The Hamas - Al-Qaeda Alliance

by Jonathan Schanzer
The Weekly Standard Online
May 2, 2011

While most of the world celebrates the U.S. military operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the sentiment is not unanimous. In the Gaza Strip, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has condemned the United States, accusing Washington of assassinating a "Muslim and Arabic warrior" and the "continuation of the American oppression and shedding of blood of Muslims and Arabs."