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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nukeit who wrote (743)	11/29/2001 1:18:47 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Where does Palestine get their money? I looked in the CIA fact book and it does not mention them. Do they produce anything for exports? I do not see how they keep up their economy. The short answer is, since the intifada, they don't. I think something like half the labor force is unemployed. Even before the intifada, they were dependent on Israel. They supplied labor to the Israeli economy (the Israelis hire Rumanians now), and relied on tourism (which is kaput in the territories, as you might expect). I believe, ironically enough, that some of the largest Palestinian businesses are in the construction area; they are busy building the Jewish settlements! And of course, there's the black economy -- Arafat runs some lively car-theft and extortion rings. But I'm not an expert on the makeup of the Palestinian economy. As for aid, I think the PA gets about $100 million a year from the US and $80 million from the EU. The Arabs promise billions but deliver very little, knowing that money given to Arafat winds up in Swiss bank accounts. (I think Arab money is now flowing more to Hamas than to the PA. Hamas runs the social services, particularly in Gaza.) Another big source of money was Israeli sharing of tax receipts, but the Israelis stopped that when the intifada began, objecting, as they said, to paying the salaries of men who were shooting at them.

To: Nukeit who wrote (743)	11/30/2001 9:35:59 AM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

You asked where the PLO gets its terror money? Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Syria; Saudi Arabia. You dont think Arafat just goes to those countries to talk, do you? Jerusalem----November 25.....The ISA has recently uncovered an extensive terrorist infrastructure in the Ramallah and Jenin areas, supported by Iraq and the pro-Iraqi Palestine Liberation Front led by Mahmoud Abbas, an Iraqi based member of the Palestine National Council. Abbas’s deputy is Ala Hasin, aka Ali Mustafa, who was one of the hijackers of the Achille Lauro and was responsible for the group’s training camps, logistics and the carrying out of attacks. The terrorists who belonged to this infrastructure received the military training in training camps in Iraq. The Iraqis provided financing through their intelligence services, as well as various military supplies, a portion of which was smuggled into the Palestinian Authority areas in PA official Abdul Razek Yehiye’s vehicle, which has VIP license plates and – as per the Oslo Agreement – is not searched at border crossings. The ISA has detained more than 15 people, several of whom had undergone military training in Iraq in which they were trained in the use of small arms, RPGs, machine guns and hand grenades. They were also trained in the use and production of explosives and detonation systems including electrical, chemical and cellular detonators. They also participated in military exercises, physical training and navigation exercises. The foregoing was accompanied by lectures with a strong ideological content, championing the armed struggle to liberate Palestine. Funds for the group were sent from Iraq via couriers, and via Jordanian banks that used bank-to-bank transfers to send the money to banks in the PA. Members of the infrastructure, which planned to perpetrate spectacular attacks within Israel at Ben Gurion airport as well as in the centers of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, managed to commit a number of attacks, among them: The abduction and murder of the late Yuri Gushchin from Jerusalem this past July. Planting a bomb in the vicinity of the Checkpost junction in Haifa in which three women and two police officers were lightly wounded. Planting a bomb aimed at IDF soldiers in the vicinity of Um Safa. The bomb was discovered and neutralized. In addition, shooting attacks against vehicles traveling on bypass roads in the vicinity Ramallah/Binyamin. Attempting to plant a bomb on a bus of soldiers in the Jenin region which was not carried out due to an altercation with an IDF force. Following are the main figures arrested from among the extremists in the terrorist framework: 1. Muhammed Kundos, resident of Senjil, recruited by PLF Secretary – General Abu el Kabas, in order to direct the activities of the framework within the boundaries of the PA. 2. Mamoun Hamdan, resident of el-Bireh, responsible for the acquisition of weapons for the organization. During the course of his questioning, he revealed 400 kilograms of materials to construct bombs, which he had bought from merchants dealing in the sale of chemicals. 3. Jalal Mutzlah, resident of el-Bireh, served as the organization’s courier and passed on funds and messages between the West Bank and Jordan. 4. Ali Udeh, resident of Dir Amar, served as the driver of Abed el Razek Yehiyeh, head of the PA’s monitoring committee, and smuggled weapons for the organization under the cover of his immunity. 5. Other terrorists arrested were: Metbah Salah, resident of Jedirah, Nidal Ziad, resident of Kalandiya and Ahmed Hadir, resident of Atarot, who were all involved in the abduction of late Yuri Gushchin and handing him over to his murderers.

To: Nukeit who wrote (743)	11/30/2001 9:40:47 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

Jerusalem-----October 28......An ISA [formerly GSS] and Israel Police Northern District CID investigation have revealed that a number of brothers from the Abu Latif family from the Galilee village of Rama have been involved in the smuggling of explosives and other weapons from Lebanon into Israel. Four family members have thus far been arrested in the affair which has been under investigation since the September. The four are Latif Abu Latif, Loay Abu Latif, Alla Abu Latif from Rama, and Alla’s brother-in-law Roni Mazhar from Daliat el Carmel. An additional suspect, Suleiman Abu Latif, is wanted by the police, and is still at large. The above mentioned suspects, as well as other members of the Abu Latif family in Rama, are known to police for their criminal activities over recent years, mainly in the area of illegal drugs and weapons. Investigation of the affair has revealed connections between the suspects and Lebanese drug lords who are connected to Hizbullah and operate on its behalf. It was clarified during the investigation that the Hizbullah has taken control of the area adjacent to the border fence, and has conditioned the continuance of the Lebanese and Israeli drug traffickers’ drug flow to Israel on the supply of services to Hizbullah. Evidence has been gathered during the investigation that around the months of April or May the suspects were involved in smuggling packages from Lebanon across the security fence into Israel. The packages contained, among other things, four claymore explosive charges, a mortar, explosive detonators, pistols and hard drugs. Part of the package contents, including explosives and the mortar, were located and seized by the police and ISA based on information from the investigation. It was clarified that the suspects concealed the explosives and weapons in Israel pending directions from the Lebanese regarding sources in the territories or Israel who were supposed to receive the weapons and transfer them to PA territory. The Haifa District Attorney’s Office will soon indict the suspects in Haifa District Court on charges of contact with a foreign agent, importation of – and trafficking in – weapons, importation of – and trafficking in – dangerous drugs, providng services for an illegal organization, concealing aid to an enemy and conspiracy to aid an enemy.