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| Hamas Leader Nabbed In Ramallah |
| 2002-08-31 |
| The Israeli occupation forces abducted Hassan Yousef, a leading member of Hamas at his hide-out Saturday in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Israeli soldiers rounded up and blindfolded men in the center of Ramallah after storming a house in the town of El Bireh near this West Bank city. Yousef was taken away along with another blindfolded man whose identity was not known. The Israeli occupation army said it could not immediately comment because the operation was ongoing. Yousef is the leader of Hamas' political wing in the West Bank and has long been wanted by Israel. Doesn't Hamas have any non-leading members? There sure are a lot of 'em... âIsrael is playing with fire and the continuation of arrests, assassinations and aggression against our people and against our leaders will not stop the resistance,â said Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a Hamas leader in Gaza, upon hearing the news of Yousef's abduction, AFP added. âWe warn the occupation against any attempt on the life of Sheik Yousef and all the others arrested.â "Harm one hair on their little beturbanned heads, and we'll... ummm... Nope. Did that one, too... Ummm... We'll do something awful. Again." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |