Al Qaeda losses another battle for hearts and minds

AP/NY Times:

The Arab world reacted in horror and outrage Tuesday at the bombings of an Egyptian resort -- and a rift opened between hardline al-Qaida sympathizers and other radical Muslim groups who say the latest attacks have gone too far.

Three bombs ripped through a promenade in Egypt's Dahab resort at dusk Monday, killing at least 24 -- most of them Egyptians on a holiday marking the first day of spring.

The attack, the third on Sinai in less than two years, came a day after Osama bin Laden issued a call to arms to Muslims to support al-Qaida in what he calls a war against Islam. Bin Laden specifically tried to justify attacks against civilians, and tried to align his group with the radical Hamas, which now runs the Palestinian government.

But Hamas and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood were as quick to condemn the Dahab attacks as they were when terrorists carried out a triple bombing Nov. 9 at Amman, Jordan hotels, that killed 63 people. Those attacks provoked howls of outrage against al-Qaida in Iraq, which claimed responsibility.

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You have to know you have crossed a line when Hamas dondemns someone besides Israel. Whatever Osama thought he would accomplish in his latest act of mass murder has backfired. He joins Zarqawi in the award for senseless violence against non combatants. There should be a special place in hell for both.

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