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| Israel catches Islamic Jihad commander |
| 2003-04-04 |
| Israeli troops Friday successfully apprehended a local Islamic Jihad commander and four associates from the Tulkarim refugee camp after expelling as many as 1,500 Palestinian males from the area. The Israeli army said the group was planning a car bomb attack and a suicide bombing inside Israel. It's in their mission statement Military sources who spoke on condition of anonymity told United Press International the curfew and sweeping searches they have been conducting in Tulkarim since Wednesday were designed to catch the Islamic Jihad commander, Anwar Elian, and his men. In the course of the search, the soldiers rounded up as many as 1,500 Palestinian males and sent them out of the Tulkarim refugee camp. Sorting through the rabble, looking for the big fish Soldiers surrounded Elian's hideout in the camp Thursday night. Friday morning, "We called him to come out and said that we'll go in if he doesn't, and he gave himself up," a military source in the West Bank told UPI. "Elian, come out and play!" "He surrendered without a fight," another military source said. Commanders are too important to fight The soldiers found explosives too, but not the car. Soldiers also caught the commander of the Fatah Tanzim in town, a military source said. Two for one special Israeli troops were then leaving the town. "Goodbye, we'll be back soon" |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 We should give Syria to the Palestineans. Of course we'll have to clean it out but it's on the way home for our guys. |
| Posted by: B. 2003-04-04 13:13:37 |
| #4 I say there should be a rolling, 120 day halt on terror attacks, parallel to a settlement freeze: ONE terror attack, and the clock resets and adds 30 days. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-04-04 12:11:16 |
| #3 the israeli street is divided - much will depend on the details of the road map, in particular the timing of Israeli concessions on settlements versus Palestinian action on security. Will they be sequential (first a stop to terror, THEN a settlement freeze) or simultaneous? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-04-04 09:43:25 |
| #2 Well surprise. They Kept their word. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-04-04 08:59:29 |
| #1 After post-Saddam Iraq, the Bush administration has made clear it's intention to reward the "Palestinian" terrorists with their own state carved from the nation of Israel. Considering the results of the cruel Oslo "peace" process, and the remarkable success of Israel's ongoing raids and sporadic re-occupation of Gaza and the West Bank I wonder what kind of reaction the Jewish Street will have to Washington's upcoming "roadmap" to Palestinian statehood? |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-04-04 08:57:30 |