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Middle East
Israel dismisses arrests in Gaza bombing as imaginary
2003-10-16
EFL:
Israeli security sources Thursday dismissed arrests made by Palestinian police in connection with the deadly roadside bombing of a United States diplomatic convoy in Gaza the day before. Palestinian security officials said earlier that police entered the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip overnight, and arrested at five members of the militant Popular Resistance Committees in connection with the bombing, in which three Americans were killed. But Israel rejected the claim, maintaining that the arrests were an imaginary measure designed to placate the U.S., and that there was no evidence to link the three to the attack.
Yup, these would be the "usual suspects".
The Popular Resistance Committees consists largely of trusted former Palestinian security officials and deepcover disgruntled members of PA Chairman Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, the security officials said. The group denied involvement in the attack, but confirmed the arrests of its members, one of whom was identified as Ahmed Saker, 25. "We made clear to the Palestinian Authority we had nothing to do with the bombing. We were stunned by the unjustified arrests," a leader of the movement said.
"Lies, all lies!"
"Yesterday, a few hours after the bombing... Palestinian security forces detained three people as part of the coverup investigation conducted by the Palestinian Authority into the incident," a security official told Reuters in Gaza. Palestinian witnesses said that when Palestinian police came to Block 8 of Jabalya to make arrests, a gun fight erupted. Seven members of the PA security forces were injured.
Good, hope they are painful lingering injuries.
It was established Wednesday that American personnel who coordinate the movements of U.S. officials in the territories communicate travel plans in advance to PA security officials, sending the detailed information by fax or telephone. Such reports spell out the names of persons who are taking part in work trips in the territories, the times when U.S. vehicles are to be moving through various areas, and the routes to be taken by the cars.
Boy, that makes it easy for them, doesn’t it?
In view of this practice of relaying advance information, some analysts speculated Wednesday that the terrorists who perpetrated the attack had advance knowledge of the U.S. convoy’s intention to cross into the village of Beit Hanoun. At least a portion of the information attained by the terrorists, the analysts hypothesized, came from official PA sources.
Handed them the target data on a silver platter.
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