Possible Showdown Between Al-Qaeda Supporters and Hamas at Friday Prayers in Rafah; Fatah Supporters Vow to Join in Fray

Members of the Al-Falluja jihadist forum are writing that a showdown with Hamas security forces is expected at the Ibn Taymiyya Mosque in Rafah on Friday, August 14, 2009. Tensions between the Al-Qaeda sympathizers and the Hamas government have risen over the past few weeks, and Al-Falluja members regularly complain of persecution at the hands of Hamas, which many of them consider to be an apostate movement......