Terrorism: Hamas

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The paper discusses and analyzes the topic of terrorist organizations and the threat of Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization. The paper states that Hamas began as a group dedicated to jihad against Israel, and is one of the most powerful terrorist organizations in the world. The paper concludes that Hamas is a serious threat to the world because they have developed cognizant training and attack methods, and are now in a position of political power in the Middle East.

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"The ideological support of the group has grown since its founding. In fact, the group, which is an acknowledged terrorist organization, won in the Palestinian Authority election in 2006, making it a major political threat as well as terrorist threat. There is no umbrella or cover-up involved, the organization is out in the open and has the support of most Muslim Arabs in the region and around the world. However, Hamas has long been at odds with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), feeling that under Yassir Arafat's leadership, the organization had gotten too "soft" toward Israel "

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