Gaza - Pakistan's nuclear testing praised by Hamas

(31 May 1998) T/I: 10:49:20


Pakistan's decision to conduct its nuclear test programme won praise from the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Sunday (31/5). A senior Hamas official said the test programme was a source of pride for the Islamic world.

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GAZA CITY, GAZA, 31/5
Ext house of Ismail Abu Shanab, senior Hamas official;
SOT, Shanab, in English saying Pakistan has the right to defend itself as India has the atomic bomb...Pakistan has the right to be strong to deter others from attacking it...It is not only Hamas, it the policy which keeps stability and peace in the whole world. Look at the situation here, if we are strong enough, the Israelis withdraw long ago, and if the Arab nation is strong the Israeli occupation of Lebanon would not have lasted this long...Power is a deterrent issue which brings peace into the whole world...Israel wants to dominate the whole area by power and now its shameful for the Arab country to look at
the Israelis having the atomic bomb and they cannot have it...and it is their colonial strategy to prevent other countries from being strong because it is against their interest";
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