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IDF grabs DFLP Big...
The PLO on Sunday strongly condemned the arrest of Taisir Khaled, member of the PLO Executive Committee and a leader of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, as a "war crime." Khaled was arrested by the IDF in Nablus together with three of his bodyguards. Gosh, I like it when that happens... While raiding his office building in the West Bank's largest city, "shots were fired at the troops from several directions and they returned fire," killing one man and wounding four, one critically. The army said the gunmen were armed with Kalachnikov assault rifles. In the gunbattle, one IDf officer was lightly wounded in the leg and taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital near Tel Aviv. They were just trying to prevent a "war crime"... "Brother Khaled is a national leading personality playing its role in the frame of the PLO and his arrest is a war crime for which Israel is responsible," said a statement issued by the PLO. "The arrest is a serious breach of all the agreements and an encroachment on Palestinian legitimacy." Sure hope he's only the first (actually second, see next paragraph) of a long series of politicals they grab... Khaled is the second member of the PLO Executive Committee to be arrested by the IDF since the beginning of Operation Defensive Shield last year. The other member is Abdel Rahim Malouh of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He was arrested by the IDF at his home in Ramallah and is now being held at the Megiddo prison. Don't worry, though. He'll only be there until there's a peace treaty between Israel and the Paleos. That should be, oh... about 150 years from now. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-16 |
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