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| Middle East |
| Paleos get Hezbollah missile help... |
| 2002-12-30 |
| The Palestinian Authority is said to have acquired aid from Hizbullah in the design and production of missiles. A Palestinian Authority official from the Gaza Strip has been charged by Israel with receiving training in a Hizbullah camp in Lebanon in an effort to develop and produce new missiles against Israeli civilian and military targets. The suspect was identified as Ahmed Aviti, a member of the ruling Fatah movement who arrived from Lebanon in 1994. Five years later, he received permission to bring his wife and children from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip. Over the last eight years, Aviti was said to have worked as an aeronautical engineer at the PA airport at Dahaniya. He was said to have participated in the improvement of the Al Bana anti-tank missile as well as the construction of tunnels that linked the Gaza Strip with Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Busy little beaver, wasn't he? An Israeli government statement said the Palestinian was contacted by Hizbullah during his pilgrimage to the Saudi city of Mecca earlier this year. He was given instructions to travel to Lebanon in October, where he underwent training in missile development and expertise. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |