Hamas condemns bin Laden’s killing

May 2nd, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS  

Gaza City, May 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Hamas leader Ismail Haniya condemned Monday the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a special operation carried out by the US military in Pakistan.

“We condemn any killing of a holy warrior or of a Muslim and Arab person,” Haniya told journalists in Gaza.

“If the news is true, then we consider it a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and bloodshed against Arabs and Muslims,” he said.

Bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US, was killed in a raid on his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, outside Islamabad.

The operation was carried out by a small Special Forces team of US Navy Seals just before the dawn Monday.

–IANS/RIA Novosti
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