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The Debka File reported in
December that al Zarqawi has been working through al Qaida in Iraq to establish bases in Gaza for attacks on Israel. With increased Jordanian involvement in Palestinian terror, like the Hashemite invitation to Hamas leaders to come to Jordan, this kind of foreign intervention seems welcomed by Hamas, part of the pan-Arab Muslim Brotherhood. With the increasing tension in Israel's territories, perhaps Zarqawi will begin to focus his efforts on attacks against Israel and is thus leaving his organization in Iraq to Iraqis.