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| Syrian Islamic Jihad claims credit for bombing |
| 2005-02-27 |
| The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Saturday evening, from Damascus, for the deadly attack in Tel Aviv on Friday night. "The period of calm was set for one month, and that month is over," said Abu Tark, a senior member of the Jihad movement. "Israel did not obey the agreement, and that's what led to our action." The announcement confirms the security establishment's earlier suspicions, which also estimated that the Hizbulla was not involved. Defense officials estimated that the Islamic Jihad in Damascus had operated via one of its cells in the Tulkarm area. However, earlier on Saturday, two top Palestinian insurgents said that a senior Hizbullah operative told them that he had recruited the suicide bomber who blew himself up outside the Tel Aviv club. The combatants, local leaders of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, said the operative, Kais Obeid, called them after the bombing and asked them to claim responsibility for the attack. Obeid, an Israeli Arab from the town of Taiba, was the man accused of setting the trap that delivered Elhanan Tannenbaum into the hands of Hizbullah. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |