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| IDF nabs Fatah Big |
| 2002-06-22 |
| Israeli troops arrested a senior member of Fatah on Saturday. Mohammad Lutfi, also known as Abu Lutfi, was taken from his home in Beitunia. Lutfi is a member of Fatah's revolutionary council, as well as secretary general of the group's West Bank operations and director of the Palestinian interior ministry. Is the Director subordinate to the Minister? Yehiyeh was appointed interior minister last week — Yasser told us, and if Yasser says it, it must be so. Or is the Director the guy who directs the Minister? I'm so confused... "As part of its offensive against the political and secular leaders of Fatah and its plots aimed at ending the noble Palestinian intifada, the Israeli occupation forces abducted Abu Lutfi," the Paleostinian Authority statement said. Fatah denounced the arrest and called for Abu Lutfi's "immediate release", warning Israel of harming him. "We warn Israel against any harm to his life or the lives of any of the prisoners in its jails, and we confirm that the (Fatah) movement will continue to resist to occupation, until liberation and independence," it said. Yeah, yeah. We know. You'll take revenge. You're always taking revenge for something or other. Abu Lutfi is the second senior Fatah official held by Israel, following the arrest earlier this year of Marwan Barghuti. Not just another mid-level cog. That's a good thing. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |