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To: alan w who wrote (3819)	9/16/2001 9:42:53 PM
From: chalu2	Respond to of 23908

Palestinians, Afraid of Truth, Edit Videotape to Delete Gleeful Celebrations of Murder of Innocents Palestinians Return AP Videotape Edited to Shield Truth .c The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - The Palestinian Authority on Sunday returned a videotape it had confiscated two days earlier from The Associated Press, but removed were parts of a protest rally led by the militant Islamic group Hamas. About 1,500 Palestinians, many supporters of Hamas, marched in a Gaza Strip refugee camp on Friday, burning Israeli flags and carrying a poster of Osama bin Laden, named by the U.S. government as the leading suspect in the terror attacks in the United States. After the rally, plainclothes Palestinian police questioned several journalists and confiscated videotape and film from at least four news organizations, including a videotape taken from an Associated Press Television News cameraman. AP protested and demanded return of the video. AP newswires reported on the demonstration and the poster of bin Laden that was raised during the rally. Reuters said the Palestinian Authority returned film taken from a still photographer, and no deletions were made. Other journalists involved could not be reached. The Palestinian Authority gave the video back on Sunday, but two separate parts of the six-minute tape, totaling about 45 seconds, were taken out. APTN did not move footage of the rally after receiving the videotape. ``There is no merit in running video when key elements have been removed,'' said Nigel Baker, director of content for APTN. Yasser Abed Rabbo, the Palestinian minister of information, said he had no comment on the deletions in the video. Palestinian police said Friday in a statement that the rally in the Nusseirat refugee camp took place without a permit. ``The Palestinian police confiscated media material which documented illegal acts,'' the statement said. The Palestinian Authority has sought to prevent coverage of demonstrations in support of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.