Thursday, June 23, 2005

Dozens of terror suspects nabbed

from Ynetnews, 21/5/2005

By Hanan Greenberg - Ali Waked also contributed to the story

TEL AVIV – More than 50 Islamic Jihad terror suspects were detained across the West Bank early Tuesday, ahead of a summit meeting between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas expected to focus on the need to curb terror.

... The wave of arrests follows growing Palestinian violence in recent days, including the murder of an Israeli man in the northern West Bank and the arrest of a would-be female suicide bomber Monday.

...security establishment sources say chaos reigns in Palestinian Authority areas in the absence of a “master” willing to fight terror groups.....it seems Abbas is focusing his efforts on getting closer to terrorists, even at the price of turning a blind eye to their actions, the sources said.

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