swimming" in American weapons it seized last week when it gained control of Fatah bases, including Fatah's major Ansar complex – where American-provided weapons were delivered and stored – and Abbas' presidential guard complex.

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