International reaction to Usama Ibn Laden's death.
Out of the global reactions, three are interesting...
Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he hopes the world believes that his country is "not the place of terrorism" after the announcement that the al Qaeda leader was killed in neighboring Pakistan. "If the international troops/forces are true allies of the Afghans - they should come out and say that the killing of Afghans, children and elders which took place over the many years on a daily basis was not a good idea," Karzai said on RTA TV.
Hamas: Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister for the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, condemned the killing, describing bin Laden as a Muslim "mujahid" or holy warrior. Al Qaeda and the Islamist radical group Hamas have no official relationship, but the Palestinian conflict with Israel has been the subject of frequent audio messages from al Qaeda. The only international leadership calling Usama a hero... and they just signed a unity deal with Fatah! How can the UN recognize Palestinian legitimacy in light of that? Pants down for Abbas having bedfellows like these!
Egypt: Esam El Erian, Muslim Brotherhood official spokesman: We see that Osama's death especially after the revolutions in the region, as a new beginning for a normal relationship with the United States in the Middle East so that the US can finalize the peace treaty and recognize Palestine as an independent nation, allow the return of Palestinians to their land, withdraw of US forces from the region and start a new relation with the Arabs. We would like to put behind us the old image portrayed by the 9/11 attacks which has mixed politics, religion and media. This is by far the most interesting response. I haven't had a lot of time to follow the Egyptian political scene since the overthrow of Mubarak, but have assumed Muslim Brotherhood would be playing a big role in things to come. I wonder what manner of "new image" they seek to manifest?
Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he hopes the world believes that his country is "not the place of terrorism" after the announcement that the al Qaeda leader was killed in neighboring Pakistan. "If the international troops/forces are true allies of the Afghans - they should come out and say that the killing of Afghans, children and elders which took place over the many years on a daily basis was not a good idea," Karzai said on RTA TV.
Hamas: Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister for the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, condemned the killing, describing bin Laden as a Muslim "mujahid" or holy warrior. Al Qaeda and the Islamist radical group Hamas have no official relationship, but the Palestinian conflict with Israel has been the subject of frequent audio messages from al Qaeda. The only international leadership calling Usama a hero... and they just signed a unity deal with Fatah! How can the UN recognize Palestinian legitimacy in light of that? Pants down for Abbas having bedfellows like these!
Egypt: Esam El Erian, Muslim Brotherhood official spokesman: We see that Osama's death especially after the revolutions in the region, as a new beginning for a normal relationship with the United States in the Middle East so that the US can finalize the peace treaty and recognize Palestine as an independent nation, allow the return of Palestinians to their land, withdraw of US forces from the region and start a new relation with the Arabs. We would like to put behind us the old image portrayed by the 9/11 attacks which has mixed politics, religion and media. This is by far the most interesting response. I haven't had a lot of time to follow the Egyptian political scene since the overthrow of Mubarak, but have assumed Muslim Brotherhood would be playing a big role in things to come. I wonder what manner of "new image" they seek to manifest?