[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh - Mahmoud Taleb, a former commander of Hamas' armed wing, Izzadin Kassam, revealed on Sunday that his men recently tried to assassinate former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair. Taleb's group, Jaljalat (Thunder), consists of dozens of former Hamas militiamen who left because of their movement's move toward "moderation." In a recent e-mail message to the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Taleb declared that his loyalists considered Osama bin Laden to be the "emir" and "guardian" of all Muslims. Taleb said his men had planned to kill Carter and Blair during their recent visits to Gaza, but that Hamas arrested the men who were to carry out the assassinations.
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