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| Outrage over Mahmoud AbbasÂ’ choice of Abu Awad |
| 2006-05-31 |
| DEBKAfile Exclusive: Outrage in Israel over Mahmoud Abbas’ choice of Mahmoud Dimra – Abu Awad – to lead his new private US-UK-funded militia. DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that Abu Awad is number 5 on the Shin Bet’s list of most wanted terrorists from the 2000-2005 Palestinian terror war against Israel. Dimra served as Yasser Arafat’s undercover coordinator for the suicide terror campaign waged by the Fatah-al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and which is still operating unchecked by the Fatah leader, the same Mahmoud Abbas. After the Israeli government made the gesture of allowing his force to take delivery of 200 rifles, security leaders say Abu Mazen has pulled a fast one. He has arranged for those guns to come under the responsibility of a known arch-terrorist, breaking his personal word to Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert that the weapons would be used exclusively for his own protection and not be allowed to reach terrorist hands. Abu Mazen this week promoted Abu Awad, who had been lying low in the Palestinian security service as a major, to brigadier general. DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources touch on some high points of Mahmoud Dimra’s blood-stained career. When the Palestinian suicide war was declared in Sept. 2000, Dimra became top man at Arafat’s Ramallah HQ for the planning, execution and dispatch of suicide massacres, shooting attacks and bombings which Fatah’s Force 17 and al Aqsa Brigades were assigned to carry out against Israeli civilians. Arafat used him for the distribution of cash and orders for those attacks. When the Palestinian war gathered tempo in 2002 and 2003, Dimra went into hiding in Arafat’s private quarters in Ramallah along with a large group of terrorist chiefs. But he continued his job as organizer and arms provider for Fatah terrorists from this save haven for terrorists, which was able to carry on thanks to the international protection extended to Arafat’s center of operations against Israeli attack. A senior security officer told DEBKAfile: By rehabilitating a prominent master terrorist and putting him in charge of his own presidential guard, Abbas has turned the clock back to 1996 and 2000. In those years, US and Israeli secret services, still under the illusion they were promoting peaceful relations, provided Arafat’s Force 17 specialized training in sophisticated combat techniques and also guns. Those techniques and guns were later turned against Israeli targets. “Has nothing been learned from those bitter experiences?” asked the Israeli officer. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Yep, the Debka story might be cover for Mahmoud the Rat. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-05-31 16:54 |
| #8 more to this than debka is letting on I think some of the people quoted here may be out of the loop. Abu Awad may be a terrorist jackel but he may also have given the IDF or Shin Bet a bit of Intel along the way. Wait 48 hours or so to see what the security cabinet's reaction is (or isn't). |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-05-31 16:41 |
| #7 Time for Israel to quit sharing intel with Abbas, including attempts to assassinate old Mahmoud. In fact, it might be a good thing for Israel to whack Abbas themselves. All paleostains need to be whacked or driven as far from Israel as possible - maybe to Somalia where they'll fit right in. If I were the president of Israel, I'd line up about 400 artillery pieces, and start wiping out Ramallah, starting with Abbas' office. Then I'd change aim points to Nablus, followed by Gaza City. Pound the sh$$ out of these arrogant, dumb bas$$$$s until they scream for mercy. Then tell them they can only obtain mercy in Egypt's Sinai or the eastern portion of Jordan. If anyone in the Middle East complains, up the ante by bombing the he$$ out of their capital. It's time Israel quit playing defence and went on the offensive. Defence never wins wars. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-05-31 14:42 |
| #6 Soon enough, Abbas is going to get his own, very personal "arms delivery." |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-05-31 13:40 |
| #5 To paraphrase a very wise comment from a fellow Rantburger yesterday, Normally I'd break out the Orville Redenbacher, but I've got dog in this fight -- so nevermind. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-05-31 12:13 |
| #4 Uncle Sam remains forever a chump. This will only change when real people not plastic ones are in the State Dept. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-05-31 10:43 |
| #3 I just saw some Paleo scumbag on the BBC talking about how "the people of Gaza" held "the international community" responsible for having "forsaken them." I wanted to puke. They're the ones who elected a government sworn to destroy Israel. My thoughts were that I'd not care if everyone in Gaza starved and that the sooner they are dead the better off the world will be. The only thing that surpasses their arrogant hatred is their ineffectiveness. |
| Posted by: mac 2006-05-31 10:23 |
| #2 “Has nothing been learned from those bitter experiences?” asked the Israeli officer. Apparently, not. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-05-31 10:12 |
| #1 Why are the US-UK funding this travesty. Is anybody home minding the store in Washington and London? |
| Posted by: ed 2006-05-31 09:47 |