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Islamic Jihad accuses PA of targeting members for arrest
[Ma'an] Paleostinian Authority security forces jugged five Islamic Jihad...created after many members of the Egyptian Mohammedan Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the liquidation of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gazoo until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus. They remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... affiliates for political reasons, the movement said in a statement released Sunday. "Such arrests are poisoning the conciliation atmosphere," Islamic Jihad said, adding that a continuation of political arrests in the wake of the signing of a unity deal in Cairo was "enforcing division." Posted by: Fred 2011-05-10 |
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