| The Palestinian Authority has arrested at least 12 of its own security men as part of its efforts to crack down on anti-Israeli militants. The men, all from the southern Gaza Strip, had been arrested since Monday, the day after Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called for militants to stop suicide bombings and armed attacks on Israelis.. The detainees, who hold security posts in the forces of the Palestinian Authority, also belong to a militant wing of Arafat's Fatah movement. Tuesday the Authority closed six offices in Gaza of the militant Islamic group Hamas. |