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| Middle East |
| Israeli forces nab five Fatah activists |
| 2002-10-24 |
| Undercover Israeli soldiers entered the Palestinian refugee camp Balata near Nablus, and nabbed five Fatah activists, reports said. The soldiers entered Balata in a mini-bus. As they started to detain the Palestinians, they became the targets of Palestinians fighters in the camp. Israeli reinforcements entered the camp and extricated the undercover unit. Palestinian sources said that the abandoned mini-bus exploded a short time later, injuring 11. A car bomb? The Paleos aren't laughing, but it'd be kind of funny, wouldn't it? Meanwhile, Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday that "terror" groups are trying to sabotage new efforts to negotiate a solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Today's the day for statements of the obvious... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |