Again, Ideology Doesn't Preclude Cooperation

Once again demonstrating that ideology does not preclude cooperation, Jordan has accused Syria (Secular Baathist) and Iran (Shiite) of supplying and training Hamas (Sunni). It's worth remembering that Hamas enjoyed Saddam's patronage as well. None of this is new, of course, but this account from Reuters is worth reading:

Jordan said on Wednesday that Hamas had tried to recruit activists for military training in Syria and Iran to stage possible attacks in Jordan and said it had found new weapons that included Iranian rocket launchers.

Government spokesman Nasser Joudeh told reporters details of then plot were revealed during interrogations of 20 Hamas militants arrested by security forces last month.

"Hamas was attempting to recruit elements in the Jordanian arena and trying to recruit elements from abroad to send to Syria and Iran to get military training," Joudeh said.

Jordan said last month rocket launchers, detonators and explosives seized from a secret Hamas arms cache in the kingdom had been smuggled from Syria, where the Palestinian militant group's exiled leadership is based.

Joudeh said authorities were still searching for other arms caches that Hamas had hidden across the country.

"The security forces believe there are more weapons and rocket launchers that have not been uncovered yet ... Among the weapons seized recently were Iranian rocket launchers," he said. ...