Hamas asserts control in Gaza, seeks "collaborators"

[oberliner]

GAZA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Hamas said on Wednesday it had begun reasserting control in the Gaza Strip and rounding up suspected collaborators with Israel, drawing accusations from the rival Fatah group that its members were being targeted.

"The internal security service was instructed to track collaborators and hit them hard," said Ehab al-Ghsain, spokesman of the Hamas Interior Ministry, without singling out Fatah members by name.

"They arrested dozens of collaborators who attempted to strike the resistance by giving information to the occupation about the fighters," he said, using a Hamas term for Israel, whose 22-day offensive devastated the Gaza Strip.

http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSLL553336

[aquart]

1. "Arrested"?

Gonna slap their wrists with a few days in the cooler?

Let me know when any of those people get to go home.

[GoesTo11]

2. That's great news for the people of Gaza!

[Vegasaurus]

3. Pity the Palestinians

with such murderous and ruthless thugs as their "leaders".

[sabbat hunter]

4. When will

their families get the bodies back?

[hack89]

5. So begins the purge. nt

[ohio2007]

6. al Jazeera still reporting from Gaza?

Collaborators will not have the freedom of assembly this campaign year.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e42_1231416294

[bemildred]

7. Gee, who could have predicted this? nt

[Vegasaurus]

9. Too bad if you don't agree with Hamas

Death to you!

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. They have stepped up what has been an on going pattern in the bitterness of their defeat