Original Documents: Arafat's Fatah takes responsibility for the double
suicide bombing in Tel Aviv
IDF Spokesperson 6 January 2003

The Al-Aqsa Marytr's Brigade, the military wing of the Fatah movement headed
by Yassir Arafat, has officially claimed responsibility for the double
suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, 5 Jan. 2003, in which 22 Israeli and foreign
civilians were killed and an additional dozens were injured.

Below is the text of the announcement by the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade taking
responsibility for the attack. The announcement was published on their
official website.

"In the name of the merciful and compassionate Allah

The Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade

The Military Wing of the Fatah Movement

Palestine

Allah is Great, Allah is Great, Allah is Great

Military Announcement of the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade

The Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade claims full responsibility for the two suicide
operations in the heart of Tel Aviv.

In the continuation of the struggle and death in order to follow the path of
Allah, with the help of Allah and with the faith in the calling of the holy
Jihad one of the suicide units, which included the two suicide attackers -
Burak Rifat Abed El-Rahman Halifa and Samer Imad Muhammad Ibrahim El-Nuri -
from city of Nablus, succeeded this evening (5 Dec. 2003) to infiltrate the
Zionist roadblocks and to enter the heart of the confiscator [of Muslim
rights] in Tel Aviv and carried out two consecutive suicide attacks. The
first suicide attacker blew his pure body up in the street was full of
people and immediately following the second suicide attacker blew himself up
on an adjacent road. These suicide attacks cause a large number of
fatalities and casualties in the center of the Zionist occupation of our
land.

We swear before our people [the Palestinians] that additional suicide
operations will occur [soon]

The Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade - Saying and doing, promising and building

The People's Army

The Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade

Palestine, 5 January 2003."

Below are copies of the announcements of the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade taking
responsibility for the suicide bombings:
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