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Title:HAMAS: Aid money is translated into weapons
Name:Nannette
City: LondonState: UK
In a de Spiegel interview with Mahmoud Zahar, one of the founders of Hamas, he says:

"The American aid money has been translated into weapons. Thank you, America!"

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,490160,00.html