Wednesday July 4, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

Kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston is free.

But we must not let ourselves be fooled - this is not the beginning of the end.
Tensions between Palestinians - in Gaza and in the West Bank - are growing.
The conflict is intensifying and will continue to intensify.

A little background:
Hamas declared that it would not tolerate militias and other armed groups in Gaza - they create anarchy.
Then Hamas openly declared war on the Army of Islam, the group that held Johnston and to make their point even stronger, kidnapped Mumtaz Dughmush, the Army of Islam's religious leader in Gaza.
In response, the Army of Islam kidnapped 10 Hamas people.
Everyone was released in the move that ultimately led to Johnston's freedom.

Now we must puzzle out who was pulling the strings of the Johnston kidnappers. For 4 months Hamas said they were doing everything in their power to free him.
In the end, it all came together in 36 hours.

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