The New Media Journal | Fears Loom Al-Qaeda Is Opening a Gaza Front to Counter Hamas: "Explosions at two sensitive sites in the Gaza Strip over the weekend prompted speculation on Sunday that they were the work of Al-Qaeda-aligned radicals opposed to the Palestinian enclave's Islamist rulers Hamas.
No credible claim of responsibility has been made.
Since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007 by routing secular forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Islamists have tended to blame occasional bombings and other attacks on Hamas targets on Abbas's Fatah party.
This time, however, suspicion has fallen on fundamentalist Muslims, or Salafis, whose agenda of global jihad, or holy war, against the West is at odds with Hamas's nationalist goals.
Hamas forces attacked a mosque in Rafah on August 14 after the leader of a group calling itself Jund Ansar Allah (Warriors of God) declared Islamic rule in the town on the border with Egypt.
Up to 28 people, including the leader, were killed. That spurred warnings of a reaction and speculation that conflict with Salafis could both complicate and foster Hamas's contact with the West."
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