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| Marwan indicted for murder, branded 'arch terrorist' |
| 2002-08-15 |
| Marwan Barghouti was charged yesterday in Tel Aviv District Court with murder, incitement to murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, membership of a terrorist organization, acting as an accessory to murder, and activity in a terrorist organization. The indictment branded Barghouti an "arch terrorist whose hands are bloodied by dozens of terror actions." And he's one of the moderates... Two of Barghouti's deputies, Nasr Aweis and Nasr Abu Hamid, also jailed by Israel, are to serve as witnesses for the prosecution against their former chief, as are a number of other Palestinian activists currently in Israeli custody. "Alright! Alright! Get off my head! I'll testify!" The prosecution claims that Barghouti, who was subordinate to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, served as the head of Fatah, the Tanzim and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in the West Bank. Any terror pie that didn't come out of the Hamas or Islamic Jihad oven came from Marwan... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |