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Is the U.S. a Target for Hamas?


(TIME) U.S. intelligence agencies are warning that Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group, may begin attacking U.S. citizens and facilities if a war with Iraq begins. Last month Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin denounced the Bush Administration's threats to disarm Iraq by force as "a new crusade against the Muslim nation." Yassin called for Muslims worldwide to "strike Western interests...everywhere." FBI agents suspect that there are Hamas sympathizers among the 1,000 Islamic extremists they are monitoring in the U.S.
2003-03-17 00:00:00
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