Just bluster?

Palestinian militants vowed on Thursday to intensify attacks on Israel after Baghdad fell to U.S. forces, saying they were the Arabs' last hope against American and Israeli military might in the Middle East.

Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, senior political leader of the Islamic militant faction Hamas, said he was shocked by the rapid U.S. conquest of the Iraqi capital but that there would be no knock-on collapse of the 30-month-old Palestinian uprising.

"There will be a change. Resistance will escalate and will become more violent. Resistance in Palestine will never stop because it is the last remaining hope for the whole Arab and Muslim nation," he told Reuters in Gaza City....

--Reuters