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| 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 "Lies, all lies!" "Yesterday, a few hours after the bombing... Palestinian security forces detained three people as part of the 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. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 As far as who's ultimately responsible for ordering attack my odds are: 1 out of 10 Arafat responsible,1 of 20 Saddam,1 of 20 one of those wacky Paleo offshoots,3 of 10 Iran,and 5 of 10 Syria. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2003-10-16 4:50:27 PM |
| #3 So this PRC is supposed to be made up of "disaffected members of Al Fatah & the security forces". Sounds like a catspaw to me. "OK, Ali, Mahmood, you get all pissed off and quit. Your bombs will be at the same old place and wait for orders." YA: "There was an attack? Oh dear it must be those nasty PRC people. Here, we'll offer a few up as martyrs, I mean, perps. Sorry about that, it'll never happen again. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2003-10-16 2:43:01 PM |
| #2 "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. What do these guys have to worry about anyway? It's not like they're going to be tortured or something; after all, the crime in question wasn't against Palestinians, so.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-16 11:47:54 AM |
| #1 so is it true that Arafat has hired ex-LAPD forensics officers as consultants to work with the bombing evidence? ;) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-10-16 11:37:48 AM |