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| Barghouti meets with his mouthpiece |
| 2002-05-09 |
| For the second time since his arrest last month, West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti met with his attorney late Tuesday night. The most senior Palestinian to be apprehended during Operation Defensive Shield, Barghouti had previously consulted with his lawyer three days after his March 15 arrest, but a court later issued an order at the stateâs request barring another meeting until this week. That's because what they wanted from him wasn't criminal evidence, but military and political information. Last Thursday night, the Prime Ministerâs Office announced that Barghouti has confessed that he was âpersonally involvedâ in directing terrorist attacks which killed and wounded scores and that he received funding for the attacks from Palestinian Authority Chair-man Yasser Arafat. Probably not admissible in court, but it fills in a lot of blanks in the order of battle... Barghoutiâs attorney, Jawad Boulous, said his client, who is suffering from âlong hoursâ of interrogation and âsleep deprivation,â had denied these reports. Oh, did they take him off the happy juice? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |