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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (126)	9/7/1998 12:31:00 PM
From: SOROS	of 1151

International Christian Embassy Jerusalem - 09/07/98 In preparation for the unilateral declaration of Palestinian independence next May, Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO has just completed its third two-month training course in automatic weapons use and street fighting for young Palestinians. About 100 participants aged 11-20 were instructed in the use of automatic weapons, pistols and handguns, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL reports. A course coordinator, Abdel Raouf Barbakh, said: "We are training our kids to know how to use a gun and how to defend themselves in case the peace process is announced to be dead and Israel thinks of invading Gaza". Barbakh praised the participants, saying they were "very brave" as they trained in the use of Kalashnikovs (AK47 assault rifles), pistols and knives. UPI reports that blindfolded children demonstrated an ability to dismantle and re-assemble M16 machine guns in seconds. Visiting journalists were also shown demonstrations of "street-fighting skills and disarming techniques". "This is part of the popular mobilisation to prepare for the declaration of the Palestinian state that will be on May 1999," Barbakh said. "This is a message to the Israeli government that not only we are peace lovers but also good fighters." The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibits the use of children in armed conflict situations.

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