Arafat makes arrest in bombing: reporter who linked it to Arafat's Fatah

Aaron Lerner Date: 6 January 2003

Israel Radio reported this morning that Yasser Arafat's security forces
moved swiftly in the Gaza Strip, arresting the Al Jazira Gaza correspondent
who forwarded an announcement by Yasser Arafat's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
(the illegal military wing of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement) to his station
taking credit for the Sunday Tel Aviv bombing that murdered 23.

While Yasser Arafat's PA condemned the attack, Yasser Arafat's militia took
responsibility for the attack, identifying the two bombers as Nablus
residents Burak Hilsa and Samar A-Nuri.

"The two martyrs managed to cross all the Zionist army roadblocks and
reached the heart of Tel Aviv. One blew his pure body up at the old central
bus station, and the other blew himself up in another nearby street," the
message said.

The statement said that it was a double martyrdom operation that killed the
highest number of "the Zionist occupiers on the land of Palestine."

The group vowed to continue suicide bombing attacks, adding that the attacks
"would be a revenge for the massacres carried out by Sharon against our
innocent people."

The correspondent was charged with acting against the interests of the
Palestinians.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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