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ABOARD USNS COMFORT, NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2001
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      Arafat Scrambles for Cover
      19 September 2001
      From S T R A T F O R THE GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY Austin, Texas
      http://www.stratfor.com

      SUMMARY
      Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat up to now has been
      successful in driving a wedge between the United States and
      Israel while retaining plausible deniability for suicide bombings
      in the Middle East. But in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on
      the United States, Arafat’s strategy is in shambles. He is now
      trapped between an unrestrained Israel and the anger of the
      Palestinian public.

      ANALYSIS
      Immediately after the events of Sept. 11, STRATFOR wrote that
      Israel would be a major beneficiary of the attacks. We said:
      “Given that pressures for Israel to restrain operations against
      the Palestinian Authority will decline dramatically, it might be
      expected that Yasser Arafat, anticipating this evolution, will
      rapidly change his position on suicide bombings and become more
      accommodating to Israel. In effect, today’s events have wrecked
      Arafat’s nearly successful drive to split the United States from
      Israel.”
      That appears to be what has happened. After agreeing to a truce
      with Israel, Arafat took the unprecedented step Sept. 18 of
      ordering his forces not to fire even in self-defense. In return,
      Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered a halt to
      “unilateral action” by Israeli forces. The differing formulas
      tell it all. Sharon has promised to withhold strikes unless the
      Palestinians strike first. The Palestinian Authority has
      committed itself not to strike under any circumstances.
      Behind all this is a grim reality for Arafat. He was executing a
      superb strategy. The suicide bombing campaign against Israel
      allowed Arafat some plausible deniability, at least with Europe
      and the United States. He argued that he was unable to restrain
      the bombers because they were controlled by other groups such as
      Hamas. The more intensely Israel attacked the Palestinians, the
      more frequently the suicide bombings would occur. This argument
      allowed Arafat to shift responsibility for events away from
      himself toward Sharon and Palestinian radicals. He could play the
      victim of both while generating sympathy for the Palestinians and
      support for himself.
      The intent of his strategy was to drive a wedge between the
      Sharon government and the United States. Sharon’s response to the
      Palestinians had been to launch what was, in effect, a war
      against the Palestine Authority’s infrastructure: attacking
      command facilities, assassinating leaders and moving into towns
      to clear out armed Palestinians. It was little noticed that on
      the night of Sept. 10, Israeli forces surrounded the town of
      Jenin as part of this conflict.
      But following the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings in the United
      States, Arafat’s strategy is in shambles. He is still in the
      middle, but now he is trapped. He fully understands the United
      States will no longer restrain Sharon. Arafat also knows Sharon
      well enough to know he will seize any provocation to press the
      war to a new level of intensity.
      On the other hand, Arafat may not have complete control over the
      suicide bombers attacking Israel. After the July 2000 Camp David
      summit, Arafat deftly maneuvered himself into a position wherein
      his policies were aligned with those of more radical
      Palestinians. They had reached a mutual accommodation of sorts:
      Arafat would use their attacks on Israel to position his
      diplomacy, and the radicals would carry out operations to their
      satisfaction and permit Arafat to exploit them for political
      ends. This cooperation, or parallel play if you will, was not the
      same as Arafat being in genuine control of all elements.
      This means that although Arafat sees no alternative to accepting
      a cease-fire, it is far from certain that all Palestinian groups
      will accept it. Indeed, both Islamic Jihad and Hamas have opposed
      the cease-fire, with Islamic Jihad vehemently opposing Arafat’s
      participation in a U.S.-led coalition against Osama bin Laden.
      It will be much more difficult for these groups to operate now.
      Arafat might not have controlled them before, but his
      intelligence apparatus refrained from interfering with them. That
      is primarily what the Israelis were furious about because they
      felt Arafat could have shut down the bombers if he had wanted to.
      Now it is in Arafat’s interest to do so. He will certainly try
      and to some extent succeedbut not perfectly. There will be
      bombings and Israeli retaliation.
      Arafat is now trapped between overwhelming, unrestrained Israeli
      force and the genuine anger of the Palestinian public. They
      understand full well that Arafat has been trapped by events and
      forced to retreat. What they don’t see are the benefits that will
      accrue from the retreat: Hamas and Islamic Jihad will argue
      vehemently that Arafat and the secular leadership of the
      Palestinians are politically bankrupt and that it is time for a
      new generation to take chargea generation that is religious
      in perspective.
      We strongly suspect that those who planned the Sept. 11 attacks
      were fully aware of the dynamic they were creating. Assuming the
      attackers knew what they were doing, they understood their
      actions would paralyze the American financial markets and air
      traffic system. They also knew that by extension, their actions
      would strengthen Sharon and weaken Arafat. That is precisely what
      they wanted because it would serve to increase the strength of
      Islamic forces within the Palestinian community.
      If this develops as logic dictates, then Arafat will find himself
      with nowhere to go but into Israeli arms. His one hope is that if
      he reaches a settlement with the Israelis, the Israelis will
      understand the benefit of improving economic conditions for
      Palestinians, who have been devastated by occupation and war. If
      Arafat cannot deliver the kind of victory that was possible a few
      days ago, he must at least deliver a better life for the
      Palestinians.
      For that to happen, the Israelis must be prepared both to support Arafat
      politically and to infuse capital into the West Bank. But this would require
      radicals to permit a period of economic stabilization
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    • Gość: d PALESTINIAN EDUCATION IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 22.09.01, 15:30
      PALESTINIAN EDUCATION
      by Itamar Marcus and Ruthie Blum pmw@netvision.net.il
      INTRODUCTION:
      The Arab world has been attempting to depict America as a victim of their
      support for Israel and are claiming that the Arabs have no inherent
      anti -American bias. However, there is nothing farther from the truth. The
      Palestinian Authority has been teaching their people for years, that the PA
      sees the Palestinian conflict with Israel and the United States as two
      branches in the general total global war of Islam against the West and all
      other religions. An 11th grade PA textbook describes the inevitable victory
      of Islam over the West with words that become ever so chilling following the
      World Trade Center horror: ”... We do not claim that the collapse of
      Western civilization, and the transfer of the center of civilization to us
      [Islam] will happen in the next decade . Nevertheless [Western civilization]
      has begun to collapse and to become a pile of rubble.” [”Some Outstanding
      Examples of Our Civilization” for Eleventh Grade]
      In Palestinian Authority schoolbooks, Western society and values, especially
      those the United States, are portrayed as corrupt, that will inevitably lead
      to their demise. At times this Western demise is seen as a natural process
      arising from the innate Western corruption. In other texts the children are
      taught that the Jihad Muslim fighters will be victorious over the West
      through Jihad (Holy War for Allah).
      The following are citations from two Palestinian school textbooks that
      reflect attitudes prevalent in Palestinian society:
      [The books are published by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education
      based on previously published Jordanian books, and in use in the school year
      2000-2001. Translations by Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace.]
      THE SCHOOL TEXTS:
      ”In the present period, which exceeds all previous periods in terms of the
      material and scientific advances taking place, social, psychological and
      medical scientists in the West are perplexed by the worrying increase in the
      number of people suffering from nervous disorders...and the statistics from
      America in this matter are a clear indication of this.”
      ”Western civilization, in both its branches - the capitalist and the
      Communist - deprived man of his peace of mind, stability and noble human
      examples whom he can respect, when it turned material well-being into the
      exemplary goal . his money leading him nowhere, except to suicide...”
      ”Western civilization is the representation of the highest form of material
      life achieved by man, but this alone does not bring him happiness, as you
      have seen. There is no escape from a new civilization.The Western world is
      not capable of fulfilling this role.There is only one nation capable of
      discharging this task and that is our nation [Islam]...”
      ”... We do not claim that the collapse of Western civilization, and the
      transfer of the center of civilization to us [Islam] will happen in the next
      decade or two or even in fifty years, for the rise and fall of civilizations
      follow natural processes. And even when the foundations of a fortress become
      cracked, it still appears.to be at the peak of its strength. Nevertheless
      [Western civilization] has begun to collapse and to become a pile of
      rubble.”
      ”Since the beginning of our reawakening ... We awoke to a painful reality
      and oppressive imperialism and we drove it out of some of our lands and we
      are about to drive it from the rest...” [Some Outstanding Examples of Our
      Civilization for Eleventh Grade]
      ”Islam, The True Religion: The Victory of Islam:
      . This religion [Islam] will defeat all other religions and it will be
      disseminated, by Allah’s will, through the Muslim Jihad fighters.”
      [Islamic Education for Seventh Grade p. 125]
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      Situation Reports

      The Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 73, suffered a brain
      hemorrhage and was hospitalized today. According to Kuwaiti state television,
      the Emir is fully conscious and not in intensive care, and will be flown to
      London on Friday evening. It is unclear whether this could lead to a change in
      the regime, or how that would affect Kuwait's participation in the US led
      coalition against terrorism.

      Afghan Radio reported Sept. 21 that following the Taliban's request on Thursday
      that Osama bin Laden leave the country voluntarily, bin Ladin had reportedly
      reached the Wakhan Corridor near the Chinese border.The Radio also reported
      that China will not allow bin Laden to enter the country if he attempted to.
      These reports are unconfirmed. 2205 GMT 010921

      Afghan Radio reported that the Taliban has asked the United Nations to suspend
      all communications from Kabul to the outside world. 2135 GMT 010921


      A senior Afghan opposition official said Sept. 21 that the Afghan opposition
      group Northern Alliance was in contact with U.S. officials after offering
      earlier this week to cooperate in any U.S. strike on Afghanistan's ruling
      Taliban, Reuters reported. 2148 GMT 010921

      Middle East Newswire reported that authorities have arrested dozens of Muslim
      activists suspected of association with Osama Bin Laden, in what the report
      speculates as an attempt to clear Yemen from the list of countries believed to
      be harboring terrorists. Official sources cited by the Newswire say that Yemen
      is working closezly with American investigators. The USS Cole was attacked last
      year while at port in Yemen. 2135 GMT 010921

      Hundreds of Muslim demonstrators gathered in Indian Kashmir to protest possible
      U.S. strikes on Afghanistan. The police fired tear gas on the group as it
      burned an American flag and pledged to support the "Afghan warriors," Reuters
      reported. The region's main separatist alliance, the All Parties Hurriyat
      (Freedom) Conference, publicly opposed the demonstrations. 2030 GMT 010921

      Reuters reports that Sudan's government said Sept. 21 that Osama bin Laden was
      not welcome to return to Sudan. Bin Laden lived in the largely Islamic African
      country from 1991 to 1996. The U.S. struck Sudan with cruise missiles in 1998
      in reaction to the African embassy bombings, which were also linked to bin
      Laden. 2015 GMT 010921

      A recent survey shows 47 percent of Americans believe the last week's terrorist
      attacks will lead the United States into a recession, according to The
      Conference Board. Almost 90 percent said they will not scale back purchases.
      1950 GMT, 010921

      The U.S. government issued a $15 billion aid package for the airline industry
      Sept. 21, the BBC reported. The industry will receive $5 billion in direct
      loans and $10 billion in loan guarantees. 1940 GMT, 010921

      Nationwide protests in Pakistan against a possible U.S. strike on Afghanistan
      turned deadly Sept. 21, reports BBC. Two people died as a result of gunshots in
      Karachi and another was killed after he defied an order to strike and attempted
      to open his shop. 1935 GMT, 010921

      French authorities have detained seven people under suspicion of planning
      terrorist attacks on American targets in France, according to the BBC. Police
      sources revealed some of those detained were under surveillance since July.
      1815 GMT, 010921

      Palestinian Authority security forces are reportedly taking measures to prevent
      Palestinian gunmen from shooting Israeli targets, Itim News Service reported.
      1805 GMT, 010921

      Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-
      Shara Sept. 21 denied links between last week's terrorist attacks and the
      current crisis between Israel and the Palestinians, reports IRNA. 1805 GMT,
      010921

      Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman said during a press briefing Sept. 21 that
      the Pakistani government hopes the Taliban will make a prompt decision
      regarding Osama bin Laden that "satisfies the concerns of the international
      community," said IRNA. 1803 GMT, 010921

      The United States is urging European allies to rally behind a military drive to
      replace Afghanistan's ruling Taliban with an interim government under the
      United Nations, The Guardian reported. The British daily said it saw a cable
      from the Washington embassy of a key NATO ally regarding a "post-Taliban
      Afghanistan." 1800 GMT, 010921

      White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the United States warned the Taliban
      that if it harbors terrorists, the president's message is clear: "We will
      defeat you," CNN reported. 1751 GMT, 010921

      Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban's envoy to Pakistan, told a press conference
      Sept. 21 that the Taliban would not hand Osama bin Laden over without proof of
      his involvement in the terrorist attacks, IRNA said. Zaeef said such a move
      would be "an insult to Islam," and they would not expel bin Laden from
      Afghanistan. 1750 GMT, 010921

      A Western diplomat indicated Sept. 21 that the United States would soon present
      a case against Osama bin Laden to Pakistan's government and president, CNN
      reported. 1740 GMT, 010921

      Markets are dropping globally Sept. 21 as investors appear to be retreating to
      government bonds and other "safe havens" over concerns of possible military
      strikes in the coming days. Tokyo and Hong Kong closed down between about 2
      percent and 4 percent, while major European markets were down 6 percent to 7
      percent in late afternoon trading. Meanwhile the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P were all
      sharply lower in early trading. The London Stock Exchange was also evacuated
      Sept. 21 after a security alert. 1445, 010921

      The United States will soon reportedly lift sanctions against India and
      Pakistan imposed after their 1998 nuclear tests due to the countries' offers of
      assistance to Washington in its effort to fight terrorism, ABC news reported,
      citing a senior Western diplomat. In addition, Washington will reportedly
      reschedule $600 million in Pakistani debt Sept. 24. 1420 GMT, 010921

      Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said Sept. 21 that the United States
      should strengthen the opposition in Afghanistan to enable them to overthrow the
      ruling Taliban regime instead of ordering a possible ground operation in the
      country, AFP reported. He also said that Turkey, the only Muslim country in
      NATO, was ready to offer military training to the Afghan opposition. 1415 GMT,
      010921

      In a speech broadcast worldwide Sept. 20, U.S. U.S. President George W. Bush
      delivered an ultimatum to the Taliban that it hand over Osama bin Laden and all
      other Al-Qaida leaders, release all foreign nationals from the country and
      close all terrorist bases within Afghanistan. Bush said that the Taliban must
      act immediately and that "these demands are not open to negotiation or
      discussion." 1430 GMT 010921

      U.S. President George W. Bush announced Sept. 20 the creation of a Cabinet
      position to oversee ''homeland defense'' of the United States from attack, with
      Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge named as the head of the new position, Reuters
      reported. The Office of Homeland Security will involve coordination of
      government-wide domestic security efforts, working with the U.S. military,
      emergency officials and state and local governments. 1410 GMT, 010921

      Bush administration officials have reportedly tied Tawfiq Bin Atash, a longtime
      associate of Osama bin Laden, with last week's terrorist attacks, Newsweek
      reported. Bin Atash, who has been implicated in the World Trade Center attack,
      the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa and last year's attack on the USS
      Cole, was allegedly photographed by a foreign intelligence service early last
      year meeting with one of the suspected hijackers in the Sept. 11 attack. 1355
      GMT, 010921

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      By Jim Garamone
      American Forces Press Service

      WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2001
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      cierpisz na schizofrenie? wszystkie posty z tego samego IP
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        love, compassion, compromise and justice... not Jihad, Holy War and suicidal
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    • Gość: u USA -American Forces Press Service IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 22.09.01, 16:34
      NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense

      No. 447-01
      (703)695-0192(media)
      IMMEDIATE RELEASE
      September 21, 2001
      (703)697-5737(public/industry)
      DOD CASUALTY UPDATE
      The Department of Defense confirmed today that the following people were killed
      as a result of the attack on the Pentagon. This brings to 52 the number of
      unaccounted victims positively identifed, not including the individual who
      later succumbed to wounds suffered in the attack.
      Army:
      Ms. Amella V. Fields, Department of the Army civilian, 36, Dumfries, Va.
      Ms. Diane M. Hale-McKinzy, Department of the Army civilian, 38, Alexandria, Va.
      Sgt. Maj. Lacey B. Ivory, 43, Mo.
      Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gary F. Smith, 55, Alexandria, Va.
      Maj. Kip P. Taylor, 38, Mi.
      Mr. Edmond Young, Department of the Army contractor, BTG, Inc.
      Navy:
      Cmdr. William Howard Donovan, Jr., 37, Nunda, N.Y.
      Ms. Judith Jones, Department of the Navy civilian, 53, Woodbridge, VA
      Defense Agencies:
      Ms. Shelley A. Marshall, Marbury, Md.
      Ms. Patricia E. (Patti) Mickley, Springfield, Va.
      Mr. Charles E. Sabin, Burke, Va.
      Mr. Karl W. Teepe, Centreville, Va.
      As a result of the attack, 125 people were killed or remain unaccounted, not
      including the 64 passengers on the plane. To date, 117 remains have been
      recovered and transported to Dover Air Force Base, Del. for identification.
      Search and recovery operations continue.
      -END-
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      By Sgt. 1st Class Kathleen T. Rhem, USA
      American Forces Press Service

      WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2001
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      My heart is broken with the recent terror that has happened in the USA. Only a
      coward reacts as they did. 5,000 lives taken thousands and thousands
      destroyed!!! The ones responsible should pay.. Aziz I have been reading your
      discussions and I really think you are a humble person and have enjoyed your
      text.. please forgive me for sounding bold but seeing this happen has really
      torn a hole in my heart .. and now the possibility of war is on the verge.. May
      God Bless Everyone!!!!!!!



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      aziz



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      John Doe,
      Sorry for any my comment that bothered you. It’s not intention to hurt you and
      I feel sorry for what happened in US.

      John, US people now can feel now how much it hurts when their country building
      are destroy and their beloved one dies. US people should think about those who
      beloved one dies in Palestine and their houses are destroyed by Israel
      Bulldozers.


      John, I am pretty young Afghan I have seen nothing, but war, destruction of my
      country by Russia and ourselves. I was very young when Russians destroyed my
      house in front of my face and they killed my family member. 1.5 millions
      killed Afghans torn a hole in my heart long time ago.

      Think for moment about my heart too and pray for 1.5 million Afghans;

      Thanks



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      Your brother Aziz

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      John Doe



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      I agree with you Aziz.... we do have a common in this whole thing.. and one
      thing for sure one day we will all die and look back at our lives and say what
      actually did I do to create Love and Compassion for my fellow man whether you
      are Christian, Muslim, Or Jew! We are all humans created by God and God is
      love. Im not trying to create a reason to dispell the acts of the ones who did
      this to USA they will see justice!!! I just pray for the innocent lives that
      will still suffer!! My brother is a Marine in the US military and it tears my
      heart to imagine him not being here no more but I have to stand on the
      principals of Freedom and will fight for what is truely right! And Im sure you
      feel the same with your country. Im sure you have alot of great people in your
      country and Im sure you have seen more devastation than I can only imagine. But
      the time is now to think for yourself and start creating an atmosphere where
      you can make a difference in other lives. Because Im American and your not
      doesnt mean we cant offer each other Love (brotherly) and find that common
      ground to agree to disagree. But for those who torn at the foundation for which
      American stands and would even think of doing the unGodly acts will not only
      see justice but in my opinion they will be judged for each and every life they
      have destroyed!!!!

      Aziz may your days be long and prosperous!!

      John

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      The passing days since the cowardly acts are becoming increasingly painful.
      Afghanistan Islams are showing no remorse and offering no concession in turning
      over bin Laden. All evidence points directly to bin Ladean, with arrests taking
      place throughout the world. Here in the US, we continue to uncover the viper's
      nests of Islamic terrorists who have lived among us, trained in our schools,
      and enjoyed the liberties offerred to all Americans. Such hideous offenses
      deserve severe retribution and punishment. Islamic threats to the US and Israel
      will only result in Islamic defeat. The Jews are God's own chosen people. God
      will defend His people even as they are attacked on all sides. His Holy Bible
      details that. Jesus Christ said there would be many false prophets, brought up
      by Satan, and Mohammed is the Evil of Evil in false prophets. I urge all
      Islamic people to read the true word of God; find the truth that only Jesus
      Christ, God's only Son, will provide. Read Revelation, the last book in the
      Holy Bible, to see that the current events signal the return of Christ.
      God loves even the Islamic people, and offers them salvation through His Son,
      Jesus Christ.
      I do not look forward to or even lightly view the ensuing battle. Many will
      suffer because of the evil that the Taliban and bin Laden have wrought. Many of
      those who die will not have accepted the redemption of sin that only Jesus
      offers. Those people will be judged and, and He says, will be condemned to h e
      l l for eternity.
      My anger turns more and more to dread.



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      Jinxx



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      I am curious,
      If the Jews are Gods choosen people and he will defend them why are they not
      convinced Jesus was the Messiah ? I mean they think he was complete false
      normal guy. Muslims at least accept him as a profet.

      Religions are simply confusing because threwout time many humans have changed
      or added to origional scripts. Many of the origional scripts which started all
      three religions (judism, christianity, and islam) were nothing but poetry. The
      whole adam and eve thing 100% that, poetry. People found these scripts many
      years after the poets death and placed religious meaning in them.

      I am not anti faith in religion but i am anti faith in preacher. Why so many
      preachers teach so differantly ? Yet many many people believe every word they
      say. How could all of the preachers be correct ?

      Jinxx

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      Not all preachers are correct. And not all religions are about the same God.

      If there is any way to know what is the truth, it's by listening to the word of
      God.

      Jesus said, "No one can come to the Father but through Me", and again, "No one
      can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws Him".

      The problem that I see with the Islamic Religion, is that Muhammed came along
      some 600 years after Christ, claimed that Christ was a prophet of God, but not
      His Son.

      In saying this, Muhammed has called Christ a liar, yet claims Him to be God's
      prophet at the same time. Jesus was very adamant about the fact that He was
      the Son of the one and only Living God. In fact, He refused to retract His
      statement to the point of death.

      Now, one or the other of Jesus or Muhammed was a liar. Since I have had some
      very deep and profound spiritual encounters with Jesus, I'm betting my life on
      Him.

      The biggest difference between Christianity and all other religions is the gift
      of the Holy Spirit.

      The Holy Spirit was given to us as Jesus promised before his execution. "And I
      will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that he may be with
      you forever; That is the Spirit of truth, whom the wo
    • Gość: YA Yasser Arafat IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 22.09.01, 19:55
      It is a new world here. For Yasser Arafat it is a world full of opportunities
      and full of dangers.

      This world did not begin well for Mr Arafat. Shortly after the attacks on New
      York and Washington a small group of Palestinians was filmed celebrating in
      East Jerusalem.



      Mr Arafat made a show of donating blood

      Pictures of these celebrations were broadcast round the world - giving the
      impression the entire Palestinian people was jubilant. These pictures did great
      damage to the Palestinian cause internationally.

      Yasser Arafat and his officials were put on the backfoot. They made sure
      pictures of further celebrations were not seen.

      They began an intense campaign to show that the Palestinian people condemned
      the attacks.

      A campaign which involved Mr Arafat giving blood for the victims of the attacks
      against America.

      Incursions

      At the same time Israel began a series of military incursions into Palestinian
      controlled areas. These incursions were condemned by the Palestinians. But the
      world's attention was focused elsewhere.



      Israeli incursions into Palestinian areas went largely unnoticed by the outside
      world

      Then, the next step of the new world. In front of foreign ambassadors called to
      Gaza, Yasser Arafat repeated his intention to observe a ceasefire. He ordered
      his forces to act with maximum restraint.

      His words were not new. But in this conflict, what you say is not as important
      as when you say it and who has told you to say it.

      On this occasion, Mr Arafat was under intense pressure from the international
      community to fall into line.

      With few other options available, he did so. And his international position
      rose. He was back in the fold.

      Prisoner

      Now the challenge. Yasser Arafat must make sure his forces observe the
      ceasefire. He must act against Islamic militant groups - and persuade them not
      to attack Israel. Leading Palestinians warn that this will be difficult.

      "He is like a prisoner in Ramallah or Gaza," says Mustafa Barghouti, a
      Palestinian political activist.

      "He cannot move army officers from one place to another. Physically he is doing
      his best."

      The question now : will his best be good enough?


      If the ceasefire holds, Yasser Arafat will meet Israel's Foreign Minister
      Shimon Peres for talks. And there is more.



      Talks are predicated on the ceasefire holding

      The Palestinians want Yasser Arafat to be given an Oval Office meeting with
      President Bush. Such a meeting would do more than anything to restore Mr
      Arafat's standing in the international community.

      If the ceasefire holds, this meeting may happen. If it doesn't, it won't.

      These are defining moments for Yasser Arafat. He may remember Shakespeare's
      words from Julius Caesar:

      "There is a tide in the affairs of men,
      Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of
      their life
      Is bound in shallows and in miseries."

      This is Yasser Arafat's tide. If the ceasefire holds, his international
      position will be strengthened. If the Palestinians break the ceasefire, he can
      expect real questions from the international community - and from the United
      States in particular.
    • Gość: I Interview of Secretary Powell by BBC IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 23.09.01, 14:55

      21 September 2001


      Powell Says Anti-terrorist Campaign Not Against Afghan People
      Interview of Secretary Powell by BBC

      The United States will be "very careful" in its anti-terrorist campaign "to
      make sure that people see that in our actions we are not going after the Afghan
      people, we are not going after Moslems, we are not going after Arabs, we are
      going after terrorists," Secretary of State Colin Powell said September 21 in
      an interview with the BBC.

      The United States is the biggest single donor of humanitarian aid to
      Afghanistan, Powell said, and "will continue to be so."

      "We can avoid casualties of all kinds if the Taliban regime will do the right
      thing and turn over these terrorists, all of them, not just Usama bin Laden,
      but all of those who are using Afghanistan, using the poor, poor people of
      Afghanistan as a sea in which to swim," Powell said.

      The United States, he said, believes that bin Laden is still in Afghanistan
      under the protection of the Taliban.

      In light of what happened on the 11th of September, Powell said, "we now need a
      worldwide campaign, not just the United States or even just the UN, but rather
      everybody coming together" to fight terrorism.

      "We are embarking on a campaign with a great deal of information and
      intelligence," he said. "And it is not just a war in the sense of a military
      conflict; it is a campaign that is much financial, political, diplomatic,
      public diplomacy, infrastructure ripping up. And we have quite a bit of
      information and intelligence and we will gather a lot more. And it is a
      campaign that will be successful at the end of the day. Because we will dry up
      the havens they have been using; we will ostracize those countries that have
      been providing support. And it is a campaign that will go on for as long as it
      takes to be successful," Powell said.

      Following is the transcript as released by the State Department:


      U.S. Department Of State
      Office of the Spokesman
      September 21, 2001
      Interview Of Secretary Of State Colin L. Powell By BBC
      Washington, D.C.

      Question: General Powell, last night, the President talked about justice being
      brought to the terrorists if the terrorists were not brought to justice. Do you
      currently have enough evidence against Usama bin Laden to secure a conviction
      in an American court of law?

      Secretary Powell: I think so. I mean, he has been indicted for previous
      offenses against the United States, previous offenses against humanity. And I
      think we have enough intelligence information as well as legally sufficient
      evidence to bring him before an American court.

      Question: Would you prefer him dead or alive?


      Secretary Powell: I would prefer him brought to justice and justice brought to
      him. I wish nobody dead just for the sake of being dead. I think justice is the
      issue here, not whether he is alive or dead.

      Question: What is taking justice to him going to mean?


      Secretary Powell: It might mean that we are going to have to go find him,
      rather than have him delivered by the Taliban. And we will find him and we will
      use all the resources at our disposal, not only to go after him. We shouldn't
      just personalize it in him. The President only mentioned his name once last
      night.

      Question: True, but he was the only person mentioned.


      Secretary Powell: True, but he talked about a network, the very broad network
      he heads called al-Qaida, which is located in countries all around the world.
      It is that network we have to go after. We can't leave part of that network
      untouched in order to perpetrate another terrorist attack at some point against
      somebody else.

      Question: Do you know where Usama bin Laden is now?


      Secretary Powell: We presume he is still in Afghanistan under the protection of
      the Taliban.

      Question: But you don't know?


      Secretary Powell: We presume that, and we have pretty good reason to believe
      that. We can't be absolutely sure, but I think that is very good.

      Question: When the President talked about a war against terrorism and mentioned
      60 countries, we're talking about something vast, aren't we?

      Secretary Powell: It's vast. Now that doesn't mean there is a huge presence in
      each country. In some cases, it might just be a financial presence or just a
      presence that is intended to draw support from that country, as opposed to a
      terrorist cell. But it is a very broad network. I sort of liken Al Qaida to
      something like a holding company. And Mr. Usama bin Laden is the chairman and
      chief executive officer and treasurer of it.

      Question: Is this a war against all terrorism?


      Secretary Powell: Yes. The President sees this as a campaign that goes after
      terrorism as a curse in the face of society.

      Question: So that would include Irish terrorism, Kashmiri terrorism, Basque
      terrorism?

      Secretary Powell: I think that is correct. Any organization that is interested
      in terrorist operations to overthrow legitimate governments, democratically
      elected governments, or governments that represent the will of their people is
      a threat. We should go after them. This is not new for the United States. We
      recently designated the Real IRA a terrorist organization. We've done the same
      thing with three organizations in Colombia, the FARC, the ELN and recently
      their paramilitary, the AUC.

      So the United States has been in the forefront of going after terrorism. But in
      light of what happened on the 11th of September, we now need a worldwide
      campaign, not just the United States or even just the UN, but rather everybody
      coming together.

      Question: How will you judge that that war has been won?


      Secretary Powell: I think we can make a judgment that the war is being won or
      has been won when we don't see that kind of terrorist incident occurring
      anywhere. Now, will we ever get there? I don't know. Can we reduce the
      likelihood of these sorts of incidents as we go after these terrorist
      organizations? The answer to that is clearly yes.

      Question: But you are embarking upon a war that you are not sure you can win.

      Secretary Powell: We are embarking upon a long campaign that we will win if we
      start to see these kinds of incidents sort of disappear from public life. Will
      we ever get to a situation where there is not a single terrorist left in the
      world willing to do this kind of activity, I can't answer that, I can't say
      that we will.

      Question: Iraq wasn't mentioned in the President's speech. Is that a target
      country?

      Secretary Powell: Iraq is a country we have had on our list of nations that
      sponsor terrorism, it's an enemy we keep well contained with the strong support
      of our British friends and others. We have contained them for ten years and we
      will continue to do so. We will watch them, we've hit them before and if its
      necessary we will do what is necessary.

      Question: When the President says that all necessary weapons will be used, does
      that include possibly nuclear armament?

      Secretary Powell: I don't think nuclear weapons would be a necessary weapon
      against a terrorist organization.

      Question: You can give a guarantee on that?


      Secretary Powell: I think I've just answered the question rather adequately.

      Question: When you look at a country like Afghanistan, realistically, the poor
      people of Afghanistan, they don't have any choice in their government. They
      don't live in a democracy. Their country has been bombed to pieces.

      What good does it do for the richest country in the world to rain arms down on
      people like that?

      Secretary Powell: What good does it do for a regime such as that to come after
      civilization and kill over 6,000 innocent people, who include people from some
      80 countries throughout the world, to include several hundred Britons.

      There is a sense of outrage about all of this and that is where they are
      hosted. We are not goin
    • Gość: p Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 23.09.01, 16:00
      Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)



      Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini
      Under this name several radical Palestinian Islamic factions were active from
      1979 on in the Territories, mainly under the influence of the Iranian Islamic
      revolution and the growing Islamic militancy in the region.

      The PIJ Fathi Shqaqi faction has in recent years become the most prominent
      Palestinian terrorist group to adopt the Islamic Jihad ideology. It views
      Israel, the “Zionist Jewish entity”, as the main enemy of the Muslim Brothers
      and the first target for destruction. Thus, it calls for an Islamic armed
      struggle and strives for the liberation of all of Palestine. This is to be
      accomplished by guerilla groups, led by a revolutionary vanguard, which carry
      out terrorist attacks aimed at weakening Israel. Its militants see themselves
      as those who lay the groundwork for the day when the great Islamic Arabic army
      will be able to destroy Israel in a military confrontation.

      In the 1980s the group was involved both in subversive and terrorist activity
      in the Territories and prior to the Intifada carried out several terrorist
      attacks in the Gaza Strip. At the beginning of the Intifada it numbered some
      250 militants and several hundred sympathizers in the universities and the
      young activists around the mosques. In August 1988 the group's leaders were
      expelled to Lebanon, where Shqaqi reorganized the faction and strengthened its
      ties with the Hizballah and Iran.

      The faction was behind several of the deadliest terrorist suicide attacks
      carried on in Israel by the radical Islamic organizations in 1995-1997. Fathi
      Shqaqi was killed by unknown assailants in October 1995 in Malta.
      History
      Leadership
      Terrorist Activity
      Articles
      Documents
      Links
      Updates
      Attacks
      from 1988-2000




      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


      History
      The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini) was
      founded in 1979-80 by Palestinian students in Egypt, who had split from the
      Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood in the Gaza Strip. The founders were highly
      influenced by the Islamic revolution in Iran on the one and hand, and the
      radicalization and militancy of Egyptian Islamic student organizations, on the
      other.

      The founders - Fathi Shqaqi, `Abd al-`Aziz `Odah and Bashir Musa - were
      disappointed by the supposed moderation of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, and
      what they considered the neglect by the Egyptian Islamists of the priority that
      should be given to the Palestinian problem. Shqaqi and Musa, therefore,
      proposed a new ideological program, which became the basis for the new
      organization. They claimed that the unity of the Islamic world was not a
      precondition for the liberation of Palestine, but on the contrary, the
      liberation of Palestine by the Islamic movements was the key to the unification
      of the Arab and Islamic world. In other words: the Jihad for the liberation of
      Palestine by Islamic movements will bring upon the expected Jihad for the
      reconstruction of the greater and one Islamic state.

      The admiration of the three Palestinian militants for the Islamic revolution in
      Iran was at that time unique of its kind in the Arab world and among the
      Islamic Sunni movements. Not only did they consider the Iranian revolution as a
      model for the Arab world, but they accepted the principle of "the leadership of
      the men of religion" (vilayet-i-faqih) although it was a Shi'ite concept.
      Shqaqi was also the first in the Arab Sunni world to write, already in March
      1979, a book glorifying Khomeini and the Iranian revolution, which was banned
      by the Egyptian authorities.

      This group of Palestinian students maintained close relations with radical
      Islamic Egyptian students, some of whom were involved in the assassination of
      president Sadat, in October 1981. As a result, the Palestinian Islamic radicals
      were expelled from Egypt and returned to the Gaza Strip, where they formally
      began their activity as an Islamic Jihad organization.

      The faction was involved in subversive and terrorist activity in the
      Territories in the 1980s. During the year 1987, prior to the Intifada, it
      carried out several terrorist attacks in the Gaza Strip. In August 1988 the two
      faction`s leaders, Shqaqi and `Odah, were expelled to Lebanon, where Shqaqi
      reorganized the faction, maintaining close contacts with the Iranian
      Revolutionary Guards unit stationed in Lebanon and with Hizballah. Shqaqi
      expanded the political connections of the faction and became a prominent member
      of the new Rejection Front which emerged after the Israeli- Palestinian Oslo
      agreement, under Syrian influence.

      Shqaqi was killed in October 1995 in Malta, allegedly by Israeli agents. His
      successor is Dr. Ramadan `Abdallah Shalah, who has resided several years in
      Florida, U.S.A, and moved to Damascus at the beginning of 1996. Shalah has not
      the charisma and the intellectual and organizational skills as Fathi Shqaqi and
      this has influenced the organization's position and activity.

      The group has been active on the political scene in the Territories, mainly in
      the Gaza Strip, among students and intellectuals. Until the foundation of the
      Palestinian Authority in 1994, the Islamic Jihad groups did not have
      connections to Hamas, and were regarded even as rivals in the Gaza Strip. Since
      then, and mainly after Hamas switched to the strategy of suicide terrorist
      bombings, there was some operational cooperation between the two organizations
      in carrying out attacks like the one in Beit-Lyd, in February 1995, or in
      coordinating simultaneous terrorist attacks. Shqaqi 's death undermined the
      PIJ's position in the Territories and Hamas no longer sees it as a threatening
      rival.

      The group has offices in Beirut, Damascus, Tehran and Khartoum, but its
      activity is focused in Lebanon, where there are several tens of Palestinian
      members. It has some influence in the Gaza Strip, mainly in the Islamic
      University, but not in a way that can endanger the dominant position of Hamas
      as the leading Islamic Palestinian organization.

      During the 1980s several other groups of Palestinian Islamic Jihad were formed,
      but the main faction which has survived is the group founded by Shqaqi.

      The Islamic Jihad Organization - the al-Aqsa Battalions (Munazzamat al-Jihad al-
      Islami - Kata’ib al-Aqsa) was founded under the religious guidance of Sheikh
      `As`ad Bayyud al-Tamimi in Jordan in 1982, with the support of Fatah activists.
      It has carried out its first terrorist operation already in October 1983, by
      killing an Israeli citizen in Hebron. The faction has tried to carry out other
      operations in the 1980s but failed. During the Intifada it became active under
      the name of the “Islamic Jihad Organization - the al-Aqsa Battalions”. Some of
      its activists maintained good relations both with Iran and Sudan. Its religious
      leader, `As`ad al-Tamimi, was also a supporter of the Iranian revolution, and
      was arrested or confined several times by the Jordanian authorities. Formally
      the group is still active in Jordan, but has no supporters in the Territories.

      The Islamic Jihad - The Temple (al-Jihad al-Islami - Bait al-Maqdas) was
      founded in the early 1980s by the “Western Sector” apparatus of Fatah, headed
      by Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad). It was composed of Fatah terrorist activists
      from “The Students Committee”, who carried out an important terrorist attack in
      Hebron on April 1, 1980, killing six Israelis leaving a synagogue. Later on the
      activists of that committee turned to religion and formed the group which was
      called “The Islamic Jihad - The Temple”. The group was led by Bassem Sultan,
      Marwan al-Kayali and Muhammad Bkheis, who were killed by a
      • Gość: p Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) 2 IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 23.09.01, 16:10
        The group has been active on the political scene in the Territories, mainly in
        the Gaza Strip, among students and intellectuals. Until the foundation of the
        Palestinian Authority in 1994, the Islamic Jihad groups did not have
        connections to Hamas, and were regarded even as rivals in the Gaza Strip. Since
        then, and mainly after Hamas switched to the strategy of suicide terrorist
        bombings, there was some operational cooperation between the two organizations
        in carrying out attacks like the one in Beit-Lyd, in February 1995, or in
        coordinating simultaneous terrorist attacks. Shqaqi 's death undermined the
        PIJ's position in the Territories and Hamas no longer sees it as a threatening
        rival.

        The group has offices in Beirut, Damascus, Tehran and Khartoum, but its
        activity is focused in Lebanon, where there are several tens of Palestinian
        members. It has some influence in the Gaza Strip, mainly in the Islamic
        University, but not in a way that can endanger the dominant position of Hamas
        as the leading Islamic Palestinian organization.

        During the 1980s several other groups of Palestinian Islamic Jihad were formed,
        but the main faction which has survived is the group founded by Shqaqi.

        The Islamic Jihad Organization - the al-Aqsa Battalions (Munazzamat al-Jihad al-
        Islami - Kata’ib al-Aqsa) was founded under the religious guidance of Sheikh
        `As`ad Bayyud al-Tamimi in Jordan in 1982, with the support of Fatah activists.
        It has carried out its first terrorist operation already in October 1983, by
        killing an Israeli citizen in Hebron. The faction has tried to carry out other
        operations in the 1980s but failed. During the Intifada it became active under
        the name of the “Islamic Jihad Organization - the al-Aqsa Battalions”. Some of
        its activists maintained good relations both with Iran and Sudan. Its religious
        leader, `As`ad al-Tamimi, was also a supporter of the Iranian revolution, and
        was arrested or confined several times by the Jordanian authorities. Formally
        the group is still active in Jordan, but has no supporters in the Territories.

        The Islamic Jihad - The Temple (al-Jihad al-Islami - Bait al-Maqdas) was
        founded in the early 1980s by the “Western Sector” apparatus of Fatah, headed
        by Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad). It was composed of Fatah terrorist activists
        from “The Students Committee”, who carried out an important terrorist attack in
        Hebron on April 1, 1980, killing six Israelis leaving a synagogue. Later on the
        activists of that committee turned to religion and formed the group which was
        called “The Islamic Jihad - The Temple”. The group was led by Bassem Sultan,
        Marwan al-Kayali and Muhammad Bkheis, who were killed by a car bomb in
        Lymassol, Cyprus on February 1988. The faction's ideologue was Munir Shafiq,
        who also had pro-Iranian affiliations. It was the first Palestinian Islamic
        group that staged a terrorist attack prior to the Intifada, by throwing hand
        grenades on Israeli soldiers and their families during a swearing-in ceremony
        at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on October 15 , 1986. The faction had very few
        militants in the Territories.

        The Islamic Jihad Squad (Tanzim al-Jihad al-Islami) was a small group of
        Islamic Jihad militants led by Ahmad Muhanna. These militants were imprisoned
        in Israel for violent activities in the framework of a PLO off-shoot, the
        Palestinian Popular Liberation Forces (Quwat Tahrir al-Sha`biyyah al-
        Filastiniyyah), who became Islamists in the late 1970s under the leadership of
        Jaber `Ammar. Ahmad Muhanna split from this group and during the 1980s was
        active mainly from Sudan and was also involved in Islamist militant activity in
        Egypt. The faction carried out a terrorist attack in Egypt against an Israeli
        tourist bus in Northern Sinai, on February 4, 1990.

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        Leadership
        Dr. Fathi Abd al-Aziz Shqaqi was born in the Gaza Strip in January 1951. Shqaqi
        finished B.A. studies in mathematics at Bir-Zeit University, in the West Bank
        and in 1974 went to Egypt to study medicine at Zaqaziq University. He became
        active in the ranks of the Muslim Brotherhood, but in 1974 left the
        organization because of ideological disputes.

        Immediately after Khomeini's rise to power in 1979, Shqaqi wrote a pamphlet
        entitled "Khomeini: The Islamic Solution and the Alternative", in which he
        expressed his support for the Islamic revolution and praised Khomeini's
        position in regard to the unification of the two branches of Islam, the Sunna
        and the Shi'ia. Shqaqi's book was prohibited and he himself was arrested for
        three months by the Egyptian authorities.

        In 1980 Shqaqi returned to Gaza and began to organize a group of young Islamic
        radicals, mostly students who were expelled from Egypt due to their subversive
        Islamic militancy.

        Dr. Ramadan `Abdallah Shalah, born in the in the Saja`iyah refugee camp in Gaza
        Strip, was one of the first militants in the PIJ and was close to Fathi Shqaqi.

        He went to study in London and was appointed head of PIJ's office there. From
        there he handled PIJ's military, propaganda and information activity in the
        Territories. Shalah finished a doctorate thesis in Islamic economics at the
        University of Durnham in UK.

        In 1990 he went to the United States to teach Middle east courses at the South
        Florida University in Tampa, were he became also director of the World and
        Islam Studies Enterprise (WISE), a think tank on Muslim religious and political
        issues connected with the PIJ. After Shqaqi's killing in October 1995,
        `Abdallah Shalah became the head of the PIJ faction.

        Sheikh `As`ad Bayyud al-Tamimi, the scion of a distinguished Hebron family, was
        born in 1924 and finished his law studies at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo
        in 1949. Tamimi began his political activity in the 1950s in the framework of
        the Muslim Brotherhood, but later left them because they did not accept the
        priority of the Palestinian problem. He was then one of the founders of the
        Islamic Liberation Party (Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami), an extremist pan-Islamic
        organization whose base was in Jordan. He served in the 1960s as imam of al-
        Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. He was expelled by Israel to Jordan in 1969 due to
        his radical sermons at the al-Aqsa mosque.

        After the Iranian Islamic revolution, apparently with the Iranian's government
        blessing and in cooperation with Fatah, he began to recruit young Palestinians -
        including active Fatah members - for the new Islamic Jihad organization.
        According to him only later Shqaqi, Muhanna, and others split from the
        organization in 1980. In 1989 Tamimi called his faction The Islamic Jihad - al-
        Aqsa Battalions. Tamimi lives in Jordan.

        Sheikh Tamimi wrote in 1984 a book entitled "The disappearance of Israel - a
        ruling of the Koran", in which he tries to prove the importance given in the
        Koran to Palestine and that the Jihad in Palestine is bound not only to bring
        back the Holy Land to Muslim sovereignty, but also to banish all presence of
        the infidel Jews.

        Ahmad Hassan Muhanna was born in Khan Yunes and became an officer in the PLO's
        Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA). He was jailed in Israel for his terrorist
        activity and there became an extremist Islamist. He was liberated in the
        framework of an exchange of prisoners in 1985. He continued his terrorist
        activity in relation with Jaber `Ammar's faction and was expelled to Lebanon in
        1988.

        Sheikh Jaber `Ammar, from the Gaza Strip, was sentenced to life prison for
        terrorist activity at the beginning of the 1970s. He was the first to form a
        group of Islamic radicals inside the Israeli prison. `Ammar was released in
        1983 as a result of an exchange of prisoners and went to Egypt, but he was
        expelled
    • Gość: e Usa Bin Ladin in Washington Post IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 23.09.01, 22:51
      By Bob Woodward and Walter Pincus
      Washington Post Staff Writers
      Sunday, September 23, 2001; Page A01



      Four to five al Qaeda groups have operated in the United States for the last
      several years, but investigators have not yet found any connection between them
      and any of the 19 hijackers responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, according to
      government officials.

      The groups, called "cells" by the FBI, are under intensive government
      surveillance. The FBI has not made any arrests because the group members
      entered the country legally in recent years and have not been involved in
      illegal activities since they arrived, the officials said.

      Government officials say they do not know why the cells are here, what their
      purpose is or whether their members are planning attacks. One official even
      described their presence as "possibly benign," though others have a more
      sinister interpretation and give assurances that measures are in place to
      protect the public.

      Al Qaeda, Arabic for "the Base," is a loose confederation of extremist Islamic
      groups led by Saudi fugitive millionaire Osama bin Laden, whom President Bush
      and other government officials have publicly charged with responsibility for
      the New York and Washington attacks.

      There has been widespread fear and speculation about other al Qaeda groups in
      the United States, but officials say they have no specific information about
      their plans.

      "They are so good at compartmentalizing," an official said yesterday, noting
      and anguishing over the difficulty of finding clear links among the cells. The
      officials declined to identify the cities where the al Qaeda groups are located.

      Investigators are finding a highly unusual degree of discipline and patience in
      the groups, which usually number fewer than a dozen individuals. One of the
      central questions the FBI has been struggling with is why the groups have
      stayed in the United States. One official speculated that they could be here to
      gather intelligence or to support or execute terrorist attacks. It is also
      possible, the official said, the cells are here to earn money because the
      United States is one of the few countries where entry is easy and jobs are
      readily available.

      The members of al Qaeda have a level of commitment and zeal that is not easily
      understood in the United States. While in training, they sign an agreement
      called a bayat. They agree to go to a country on which a jihad has been
      declared and wait to be called upon to undertake a task, according to testimony
      at the recent New York City trial of bin Laden associates who were convicted of
      bombing the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

      "You swear to agree about the jihad, listen to the emir . . . and do whatever
      work they ask you in group, you have to do it," said the government's prime
      witness, Jamal Ahmed Mohamed al-Fadl. "If they ask me to go anywhere in the
      world for specific mission or target, I have to listen. . . . They say when you
      make bayat and you agree about the al Qaeda and about the war, anything."

      The domestic al Qaeda groups operate in a similar fashion to the hijackers who
      carried out the Sept. 11 attacks: They stick together, moving among inexpensive
      hotels, motels and apartments, and keeping largely to themselves.

      Although officials have not connected these groups to the hijackers, they have
      made a connection among the four teams of hijackers. The FBI has identified
      Mohamed Atta, the 33-year-old Egyptian who authorities say piloted one of
      jetliners that hit the World Trade Center, as the main figure connecting the
      four teams of hijackers that commandeered the planes. One official called
      him "the axle" who apparently coordinated the attacks.

      The members of the al Qaeda groups in the United States were in some cases
      initially identified by the CIA through intelligence gathered abroad that
      connected specific individuals to bin Laden or the al Qaeda network. Under an
      agreement, the CIA passes this information to the FBI, which then launches
      investigations and surveillance within the United States. Over the last two
      years, the CIA has provided the FBI with approximately 100 names of people
      associated with the al Qaeda network who have entered the country legally in
      most cases.

      Over the years, some of the al Qaeda members and other identified associates of
      terrorist groups in the United States have been subjects of investigation, but
      their cases were closed because no crimes were uncovered.

      At least two of the hijackers, Khalid Al-Midhar and Nawaq Alhazmi, were on a
      watch list generated by this CIA-FBI liaison a month before the attacks.
      Officials said that those names were not connected to any other known bin Laden
      associates in the United States, including the four or five operating cells.

      "There was no pattern, nothing seemed to fit with information we had, and there
      was no intelligence or suggestion that some plot was afoot," an official said.

      The investigation is hampered because the CIA and FBI have had little success
      over the past decade in infiltrating the tightly knit cells of Islamic
      fundamental terrorists who often are linked by blood or marriage. Most of all,
      they join in a strict view of their religion, which is cemented by vows they
      take when they join.

      At any one time, the CIA has had fewer than six informants within the groups
      that have been associated with bin Laden, said a senior intelligence official.
      The FBI at most had a "handful," according to a former FBI official with
      extensive experience in counterterrorism.

      "They are unlike the mafia, which built loyalty out of criminal enterprise, but
      where personal and even family relationships could be overcome with money or
      deals with those in prison," the former FBI official said. The Islamic
      fundamentalists, he said, "would have to give up their religious beliefs to
      become sources [for the FBI], and that is potentially more dangerous than
      threat of death."

      He said the terrorists believe that death in fighting in a religious war
      against their enemies puts them in eternal heaven. Turning against their
      religious vows, by informing authorities about their activities, damns them to
      eternal hell.

      "In order to enter a [terrorist] cell," he said, "someone inside must vouch for
      the bona fides of the newcomer. Walking in cold is very hard." He also said
      that religious leaders, called emirs, in the United States and abroad solidify
      the spiritual ties, reminding the terrorists their eternal fate rests in
      remaining true to their cause.

      One of the bureau's few informants supplied the tip that thwarted a 1993
      attempt to blow up the United Nations headquarters building after the first
      World Trade Center bombing had taken place.

      "The trouble was we used him [the informant] and he got burned," the official
      said. Identified, "he had to retire. . . . We gave him a new identity and he's
      gone," the official added.

      "The ability of the FBI to penetrate is very limited. . . . The fundamentalist
      Islamic community is very tight and different from other Muslims in the
      community," said a former senior bureau official with long experience in the
      counterterrorism field.

      In the 1980s and early 1990s, CIA coverage of bin Laden groups and other Muslim
      terrorist operators was helped because they regularly talked over cell phones,
      often bragging about what they were about to do or what they had done,
      according to former intelligence officials.

      In addition, during the 1980s, "we could always find a participant who would
      turn in the others for $1 million, a new identity and a house in California,"
      he said. "That has all changed. Now they are ready to commit suicide."

      Today, the U.S. foreign intelligence community's direct coverage of bin Laden
      has been through intercepting communications. The other major sources are
      re
    • Gość: o USA Chiny IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 23.09.01, 23:20


      Remarks With Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Tang Jiaxuan After Their
      Meeting (1400 hrs)

      Secretary Colin L. Powell
      Washington, DC
      September 21, 2001


      SECRETARY POWELL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I'm sorry we're running
      late. We have had an excellent set of discussions, which ran over because they
      were so comprehensive.

      It's a pleasure to once again meet with my colleague from Beijing. This is one
      of several times we have met in recent months. And we covered the full range of
      issues that affect the relationship between our two countries. Especially, we
      talked about, as you might expect, the President's upcoming visit to Shanghai
      and Beijing. We also discussed counter-terrorism activity in light of the
      recent events here in Washington and New York.

      The Minister told me a very moving story about a Chinese family who had come to
      visit their children here in this country, and were killed in the plane that
      crashed into the Pentagon. And he met with those children yesterday. And it
      just shows how this is an international crisis. And it all has to do with the
      loss of innocent humanity. And so we agreed to cooperate in this campaign
      against terrorism.

      I won't cover all the different issues. The Minister may wish to talk about one
      or two more. In the interests of time, I am anxious to get the Minister over to
      the White House for his meeting with Dr. Rice and with the President.

      Mr. Minister, it is a great pleasure again to welcome you here in the United
      States.

      FOREIGN MINISTER TANG: (As translated.) Ladies and gentlemen, today my talks
      with Secretary Powell were useful, constructive and successful. Our talks
      covered many issues, many of which the Secretary has already briefly touched
      upon.

      For my part, I would like to emphasize the following two points. Firstly, both
      sides agree that the upcoming visit by President Bush to China and the
      important meetings between the two presidents will exert a significant and far-
      reaching impact on China-US relations. The Chinese side believes that the
      President's visit and his meeting between top leaders will make contributions
      to continue the long-term development of our relations in a normal,
      constructive, and healthy fashion, as well as continued improvement of our
      relations in the future.

      Secondly, both sides have already started our cooperation on the anti-terrorism
      field, and such cooperation will continue into the future. Our attitude on the
      question of terrorism has always been clear-cut and consistent. We firmly
      oppose and strongly condemn all forms of terrorism in all their evil acts, and
      both sides agree to carry out even better cooperation on this question in the
      future.

      Thank you.

      SECRETARY POWELL: The Minister has to leave for the White House. I'll come back
      for just a moment, if you want me to.

      QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman earlier this
      week made some statements that seem to indicate that China was looking for a
      quid pro quo, their support for the anti-terrorist activity in exchange for
      some sort of agreement on Taiwan where America's support would diminish
      somewhat.

      Did that come up in the talks at all?

      SECRETARY POWELL: No, there was no suggestion of a quid pro quo. In fact, both
      sides recognize that this is a threat to both countries. They have their
      terrorism problems, and there are terrorism problems here in the United States.
      So there was absolutely no discussion of a quid pro quo.

      QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, how can China be especially helpful to the United
      States, given its geography?

      SECRETARY POWELL: It has influence in that region. It has knowledge and
      information. It has intelligence that might be of help to us. And our counter-
      terrorism experts will be getting together next week to explore every way in
      which the two sides can cooperate.

      QUESTION: Secretary Powell, could I ask you about Iran? As you know, the
      British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is going to be in Iran, I believe today.
      You have had conversations in the last days with your British colleagues. What
      message have you asked the British to pass on or what message would you like
      them to pass on
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      Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon canceled cease-fire talks planned between
      Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Yasser
      Arafat. Israeli government officials said Sharon took the step because
      Palestinian violence against Israelis had not stopped even though Arafat
      announced a cease-fire last week.

      U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said he called Prime Minister Ariel
      Sharon over the weekend to urge him to hold cease-fire talks with the
      Palestinian Authority. Powell also called Palestinian Authority President
      Yasser Arafat and "reiterated the need to take sustained and effective steps"
      to enforce a cease-fire Arafat announced last week, according to State
      Department spokesman Richard Boucher.

      Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the spiritual leader of New York's Congregation
      Kehillath Jeshurun, sounded the shofar at a prayer service held in Yankee
      Stadium for the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attack against the United
      States. Four other rabbis, as well as leaders of other faiths, addressed the
      remembrance gathering.

      The Palestinian Authority arrested and then released a leader of the
      Palestinian militias who claimed responsibility for a Sept. 20 drive-by
      shooting in which a mother was killed in front of her children, Israeli
      officials charged. The officials are demanding that Atef Abayyat be rearrested
      and that the Palestinian Authority take other meaningful steps against violence
      before cease- fire talks are held.

      The Palestinian information minister attacked Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
      decision to cancel Sunday's planned meeting between Foreign Minister Shimon
      Peres and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. "This step illustrates
      that the Israeli government seeks to pursue its war against the Palestinian
      people," Yasser Abed Rabbo said Sunday. "This is the behavior of a gang, not a
      responsible government of a state."

      Israeli security officials said they recently arrested two Palestinian men who
      were allegedly planning a terror attack on a major shopping and business
      complex in Tel Aviv's downtown district. The two, who were arrested in August,
      were members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the
      officials added.

      Israel reported dozens of attacks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over the
      weekend. Most of the attacks were against military installations, but they
      caused no casualties. Palestinians also fired several mortar shells at Jewish
      settlements in Gaza.

      An exhibition opened in the West Bank city of Nablus to mark the first
      anniversary of the ongoing Palestinian uprising, according to the Jerusalem
      Post. At the opening, a Palestinian man re-enacted the Aug. 9 suicide bombing
      of the Sbarro pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem, the paper reported.

      Israel called on the Palestinian Authority to extradite to the Jewish state
      the leader of Palestinian militias in the West Bank. The request for the
      extradition of Marwan Barghouti was made under the terms of the Interim
      Agreement the two sides signed in 1995. The request came after Israel's Justice
      Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Barghouti so he can be questioned
      regarding his alleged involvement in several recent terror attacks against
      Israelis.

      Isaac Stern, considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century,
      died in New York at 81. He played with conductor Leonard Bernstein and the
      Israel Philharmonic in Jerusalem soon after the 1967 Six-Day War, for Israeli
      soldiers during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and with a gas mask on after an Iraqi
      Scud missile attack interrupted a performance in Israel during the 1991 Gulf
      War.

      Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was called "the cancer at the center of the Middle
      East crisis" by an unnamed official in Britain's Foreign Office, according to
      the Guardian newspaper. A Foreign Office spokesman later told the Jerusalem
      Post that "these unattributed remarks" in "no way represent the views of the
      Foreign Office or the government. Whoever made them is not speaking for the
      government."

      Lithuania held commemorations to mark the 60th anniversary of the start of the
      Holocaust in the Baltic nation. Sept. 23 also serves as the anniversary of the
      1943 liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto, in which thousands of Jews were forced
      from their homes and sent to Nazi death camps.

      Prosecutors in Lithuania said they would name 76 Lithuanians unfairly cleared
      of war crimes as Nazi collaborators because new evidence regarding their World
      War II activities had come to light. Soon after Lithuania declared independence
      from the Soviet Union in 1990, it passed a law rehabilitating people who were
      convicted by Soviet courts, most of them for resisting Moscow's rule. But Nazi
      hunters said the law also sheltered war criminals in Lithuania.

      Britain's Orthodox chief rabbi proposed a severe penalty for any country
      refusing to join an international campaign against terror. Writing in London's
      Jewish Chronicle, Jonathan Sacks said, "Any country that refuses to join this
      coalition should be expelled from the United Nations."

      The chief of Israeli military intelligence said he saw no signs that Iraq was
      involved in the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States. "I know many
      people are wondering whether this kind of attack could be carried out without
      the help of a country, and they immediately point at Iraq or Iran," Maj. Gen.
      Amos Malka told the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot. "But as far as intelligence
      is concerned, I cannot point at the moment to a connection."

      Iran's foreign minister said his country was in indirect contact with the
      United States over plans to fight world terrorism. Kamal Kharrazi made the
      remarks on the eve of a visit to Iran by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
      to discuss cooperation against terrorism. According to some reports, Straw, who
      is the first British foreign minister to travel to Iran since the 1979 Islamic
      Revolution, might be carrying a message from Washington.

      CNN said there is "absolutely no truth" to a claim that circulated on the
      Internet that CNN used 10-year-old video when showing the celebrations of some
      Palestinians in eastern Jerusalem following the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the
      United States. The video was shot that day by a Reuters camera crew, according
      to a statement issued by CNN, which subsequently broadcast the video.

      The United States is investigating whether Islamic militant groups are
      receiving support for their activities in the area where Brazil, Argentina and
      Paraguay share borders, the U.S. Embassy in Brazil said. Over the years, there
      have been periodic reports of Islamic militants living in the region, which has
      a large Arab community.

      Thousands of Somalis took to the streets of their capital and burned American
      and Israeli flags to protest U.S. policy in the Middle East. Hard-line Islamic
      leaders who addressed the crowd in Mogadishu said the Sept. 11 terror attacks
      on the United States were the "curse of Allah on America" and that "one man in
      Afghanistan cannot be blamed for that."

      Scores of Indonesian men entered hotels on the island of Java and warned
      Americans to leave if the United States carries out revenge strikes against
      Afghanistan. Witnesses said the men represented several radical Muslim groups.
      Anti-U.S. sentiment has been growing in the world's largest Muslim country
      following the deadly Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington.

    • Gość: g JERUSALEM IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 24.09.01, 01:23
      JERUSALEM, Sept. 16 (JTA) — Israel has not been a prime target on Saudi
      billionaire Osama bin Laden's terrorist agenda, but Israeli officials worry
      that could soon change.

      Israeli terror experts such as Maj. Gen. Amos Malka, the chief of army
      intelligence, said recently that bin Laden is gearing up for action against
      Israel by sending members of his terror organization to the West Bank and Gaza
      Strip, or by recruiting followers in the Palestinian territories.

      If Israel until now has not figured prominently on bin Laden's terror map,
      these experts say, it is not because he doesn't want to hurt Israel, but simply
      because the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not his first priority.

      But that situation could soon change, according to Israeli security officials
      cited by the Israeli daily Ha'aretz. These officials say bin Laden may become
      increasingly motivated to strike Israel because of growing criticism from
      within his fundamentalist Muslim organization regarding his failure to support
      the Palestinians in their struggle against the Jewish state.

      Bin Laden's launching pad for Holy War is Al Qaida — Arabic for "the base" —
      his own private, highly effective terror organization.

      Al Qaida's primary goal is "to unite all Muslims and establish a government
      that follows the rule of the caliphs," according to the group's own words.

      The group's fight, therefore, is not specifically against Israel but the entire
      non-Islamic world.

      Like other Islamic fundamentalist leaders, Bin Laden perceives the Western
      powers as successors to the Crusaders.

      He perceives himself as the successor to the great Muslim warrior Saladin, who
      conquered Jerusalem from the Crusaders in October 1187 and kicked
      the "infidels" off holy Muslim soil.

      Several months ago, the Israeli press came out with banner headlines disclosing
      that bin Laden followers were trying to establish a foothold in the West Bank
      and Gaza Strip.

      In June 2000, according to recently released details, Israeli security agents
      arrested a Palestinian, Nabil Ukal, 27, a resident of the Jabalya refugee camp
      in Gaza.

      Ukal, who left Gaza in October 1997 to study religion in Pakistan, returned to
      the region the next year as Al Qaida's first agent in the territories.

      Under orders from a senior member in the organization, he was sent to the
      territories to set up a paramilitary infrastructure for operations that were to
      include Israeli Arabs.

      Upon his return to Gaza, Ukal is known to have met with the spiritual leader of
      Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin. Yassin gave Ukal $10,000 for his activities.

      When Israel brought charges against Ukal after his arrest, he was indicted for
      planning to carry out a large-scale attack in the center of the country.

      This was not the first time that bin Laden operatives were arrested in the
      region.

      At the end of 1999, Jordan arrested a number of fundamentalist activists,
      graduates of bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan, who allegedly plotted
      to attack Israeli and American tourists visiting Israel and Jordan for the
      millennium.

      Only a few, carefully selected journalists have so far been given the
      opportunity to meet with bin Laden in his hideout somewhere in the mountains of
      Afghanistan.

      Al Jazeera Television, the popular Arab television network that broadcasts from
      the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar, recently was granted a lengthy exclusive
      interview with bin Laden that sheds light on the psychology of the most wanted
      terrorist in history.

      In the best of Arab tradition, the interview was held in a tent, with both
      interviewer and interviewee sitting on carpets.

      With his rifle nearby, bin Laden enunciated his belligerent world view in a
      soft-spoken manner.

      "There are two sides to this conflict," he said, with a half-smile. "America,
      Israel, and ‘Crusader' countries like England that want to rule the world, on
      one hand — and Islam on the other hand."

      As his words made clear, bin Laden's world is conveniently divided into "us"
      and "them."

      Because, according to his view, the West wants to control the rest of the
      world, it is legitimate to hate westerners and fight them.

      By extension, according to his own statements, "Every American who tries to
      hurt Islam is a legitimate target."

      According to Western intelligence officials, Al Qaida's base is located in
      Afghanistan, where bin Laden settled five years ago after he was expelled from
      Sudan.

      From there, its tentacles stretch all over the world.

      Al Qaida is thought to be involved in a number of international conflicts,
      having given support to Muslim fighters in Bosnia, Chechnya, Tajikistan,
      Somalia, Yemen, and Kosovo.

      Bin Laden is happy that at least one Muslim nation has a nuclear capability.

      In his interview with Al Jazeera Television, he spoke with pride that Pakistan
      has an "Islamic bomb."

      "We don't need to apologize for having a nuclear potential," he said in the
      interview. "It is our right. With Israel in possession of hundreds of nuclear
      warheads, with American and Western nuclear hegemony in the world, it is
      definitely our right."
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    • Gość: JG Re: USA -American Forces Press Service IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 24.09.01, 21:59
      By Jim Garamone
      American Forces Press Service

      WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2001
    • Gość: cp COMPLEX PROBLEM IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 24.09.01, 22:13
      September 24, 2001

      COMPLEX PROBLEM
      Groups Could Help Find bin Laden and Assist American Attacks
      By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT



      (AP)
      Fighters of the Northern Alliance, a coalition of Afghan opposition groups, in
      northern Afghanistan on Saturday. The group is stepping up operations there.


      A Look at the Opposition Forces in Afghanistan




      ASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — The Bush administration is backing efforts to build an
      internal coalition in Afghanistan against Osama bin Laden and his Taliban
      supporters. Such a coalition could collect crucial intelligence, provide
      political support and cooperate militarily in the war on terrorism.

      The United States has stepped up contacts with the Northern Alliance, a
      coalition also known as the United Front, which has been fighting the Taliban.
      Officials said there were plans for the United States to provide it with
      financial support.

      The group controls only a sliver of territory in northern Afghanistan, and it
      suffered a grievous setback when its military leader was assassinated, just
      days before the attacks in the United States on Sept. 11. But it has fought
      back by carrying out an attack in Kabul and stepping up other operations in the
      north.

      Recognizing the complex ethnic mix of Afghanistan, the United States has also
      initiated contacts with the Pashtuns, the dominant tribe in the south.

      There has been enormous attention given to the need to build an external
      coalition involving nations like Britain, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and others in
      the region. This external coalition is important. Britain, for instance, is
      expected to join the military operation.

      Forging an internal coalition of ethnic groups that could increase pressure on
      the Taliban government is just as crucial, though the effort to meld together
      different tribes and factions in a country that has long been at war could be
      very complex.

      One reason for the effort is military. The United States needs allies inside
      Afghanistan who can help track Mr. bin Laden and those Taliban leaders who
      harbor him, and can provide information on possible attack targets, as well as
      a possible base of operations in the country for American forces. They could
      also do some of the fighting.

      There are key political reasons as well to build a coalition inside
      Afghanistan. The administration is trying to counter the impression that the
      fight against Mr. bin Laden is a war against Afghanistan or Islam.

      A plan for bringing stability to Afghanistan is also needed to attract help for
      the United States military campaign. To encourage that cooperation, Washington
      wants to offer the groups a role in governing Afghanistan after the conflict. A
      plan for bringing stability for the nation is also important to persuade
      Pakistan and other neighbors to cooperate. The last thing Washington wants is a
      chaotic situation that creates a haven for terrorists and destabilizes the
      neighboring countries.

      Today, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld indicated that the United States
      was trying to encourage defections within Taliban ranks, and that those people
      could be part of a new governing structure for Afghanistan.

      "Some of the Taliban say, `Well, it could get uncomfortable supporting those
      people, so I think I'll shift sides,' " Mr. Rumsfeld said today.

      Efforts to form a grand coalition involve the 86-year-old former king of
      Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, who lives in Rome. The exiled king is a
      Durrani Pashtun, like the Taliban leaders. The thinking is that he could serve
      as the symbolic head of a broad group that would include other Afghans who are
      not Pashtuns.

      Mostapha Zahir, the 37-year-old grandson of the king, said in a telephone
      interview from Rome that the king was willing to serve as a rallying point for
      the Afghans but had no intention of trying to re-establish the monarchy.

      He said the king planned to meet in Rome this week with commanders from the
      Northern Alliance and other groups.

      There are, however, many obstacles to the effort to form a grand coalition,
      including tensions among the ethnic groups. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, foreign
      minister of the Northern Alliance, recently blamed Pakistan for regional
      instability. Pakistan has close ties to the Pashtun tribes that would
      supposedly be in the grand coalition.

      John Moore, who until last year was the chief Middle East analyst at the
      Defense Intelligence Agency, said: "People have talked about this as a great
      alliance, but that's going to be subject to fractious politics. This is not
      going to be an easy or quick process."

      Influential lawmakers here have been briefed on the administration's emerging
      strategy to encourage the creation of a pan-Afghan coalition to combat the
      Taliban government.

      "It could be very useful if it can hold together," said Senator Carl Levin, a
      Michigan Democrat who heads the Armed Services Committee. "In the past, there
      have been such differences among the groups, it's been difficult. It'll take a
      special effort, and I'm glad the administration is looking at it."

      Washington's efforts to encourage an anti-Taliban coalition are coming in the
      midst of continuing military preparations. Administration officials said a
      C.I.A. reconnaissance drone had crashed in Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed on
      Saturday that they had shot it down, but American officials said the unmanned
      aircraft was gathering intelligence and might simply have crashed.

      The Northern Alliance, one of the anti-Taliban groups, is dominated by Tajiks
      and Uzbeks, and has 10,000 to 15,000 fighters. It draws financial support from
      Iran and weapons from Russia. It lost its military leader, Ahmed Shad Massoud,
      when two suicide assassins, posing as journalists, set off a bomb in his
      presence. He died of the wounds several days later.

      American intelligence officials now say the attack on Mr. Massoud was
      orchestrated by Mr. bin Laden. The aim was to decapitate the leadership of the
      primary anti-Taliban resistance, they say, therefore depriving the Bush
      administration of a potential ally in any retaliation.

      Dr. Abdullah and the Northern Alliance's new military chief, Muhammad Fahim,
      also met in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, with the head of the Russian general
      staff, Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin.

      As for relations with the Americans, Muhammad Eshaq, the Washington
      representative of the Northern Alliance, said there had been intense contacts
      with the Bush administration. The administration plans to offer financial
      assistance, officials say, but Mr. Eshaq said it had not yet done so.

      Nonetheless, the Pentagon seems to be counting on the Northern Alliance's help.
      Mr. Rumsfeld has talked openly about a military collaboration with the
      alliance.

      "These folks, they know the lay of the land," Mr. Rumsfeld said on Friday,
      referring to the Northern Alliance. "They know, in some cases, some targets
      that are useful; they have ideas about how to deal with the Taliban. I think
      that one has to say that they can be useful in a variety of ways."

      There was concern in the administration that Mr. Rumsfeld's comments could
      complicate Washington's dealings with other factions, including the dominant
      Pashtun group, which has close ties to Pakistan. So today Mr. Rumsfeld made the
      point that opponents of Mr. bin Laden might also include "tribes in the south."

      A coalition would help the United States balance the interests of its outside
      partners. The Iranians and Russians, for instance, are supporting the Northern
      Alliance. The Iranians also have ties to the Hazaras, another minority.

      "There is a coalition dimension to this, so we want to make clear that we are
      working with several groups," a United States official said. "We are not only
      reaching out to the Pashtun leaders; there are tribes and leaders re
    • Gość: q Osama bin Laden - Izrael IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 25.09.01, 20:58
      The incident that occured at the Rafah international crossing on June 1, 2000,
      did not attract much attention at first, with news giving the story only a few
      lines: A confrontation broke out between Israeli security guards and
      Palestinians as a result of the latters' insistence to arrest a young
      Palestinian who had crossed into Rafah from Egypt.

      During the ensuing clashes, 10 Palestinian policemen were injured by rubber-
      coated bullets fired by the Israeli soldiers, and the Shin Bet security service
      agents managed to leave the area with their prisoner.

      Only gradually did the behind-the-scenes story begin to emerge. The incident
      was so serious that the head of the Palestinian security apparatus in the Gaza
      Strip, Mohammed Dahlan, turned it into a justification for a long-lived
      vendetta with the Shin Bet.

      The Rafah prisoner was Nabil Ukal, a 27-year-old resident of the Jabaliya
      refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The Shin Bet, just like their counterparts
      working for Dahlan, knew the exact reasons for insisting on holding the
      prisoner.

      Ukal was supposed to have served as a key figure and first representative in
      the territories of the international terrorist organization headed by the
      wealthy Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden.

      In October, 1997, Ukal left the Gaza Strip for religious studies in Pakistan.
      There, he joined one of the organizations affiliated with bin Laden and
      underwent paramilitary training in Afghanistan.

      Under orders from Halil al-Dich, a senior member in the organization, Ukal was
      sent to the territories to set up the paramilitary infrastructure for
      operations in the territories.

      These activities were also meant to include the participation of Israeli Arabs.

      Ukal returned to the Gaza Strip in 1998 and remained in contact with bin Laden
      activists in Jordan and Britain, receiving instructions through electronic
      mail.

      Upon his return to the Gaza Strip, Ukal is also known to have met with the
      spiritual leader of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, informing him of the training
      that he had undergone in Afghanistan.

      Yassin, in turn, provided Ukal with the sum of $10,000 for his activities. At
      the Shin Bet security service, the assessment is that Yassin was not aware that
      Ukal was an operative for Bin Laden.

      For his part, Ukal sought to recruit Israeli Arabs. He met with two Islamic
      Movement activists in Umm al-Fahm, but with no success.

      The two were held by the Shin Bet at a later date, but were subsequently
      released after questioning.

      When charges were brought against Ukal in the military court at the Erez
      Crossing in the Gaza STrip, he was indicted for planning to carry out a large-
      scale attack in the center of the country, sending suicide bombers and
      attacking Israel Defense Forces soldiers.

      While Ukal was in detention, his colleagues were busy gathering intelligence
      information, testing explosives and gathering explosive materials.

      Ten of the members of the bin Laden cell in the territories were arrested by
      the Shin Bet and the Palestinian Authority during the weeks before the outbreak
      of the intifada.

      A senior officer in the security service acknowledged that the unveiling of bin
      Laden's plans in Israel occured as much as three years too late.


      Is Israel still bin Laden's target?

      The security services feel that Israel remains a target for bin Laden.

      His motivation may increase as a result of criticism, voiced inside the
      organization, about the failure to sufficiently support the Palestinians in
      their struggle against Israel.

      Officials at the IDF's General Staff believe that Israel is better prepared to
      handle attacks of the sort experienced by the United States on Tuesday.

      "For years, we have taken stringent security measures in order to prevent
      attacks against our strategic assets.

      The hijacking of aircraft and the penetration of our airspace are things that
      have been taken into account," a member of the General Staff said yesterday.

      "There will be a need to reassess the philosophy of our preparedness in view of
      the lessons from New York. A process of studying the lessons and refreshing the
      orders [for security] has already begun," he continued.

      Yoram Shweitzer, a researcher on the subject of terrorism at the
      Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, is sure that Israel is still a target.

      "[Bin Laden's] statements, like the operations that have been prevented,
      reflect this clearly," he said.

      While the trial of Ukal is still continuing, there is no available information
      on the arrests of other terrorists linked with bin Laden.

      However, Chief of Military Intelligence Major General Amos Malka said recently
      that "bin Laden has already tried and will surely try to reach Israel again. He
      will do this by trying to infiltrate here or by trying to recruit people from
      the territories. He will try different creative ways."
    • Gość: . USA -American Forces Press Service IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 26.09.01, 13:08
      By Jim Garamone
      American Forces Press Service

      WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2001
    • Gość: = 1999 Terrorist Organizations IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 26.09.01, 23:15

      Background Information on Foreign Terrorist Organizations
      Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
      October 8, 1999
      Compiled every 2 years


      Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
      Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
      Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
      Aum Shinriykyo
      Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
      Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group, IG)
      HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)
      Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
      Hizballah (Party of God)
      Japanese Red Army (JRA)
      al-Jihad
      Kach
      Kahane Chai
      Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
      Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE)
      Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, MKO, NCR, and many others)
      National Liberation Army (ELN)
      Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction (PIJ)
      Palestine Liberation Front-Abu Abbas Faction (PLF)
      Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
      Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
      al-Qa'ida
      Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
      Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17 November)
      Revolutionary People's Liberation Army/Front (DHKP/C)
      Revolutionary People's Struggle (ELA)
      Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)
      Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA)
      Definition of Terrorist Activity Used in These Designations



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      Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) a.k.a. Black September, the Fatah Revolutionary
      Council, the Arab Revolutionary Council, the Arab Revolutionary Brigades, the
      Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims

      Description: International terrorist organization led by Sabri al-Banna. Split
      from PLO in 1974. Made up of various functional committees, including
      political, military, and financial.
      Activities: Has carried out terrorist attacks in 20 countries, killing or
      injuring almost 900 persons. Targets include the United States, the United
      Kingdom, France, Israel, moderate Palestinians, the PLO, and various Arab
      countries. Major attacks included the Rome and Vienna airports in December
      1985, the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul and the Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking
      in Karachi in September 1986, and the City of Poros day-excursion ship attack
      in July 1988 in Greece. Suspected of assassinating PLO deputy chief Abu Iyad
      and PLO security chief Abu Hul in Tunis in January 1991. ANO assassinated a
      Jordanian diplomat in Lebanon in January 1994 and has been linked to the
      killing of the PLO representative there. Has not attacked Western targets since
      the late 1980s.

      Strength: Several hundred plus militia in Lebanon and limited overseas support
      structure.

      Location/Area of Operation: Al-Banna may have relocated to Iraq in December
      1998, where the group maintains a presence. Has an operational presence in
      Lebanon in the Bekaa Valley and several Palestinian refugee camps in coastal
      areas of Lebanon. Also has a presence in Sudan and Syria, among others. Has
      demonstrated ability to operate over wide area, including the Middle East,
      Asia, and Europe.

      External Aid: Has received considerable support, including safehaven, training,
      logistic assistance, and financial aid from Iraq, Libya, and Syria (until
      1987), in addition to close support for selected operations.

      Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) a.k.a. Al Harakat Al Islamiyya

      Description: Smallest and most radical of the Islamic separatist groups
      operating in the southern Philippines. Split from the Moro National Liberation
      Front in 1991 under the leadership of Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani, who was
      killed in a clash with Philippine police on 18 December 1998. Some members have
      studied or worked in the Middle East and developed ties to Arab mujahidin while
      fighting and training in Afghanistan.
      Activities: Uses bombs, assassinations, kidnappings, and extortion payments to
      promote an independent Islamic state in western Mindanao and the Sulu
      Archipelago, areas in the southern Philippines heavily populated by Muslims.
      Raided the town of Ipil in Mindanao in April 1995, the group's first large-
      scale action. Suspected of several small-scale bombings and kidnappings in
      1998.

      Strength: Unknown, but believed to have about 200 members.

      Location/Area of Operation: The ASG operates in the southern Philippines and
      occasionally in Manila.

      External Aid: Probably receives support from Islamic extremists in the Middle
      East and South Asia.

      Armed Islamic Group (GIA) a.k.a. Groupement Islamique Arme, AIG, Al-Jama'ah al-
      Islamiyah al-Musallah


      Description: An Islamic extremist group, the GIA aims to overthrow the secular
      Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state. The GIA began its violent
      activities in early 1992 after Algiers voided the victory of the Islamic
      Salvation Front (FIS)--the largest Islamic party--in the first round of
      legislative elections in December 1991.
      Activities: Frequent attacks against civilians, journalists, and foreign
      residents. In the last several years the GIA has conducted a terrorist campaign
      of civilian massacres, sometimes wiping out entire villages in its area of
      operations and frequently killing hundreds of civilians. Since announcing its
      terrorist campaign against foreigners living in Algeria in September 1993, the
      GIA has killed more than 100 expatriate men and women--mostly Europeans--in the
      country. Uses assassinations and bombings, including car bombs, and it is known
      to favor kidnapping victims and slitting their throats. The GIA hijacked an Air
      France flight to Algiers in December 1994, and suspicions centered on the group
      for a series of bombings in France in 1995.

      Strength: Unknown, probably several hundred to several thousand.

      Location/Area of Operation: Algeria.

      External Aid: Algerian expatriates and GIA members abroad, many of whom reside
      in Western Europe, provide some financial and logistic support. In addition,
      the Algerian Government has accused Iran and Sudan of supporting Algerian
      extremists and severed diplomatic relations with Iran in March 1993.

      Aum Shinrikyo a.k.a. Aum Supreme Truth, A.I.C. Sogo Kenkyusho, A.I.C.
      Comprehensive Research Institute

      Description: A cult established in 1987 by Shoko Asahara, Aum aims to take over
      Japan and then the world. Its organizational structure mimicks that of a nation-
      state, with "finance," "construction," and "science and technology" ministries.
      Approved as a religious entity in 1989 under Japanese law, the group ran
      candidates in a Japanese parliamentary election in 1990. Over time, the cult
      began to emphasize the imminence of the end of the world and stated that the
      United States would initiate "Armageddon" by starting World War III with Japan.
      The Japanese Government revoked its recognition of Aum as a religious
      organization in October 1995, but in 1997 a government panel decided not to
      invoke the Anti-Subversive Law against the group, which would have outlawed the
      cult.
      Activities: On 20 March 1995 Aum members simultaneously released sarin nerve
      gas on several Tokyo subway trains, killing 12 persons and injuring up to
      6,000. The group was responsible for other mysterious chemical incidents in
      Japan in 1994. Its efforts to conduct attacks using biological agents have been
      unsuccessful. Japanese police arrested Asahara in May 1995, and he remained on
      trial facing seventeen counts of murder at the end of 1998. In 1997 and 1998
      the cult resumed its recruiting activities in Japan and opened several
      commercial businesses. Maintains an Internet homepage that indicates Armageddon
      and anti-US sentiment remain a part of the cult's world view.

      Strength: At the time of the Tokyo subway attack, the group claimed to have
      9,000 members in Japan and up to 40,000 worldwide. Its current strength is
      unknown.

      Location/Area of Operation: Operates in Japan, but previously had a presence in
      Australia, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, the former Y
    • Gość: il Izrael - PA IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 29.09.01, 09:11
      Terms of the agreement
      By Herb Keinon


      JERUSALEM (September 28) - When Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian
      Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat agreed on a step-by-step outline into the
      Tenet and Mitchell plans on Wednesday, they were agreeing to a plan that has
      been worked on in discussions between the sides over a number of weeks.

      The plan is divided into six different stages. In the immediate stage, both
      sides express a commitment to a cease-fire and to implementation of the plan.
      This means a renewal of top-level security cooperation, the public denunciation
      of every act of terror, as well as the investigation of those involved in
      terror and those responsible for them.

      The second stage is to take place over the next 96 hours, or by Sunday morning.

      During this period, Israel is to take the following steps:

      * Removal of a number of roadblocks in quiet areas

      * Granting additional permits to Palestinian businessmen and merchants to enter
      Israel.

      * Improving the ability to transfer merchandise at the Allenby Bridge.

      * Further development of the construction of a power plant in Gaza

      * Permits to import into the Palestinian territories non-security related
      governmental supplies.

      During this period, the Palestinians are expected to take the following steps:

      * The arrest of high-profile terrorists.

      * Take over security responsibility in areas where Israel eases up on security
      restrictions.

      The next period runs for a week, during which Israel will:

      * Continue lifting closures in quiet areas

      * Allow for Palestinian security personnel to move between different areas

      * Move forward on water and sewage projects

      * Advance tourism in areas where security easements apply

      * Establish a central framework to advance joint projects

      * Ease up on the transfer of agricultural merchandise

      * Opening of the Rafiah crossing point

      * Allow for family reunification

      The Palestinians are to:

      * Continue arresting terrorists

      * Take action to close mortar and bomb-making factories and storehouses.

      During the next period, of yet undetermined length, Israel will:

      * Carry out a gradual redeployment in all areas, conditional on a calming of
      the security situation

      * Allow Palestinian security outposts to return to where they were before the
      violence began

      * Widening the fishing area off the Gaza coast

      * Granting of visitors permits (a few hundred a month)

      * Start transferring held up funds to the PA

      The Palestinians are expected to:

      * Complete the arrest of terrorists on a list provided by Israel

      * Continue to dismantle the terror infrastructure

      During the last stage, when both sides are to expected to create a calm
      security atmosphere that will assist dialogue, Israel will:

      * Transfer the rest of the funds owed the PA

      * Allow VIP permits

      * Open the safe passage road

      * Advance the development of long-term infrastructure projects, such as the
      Gaza-West Bank train and a desalination plant.

      The Palestinians are to:

      * Take systematic and consistent action against the terror infrastructure,
      including the total disarmament of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad

      * Collect and transfer illegal weapons.
    • Gość: v Re: USA -American Forces Press Service IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 29.09.01, 21:14
      By Jim Garamone
      American Forces Press Service

      WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2001 – The Bush administration is
      going to move on terrorist networks in a measured,
      deliberate way, DoD's top civilian and military leaders
      said Sept. 27.

      Army Gen. Henry Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
      Staff, told reporters at a noon Pentagon press briefing
      that Americans should resist the idea of a quick military
      victory over the terrorists.

      "From a military standpoint, it is very easy when faced
      with a crisis to default automatically to the military
      because we can move fast and we can do things that will
      show up well on television or in a newspaper," he said. "On
      the other hand, if you really want to be effective, you
      have to understand we have a lot of tools (in the
      government), and we will be much more effective if we bring
      them together at the enemy's center of gravity."

      He called the Bush administration's intended multifaceted,
      multidimensional campaign the right way to go. Both Shelton
      and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have said since the
      Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon and New York's World Trade
      Center, that some elements of terrorism are best countered
      by other agencies. The State Department, Justice Department
      and Treasury Department have roles to play in the campaign
      as well as the Defense Department.

      Shelton said the intelligence agencies are up to the tasks
      of finding terrorist organizations and the cells within
      them. "I am confident of our intelligence community's
      ability to focus its efforts and to go against these
      terrorist organizations," he said.

      The intelligence war against these organizations has been
      going on for quite some time. "It's not something that we
      are just starting today," he said. There have been some
      great successes over the last two to three years, Shelton
      said.

      The intelligence push against terrorists is increasing. "I
      am confident that we will have the wherewithal … in the
      intelligence, as well as in the other dimensions of the
      campaign, to root out and eliminate the organizations that
      we focus on," he said.

      The chairman told reporters the United States is receiving
      great help from partners, allies and friends around the
      world. "It's the civilized world against the terrorist
      world," he said. "Without a doubt we have the ability to go
      after these terrorist organizations and to achieve a
      victory."

      Shelton is scheduled to retire from the military on Sept.
      30 after 38 years of service. He said he has very mixed
      emotions about leaving at such a time. He compared himself
      to a quarterback who's behind by a touchdown but knows the
      team's going to come through and win in the end.

      "You're in the first quarter, and all of a sudden the coach
      sends a player out on the field to tell you your
      eligibility just expired," he said. "I'd probably break
      down in tears, except that when I look over at the bench, I
      see an All-American quarterback suiting up and ready to
      come in. His name is (Air Force Gen.) Dick Myers. He along
      with the team will go to victory."

      Myers was confirmed Sept. 14 as Shelton's successor to the
      chairmanship.
    • Gość: 8 Izrael - PA IP: *.150.200.217.cm-upc.chello.se 30.09.01, 13:01
      Cease-fire crumbles under heavy fighting
      By Margot Dudkevitch


      JERUSALEM (September 30) - In one of the most violent weekends in recent weeks,
      at least 10 Palestinians were killed and scores wounded, and 12 Israelis were
      wounded, in various incidents. The upsurge in unrest came despite efforts by
      Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat
      at Gaza's Dahaniya Airport on Wednesday to enable a cease-fire and the
      resumption of security talks in Tel Aviv on Friday.

      Four of the Palestinians were blown up as they were apparently making a bomb.

      Marking the first anniversary of the intifada, thousands of Palestinians took
      to the streets in angry demonstrations throughout the Gaza Strip and the West
      Bank, calling"Death to America and Israel" and declaring support for terrorist
      Osama bin Laden as they clashed with Israeli security forces.

      In the West Bank early yesterday morning, Palestinians fired a mortar shell
      that hit north of the Gush Etzion community of Tekoa, causing neither injury
      nor damage. This was the first mortar attack outside the Gaza Strip since
      Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood came under mortar fire in August.

      In the Gaza Strip on Friday night and early yesterday, Palestinians fired a
      total of six mortar shells. Two landed in Alei Sinai, lightly wounding two
      residents and causing damage to a house. One landed in Netiv Ha'asara, two
      landed near the hothouses in Netzarim, and the other fell early yesterday in a
      Jewish community in the northern Gaza Strip.

      "The severe terrorist attacks directed at the Jewish residents of Judea,
      Samaria, and the Gaza Strip and security forces in recent days prove that a
      cease-fire never existed," declared Samaria Regional Council head Benzi
      Lieberman. "Israel's failure to respond and instead opt for further dialogue
      will only lead to an escalation in violence and the further spilling of Jewish
      blood," he added.

      Lieberman called on the security cabinet to refrain from easing any
      restrictions imposed on the Palestinians, as called for in the Peres-Arafat
      meeting, saying that doing so will only provide Palestinian terrorists with the
      opportunity to wage further attacks against Israeli targets.

      Arafat adviser Nabil Abu Rudeineh responded by accusing Israel of sabotaging
      the cease-fire. "We are urging the United States to pressure the Israeli
      government to stop this escalation and aggression," he said. He added that
      Israel should already have begun easing up its restrictions imposed on
      Palestinian areas.

      Last night Israeli security forces declared a closed military zone around the
      Tzofim junction in Samaria after scores of Jewish residents from Alfei Menashe
      and Tzofim burned hothouses and a field belonging to Palestinians and blocked
      the road to protest the escalation in violence in the area. Police arrested two
      of the demonstrators and ordered them to clear the road and leave the site.

      Last week the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza warned
      it would step up activities if the government continued to restrict the army's
      response to the Palestinian violence. Several council leaders expressed concern
      that some may be tempted to take the law into their own hands due to the lack
      of response to the continued attacks.

      In a two-day roundup of incidents in the West Bank:

      * Shots were fired last night at Tapuah, Psagot, an IDF post near Ramallah, and
      a Border Police post near the Hebron Jewish community. Shots were fired at an
      Israeli vehicle near the Kalkilya District Coordinating Office.

      * A resident of Itamar was shot in the leg by Palestinians as he drove by the
      mosque in Hawara. The man was admitted to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva in
      good condition.

      * Yesterday afternoon soldiers and Palestinians exchanged fire in Hebron for
      several hours. Three Palestinians were killed, two of whom were identified:
      Yasser al-Adhami, 24, and Ribhi Abu Biad, 50.

      Two soldiers were lightly wounded when Palestinians shot at their post near
      Beit Hadassah. They were taken to Hadassah-University Hospital in Jerusalem's
      Ein Kerem.

      * On Friday morning, a soldier was lightly wounded when Palestinians shot at an
      IDF position in Tel Rumeida.

      * Islamic Jihad activist Yasser a-Nadhimi was killed near Hebron on Friday
      night while apparently preparing a bomb, which exploded prematurely.

      * Near Tulkarm, Palestinians threw firebombs harmlessly at a Border Police
      patrol, and shots were fired at the nearby Border Police base.

      * On Friday night, shots were fired at a Border Police base near Bethlehem and
      at soldiers at Givat Hadagan. There were exchanges of gunfire near Halhoul and
      near El Khader a Palestinian youth threw a bomb at soldiers, who shot him dead.

      Shots were fired from a Palestinian Police position at soldiers dispersing
      Palestinian demonstrators near Bani Naim. During an exchange of gunfire that
      ensued, Palestinians said 10-year-old Muhammad al-Tariera was killed.

      * On Friday a border policeman was lightly wounded by stones thrown at a patrol
      near Tulkarm.

      * An Israeli motorist suffered moderate wounds and three others were lightly
      wounded when stones thrown at their vehicle near the Yitzhar junction on Friday
      caused the driver to lose control and smash into a wall. The wounded were
      brought to hospital for treatment.

      * In the morning two residents of Carmel were lightly wounded when shots were
      fired at their vehicle as they traveled between Maon and Sussiya. They were
      taken to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.

      * Shots were fired at an army vehicle near Wallajeh, between Jerusalem and Gush
      Etzion.

      In the Gaza Strip over the weekend, violent clashes broke out at the Erez and
      Rafah border crossings, near Netzarim, Kfar Darom, and Neveh Dekalim.

      * Yesterday morning a border police officer was lightly wounded by stones
      thrown at an IDF post near the Erez crossing during fierce clashes with
      hundreds of Palestinians.

      * Near Rafah, Palestinians threw numerous grenades and fired at soldiers
      deployed near the Egyptian border. They also fired at the Termit army post,
      which was damaged by a bomb blast Wednesday morning.

      * Shots were fired at army positions near Neveh Dekalim, at Israeli convoys
      traveling on the Karni-Netzarim road, and at IDF positions near Gadid. A
      Palestinian fired an anti-tank grenade at an IDF post at Moshav Katif.

      * Palestinians reported that four died in a mysterious explosion near Rafah on
      Friday night. Three of the dead were identified: Ghazi Shadi Lafi, 20; Ahmed
      Mahdi, 21; and Muhammad Zahd, 20. The four are presumed to have been killed
      while preparing a bomb meant for soldiers on patrol.

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