Terrorist says orders come from Arafat (Al-Aqsa leader admits it!)

USA Today ^ | 3/14/02 | Matthew Kalman

[truthandlife]

A leader of the largest Palestinian terrorist group spearheading suicide bombings and other attacks against Israel says he is following the orders of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

''Our group is an integral part of Fatah,'' says Maslama Thabet, 33, a leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. Fatah, headed by Arafat, is the largest group in the Palestinian Authority, the government of the autonomous Palestinian territories.

[antaresequity]

''We are the armed wing of the organization. We receive our instructions from Fatah. Our commander is Yasser Arafat himself.''

My my...how bold they have become...they really think they have won the PR battle don't they.

I hope they call this guy as a witness when Arafat is finally put on trial.

[Free the USA]

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[dennisw]

btttttttttt

[HELLRAISER II]

The hell with the trial, put a bullet in his sorry @ss & be done with it. Followed by a Military sweep of Palestine killing anybody holding a gun acting against the IDF.

[DJ88]

"I hope they call this guy as a witness when Arafat is finally put on trial."

Given terrorists short fuses (no pun intended), I seriously doubt this guy will be alive if and when Arafat ever gets to trial.

[TheOtherOne]

2 down, 9,998 to go.

By Associated Press

March 14, 2002, 9:27 AM EST

JERUSALEM -- Two Palestinian militiamen, including a bombmaker, were killed Thursday when an Israeli helicopter fired three missiles at their West Bank hide-out, Palestinian officials said.

The slain men belonged to the Al Aqsa Brigades, a militia linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. One was identified as Motassem Abdel Dayem, 27, a bombmaker in the militia.

The two men were in a shack in a chicken farm in the town of Anabta in the northern West Bank when they were killed, Palestinian security officials said.

The Israeli military had no immediate comment.

Copyright © 2002, The Associated Press

[Semper Paratus]

I hope they call this guy as a witness when Arafat is finally put on trial.

At this point I rather he was a 'wetness', and goes for are-a-fart too.

[Mixer]

Yet Israeli soldiers are being ordered to leave Ramallah??

[dennisw]

''They are under siege, under blockade and almost at the edge of starvation,'' he says. ''When you dehumanize the life of human beings, they end up feeling their life is not worthy. Five years ago, you might find one suicide bomber in an entire city. Today, it is different. There are many, because they feel there is no meaning to their lives.''

These crazies create their own problems then whine to the UN and the Euros to intervene. They screw themselves at every turn, make sure they are impoverished,  then cry foul at the Jews of Israel who just want to be left alone by these psychopaths. Muslims always seem to bother neighboring nations that are not Muslim.

 

 

[TheOtherOne]

Fatah, what a civilized bunch.

Palestinian men from the Fatah movement drag the body of a man alleged to have collaborated with the Israelis, after they killed him in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, March 14, 2002. Palestinian militiamen killed two alleged collaborators in Bethlehem. (Magnus Johansson/Reuters)

[VOA]

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[a_witness]

My my...how bold they have become...they really think they have won the PR battle don't they.

Hasn't Bush decided to back them ?

[Catspaw]

According to the JPost, four were killed. http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/03/14/LatestNews/LatestNews.45220.html

(17:30) Report: 4 Palestinian leaders killed in car bomb

Four Palestinian leaders were killed a short time ago when a car bomb exploded in the Palestinian-controlled Bala village, a few kilometers from the earlier reported assassination in Anabta, near Tulkarm, Palestinian sources told Israel Radio.

Israeli forces reportedly fired on a booby-trapped Palestinian vehicle, which then exploded.

The leaders apparently belonged to Islamic Jihad

[d4now]

I'm shocked...just SHOCKED I tell ya.

(/sarcasm)

[Dallas]

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT--Children look at the body of an alleged collaborator in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Thursday March 14, 2002. Palestinian militiamen killed two alleged collaborators with Israel on Thursday and attempted to hang the body of one from a rooftop overlooking the traditional birthplace of Christ but were prevented by Palestinian police. (AP Photo/Zoom 77)

[antaresequity]

Hasn't Bush decided to back them ?

No he hasn't. He (us) did what Israel has already done...entertained the possiblity of an independent Palestinian state...That is a million miles from reality, but if the postureing brings a cessation to the violence, if only temporarily, then it will be considered a PR victory on Bush's part.

I think a violated cease fire (PLO suicide bombers continueing) would be the green light that Israel needs to really whoop some ass. The leftist PLO appologists will sound pretty stupid the next time around.

[Catspaw]

The new mantra from the Palestinian terrorists: "All we have are these guns and the Israelis have tanks." This sounds like they're begging for a successor to the Karine A so they can have tanks & really big guns, too.