Posted on 06/11/2006 2:09:56 PM PDT by Dallas59
Members of an armed Fatah militia which claimed to have kidnapped an Israeli Saturday transferred the individual in question, a U.S. citizen, to the custody of the Palestinian Authority before dawn Sunday.
The PA security forces subsequently handed the American over to the Israel Defense Forces. Defense officials believe once the militants discovered the person was indeed an American citizen, they took steps to end the matter quickly.
"Apparently, the kidnappers did not want to end up like Zarqawi," a defense official said. Advertisement Earlier Saturday, the IDF and the Shin Bet security service investigated a Palestinian claim that an Israeli citizen was abducted in Nablus. Fatah activists sent a tape to the Reuters News Agency, claiming it showed an Israeli, Benjamin Bright-Fishbein, of Jerusalem.
They threatened to kill him if Israel did not free Palestinian prisoners. Fishbein was snatched by gunmen while having coffee at a Nablus coffeeshop, said Rafa Roagbe, head of Palestinian security in the city. Fishbein, who spent time in Cairo and is currently studying at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, went to Nablus as a tourist, Roagbe said.
Fishbein wears a traditional Jewish skullcap, but does not speak Hebrew, he added. Palestinian security forces worked with the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a militant group linked to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party, to find and negotiate Fishbein's release, Roagbe said.
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Walk Softly and Carry A Big A$$ Stick........
"Apparently, the kidnappers did not want to end up like Zarqawi,"
In other words if he was Israeli no problem but hurting an American is something to be afraid of. Hey Ohlmert maybe there is a lesson in there for you.
Now THAT is how a spokesman should do his job!
Did this ever happen when Jimmy Carter was president?
I guess they weren't ready to be Al Aqsa Martyrs.
Ok, show this to those idiot libs who keep saying killing Zarqawi wouldn't help!
I was just going to say...
Okay I will say it. It's George Bush's fault.
"Apparently, the kidnappers did not want to end up like Zarqawi,"
Positive second order effects from whacking the Zarkman
So they might have murdered the man, if he'd been an Israeli. I doubt that they tied his nationality to what happened to Zarqawi. It's more likely that they want more favor from us to destroy Israel with the "roadmap" plan.
They call that "bad ju ju".
It certainly wasn't Harry Reid's fault or Nancy Pelosi, or Cindy Sheehan or Ted Kennedy or Dick the Turbin Durbin etc. etc. It was indeed the fault of a courageous President and some pretty magnificent American Military!
Not the four Jersey witches fault either.
...and the PA immediately arrested the "militants" and charged them with felony kidnapping.
Ha ha! Today's my birthday, and I felt like giving myself a good solid belly laugh. Felt good. No, seriously, the PA in all probability slapped the militiamen on the back and told 'em, "Nice try, better luck next time. Now go get 'em!"
It's sad that his brother doesn't hold those ideas dear to his heart.
I am just furious at lefty-Haaretz's cute "Gunmen" title.
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