(New York Post) Erick Stakelbeck The killing of Hamas leader Rantisi represented a victory not just for Israel, but also for the U.S. in its ongoing war against radical Islamic terrorism. Hamas has been an avowed enemy of America for years. Rantisi wrote an article published on a Hamas Web site in April 2003 titled, "Why Shouldn't We Attack the United States?" In it, he argued that attacking America was not only "a moral and national duty - but above all, a religious one." In another piece published soon after, he openly called for "terror against the United States."
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