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| IDF arrests Palestinian gunman disguised as woman |
| 2003-01-23 |
| IDF troops arrested a Palestinian man who fired at their Gaza Strip base while disguised as a woman Thursday afternoon. The militant, who Army Radio reported was armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and grenades, fired on soldiers near Dugit, a Jewish settlement in the northern Gaza Strip. Did he hide the grenades in his bra? In the West Bank, shots were fired Thursday at a bus, which was slightly damaged in the gunfire. No injuries were reported in either incident. Overnight Thursday, undercover Border Policemen and IDF troops arrested two militants in the Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis, Israel Radio reported. The two men had launched Qassam rockets and mortar shells at Gaza Strip settlements over the last few weeks. Palestinians shot at the troops and hurled dozens of grenades in their direction as they made the arrests. No injuries were reported. Typical Palestinian marksmanship Eleven Hamas and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine activists were also arrested by security forces in the West Bank early Thursday. Also Thursday, reserve duty soldiers found and safely detonated an explosive device near Anbata, north of the West Bank town of Tul Karm. Sources in the Shin Bet security service confirmed Wednesday evening that it has arrested Abla Saadat, the wife of Ahmad Saadat, the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Abla Saadat, 44, was first reported missing earlier Wednesday. The PFLP claimed responsibility for the killing of far-right cabinet minister Rehavam Ze'evi over a year ago, saying it came in revenge for the Israeli assassination of PFLP Secretary-General Abu Ali Mustafa in Ramallah. Israel has been demanding Saadat's extradition without success. The IDF killed his brother Mohammed in Ramallah last summer. You sure it's his wife? Maybe he likes to dress in womens clothes too? |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Last I heard, Saadat was still jugged in Jericho. The Paleo high court has ordered him released a time or two, but Yasser's overruled them - Saadat and the other Prisoners of Jericho were a condition for Israeli withdrawal back in April, when the alternative was having Ramallah plowed and sowed with salt. More important than Yasser merely having his name on a piece of paper, the PFLP was among those plotting to dump Yasser and replace him with Beelzebub or an Aztec high priest or somebody who's in that category of bloodthirsty. So Yasser doesn't care if he ever sees the light of day, unless it'll put a dollar in his pocket. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-01-23 09:58:51 |