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| Middle East |
| Jerusalem area terrorist cell arrested |
| 2002-04-25 |
| Israeli security forces have apprehended a five-member terrorist cell that was responsible for the murder of seven Israelis in shooting attacks in and around Jerusalem over the past year. The members of the Tanzim cell were arrested over the past several weeks. They are in their early 20s from various Arab villages in the Jerusalem area. During their interrogation they confessed to carrying out a wave of attacks in and around the capital, Judea and Samaria. Among the attacks attributed to the cell were five different drive-by shootings from January 2001 until February 2002 in which seven Israelis were killed. The cell also drove the terrorist who carried out the January 22 shooting attack on Jerusalem's Jaffa Road, in which two people were killed. The investigators also uncovered that Ahmed Barghouti, a senior advisor to imprisoned West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, provided the members of the cell with the ammunition and stolen cars to be used in the attacks, supplies that would be returned at the conclusion of every operation. Marwan Barghouti, who was arrested by Israel earlier this month and is awaiting trial, would be updated about every attack. Ahmed was nabbed the same time as Marwan. Looks like they're rounding up the boys. I wonder if it's Marwan who's fingering them or Ahmed, or both? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |