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| Shubaki, Sa'adat still in Jericho calaboose |
| 2002-05-06 |
| Fuad Shubaki and Ahmed Sa’adat are currently in a two-room jail cell in Jericho, despite reports the Palestinian Authority intends to free them in a few days. Shubaki, the paymaster of the Karine A, and Sa’adat, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, were among the six Palestinians handed over to US and British officials last week. Shubaki and Sa’adat were never tried, and Arafat has said the Palestinian attorney general must determine their fate. The senior official in Sharon’s entourage said the government has not given up its demands the two be extradited to stand trial, a not-so-subtle hint that if Arafat frees the men, Israel will hunt them down. Yasser had Saadat "rounded up" in January, under pressure. Sharon said it was another faked arrest in Arafat's "empire of lies". PFLP had a (public) hissy fit and said it wouldn't work with the PLO. Then there were rumors of a plot to dump Yasser, with PFLP as one of the players. I never noticed when Saadat was sprung, but there he was, in Yasser's office during the fighting, and he "hasn't been tried" since his "arrest" in January. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |