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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (3735)	10/9/2001 9:58:30 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You are, as ever, a reliable conduit for what the Israelis say. And you would never, ever confuse American and Israeli interests, would you, Nadine? Any other news from IAPAC lately?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (3735)	10/9/2001 10:25:45 AM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Is Civil War inevitablly ahead for Arafat? Has his terrorist infrastructure the foreshadow os his own undoing? Without taking sides can the thread make reasonable assumptions if they Palestinians turn their guns on eachother? israelinsider.com Palestinian police opened fire on a crowd of thousands chanting pro-bin Laden slogan, and protesting U.S. attacks. The demonstrators, mostly Islamic students, threw stones, broke PA office windows, set buildings on fire, and shot at police. Israel Army Radio reported that at least three demonstrators, one a 13 year old, were killed. AFP reported that as many as 200 people were reported injured, almost half of them policeman. After nightfall, demonstrators attacked two Palestinian police stations with stones and firebombs. Police responded with tear gas and live fire in the air, witnesses said. The area was declared a closed military zone and reporters were not allowed to enter, but the BBC managed to screen a view of the police station in flames. The BBC reported that rioting had spread to other parts of the Gaza strip. Arafat himself left Gaza as the violence was increasing, flying to Cairo for a meeting with Egyptian officials. In a press conference following the meeting, Arafat refused to relate to the recorded speech of Osama bin Laden, in which the terrorist leader placed heavy emphasis on the Palestinian cause. "I have nothing to say on this issue," Arafat said. Referring to bin Laden's expression of support for the Palestinians, Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said the Palestinians were victims of "continuous crimes and killings." But, he added, "this does not justify or give cover for anyone to kill or terrorize innocent civilians. We don't want any crimes committed in the name of Palestine." The protest march during the day was sponsored by Hamas. More than 1,000 students from Islamic University marched toward the center of Gaza City. Palestinian police tried to block them, firing tear gas, beating students with batons and firing live rounds into the air. Protesters chanted, "Long live Palestine, long live Afghanistan, long live Islam," "Bin Laden, bin Laden!" and "Hail bin Laden!" Security eventually managed to drive the students back to the university. They also chased away journalists and threatened them not to report on the demonstration. AP reported that at the university, dozens of protesters threw stones and firebombs and occasionally fired guns, witnesses said. Police fired continuously into the air and occasionally at gunmen, witnesses said. Clashes broke out in several locations on the fringes of the school, a Hamas stronghold. The Palestinian Authority apparently is trying to claim that the deaths were not caused by its security forces. The AP quoted Palestinian police commander Ghazi Jabali as saying that the two dead - a 13-year-old boy and a 21-year-old student - were "bystanders killed by fire coming from masked men inside the university." He said the gunmen at the university were not believed to be students. However, the Palestinian Committee for Human Rights said its monitors did not witness shots being fired from the campus and criticized the police for using "excessive force." Amnesty International said in a statement that the Palestinian police reaction to the demonstrations constituted "reckless and unlawful use of lethal force" against protesters. Palestinian Police chief Jabali said Monday's demonstration was illegal because it was not coordinated with authorities. At Arafat's orders, Police closed the Islamic University and neighboring Al Azhar University for a week in an attempt to head off additional confrontations. But after nightfall, the AP reported, about 100 demonstrators, most of them teen-agers, threw stones and fire bombs at a police station in the Shati refugee camp near Gaza City, witnesses said. Police responded with tear gas and live rounds and protesters eventually dispersed. Agencies also reported that a similar clash took place in the Khan Yunis refugee in the southern Gaza Strip. Some of the protesters there were relatives of the Palestinian man placed on life support after being critically wounded in the Gaza City clash. Palestinian leaders have said that demonstrations expressing support for bin Laden represent a minority view, and should not receive prominent attention. Enforcing that view, the security forces have repeatedly tried to prevent journalists from reporting on these protests. Security forces blocked a BBC television correspondent from entering Gaza. The AP reported that Palestinian authorities also told journalists not to report on the bin Laden posters that appeared at a funeral procession Monday for a Palestinian killed a day earlier in the West Bank town of Hebron. "Our dear bin Laden, hit Tel Aviv,"' some of the mourners chanted.