REPORT: HAMAS, AL QAIDA JOIN FORCES

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Al Qaida and Hamas have launched cooperation in theIslamic war against Israel. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs said that over the past year AlQaida and Hamas have been cooperating on strategic and tactical issues. Thecenter said in a report that Al Qaida has ensured funding to Hamas despitethreats of a Western aid cutoff to the Palestinian Authority.