Two major Palestinian resistance groups have denied involvement in a blast which killed three American security guards and injured another in the Gaza Strip. Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad distanced themselves from the roadside explosion which devastated a diplomatic convoy in Beit Hanoun on Wednesday morning.
| I think Beit Hanoun is usually Hamas territory... |
An armed group calling itself the Popular Resistance Committees denied any responsibility for the deadly attack after AFP said it recieved a call from a member of the group saying it carried it out.
"We dunnit and we're glad!"
"No, we didn't!" |
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat piously condemned the attack as an "ugly crime", and said he had ordered an investigation.
| "Mahmoud! Find out who dunnit. Tell 'em not to do it again for awhile." |
The FBI also said it will send a team to the Gaza Strip to investigate the bombing, said US ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer. And chief Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat said no Palestinian group would commit such an attack.
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