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To: Yousef who wrote (143741)	3/29/2002 4:31:05 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578288

Re: "Yousef, yes........so how would you suggest that be done?" So, I think we are making progress here ... Next question then is where do these groups that take credit for the bombings reside and what power/authority has jurisdiction in that area? Yousef, no, now its your turn. How would you suggest that be done? ted

To: Yousef who wrote (143741)	3/29/2002 4:38:31 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578288

Yousef, is this what you think will do the trick? Is this the kind of retaliation you had hoped for? Instead of hearing you ask me questions, I would like to know what you think? Can you do that? ted _________________________________________________________ Israeli Forces Enter Arafat's West Bank Compound Sharon Declares Arafat an Enemy to be 'Isolated' By HADEEL WAHDAN .c The Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (March 29) - Israeli troops stormed Yasser Arafat's headquarters complex Friday and moved room to room, knocking through walls and trading fire with the Arafat's bodyguards while the Palestinian leader took cover in a windowless office. Five Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed, 25 of Arafat's guards were wounded and at least 60 Palestinians were detained in the assault on this West Bank city, launched after Israel declared the Palestinian leader its enemy. The Cabinet approved a large-scale campaign in response to anti-Israeli attacks that killed 30 people in three days. Israeli officials said soldiers had taken the entire compound except the three-story building in which Arafat was holed up with close aides - rejecting Palestinian claims that troops had taken over the top and bottom floors of Arafat's office building. The Palestinians said electricity and phone lines to Arafat's building were cut, leaving cell phones his only link to the outside world. In the latest Palestinian attack, an 18-year-old woman blew herself up at the entrance of a Jerusalem supermarket Friday, killing herself and two shoppers and wounding about 20 others. The Al-Aqsa Brigades, a militia linked to Arafat's Fatah movement, said it sent the bomber. Despite the violence, the White House said its envoy, Anthony Zinni, would continue his mission trying to forge a cease-fire. Zinni met Thursday with Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and spoke to Arafat by telephone. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had told the United States that Arafat would not be harmed and the operation aimed to isolate him. Powell urged Sharon to use restraint and consider the consequences of escalation. But he added: ''Let's be clear about what brought it all to a halt - terrorism,'' and called on Arafat to put a stop to violence. With a submachine gun placed next to him on a table, a defiant Arafat huddled with aides throughout the day in a windowless office as gunfire blazed outside, speaking by phone to world leaders and demanding international intervention. ''They want me under arrest or in exile or dead, but I am telling them, I prefer to be martyred,'' Arafat said in a telephone interview with Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite television channel. ''May God make us martyrs.'' Two dozen Israeli tanks swarmed through Arafat's walled compound, an area the size of a city block with numerous structures, including intelligence headquarters. Heavy tank and gunfire hit the first and third floors of Arafat's office building, hitting his bedroom and private office, Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said. Israeli troops streamed into adjacent buildings and punched through wall after wall, moving toward the office building. The Israelis broke through into the office building itself and traded fire with Arafat's guards through the hole. Earlier, a Palestinian official said Israeli troops had taken over the office building's top and bottom floors, trapping Arafat in the middle floor. But the Israeli military denied this, saying the office building remained off limits to soldiers. Erekat said Israel's ''endgame is to kill Arafat,'' an accusation that Sharon aide Ranaan Gissin dismissed as ''nonsense.'' Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Eitan, commander of Israeli troops in the West Bank, said large amounts of weapons were found in the compound and about 60 people were detained. Abed Rabbo told CNN those detained were unarmed, mostly secretaries and drivers. The Cabinet approved a large-scale offensive, agreeing to the call-up of thousands of reserve soldiers, but it was not known whether operations would take place elsewhere besides Ramallah. Sharon said Israel had sought a cease-fire in good faith, ''but all Israel got in return was terrorism, terrorism and more terrorism.'' Arafat said Thursday night he was ready to immediately implement a U.S. cease-fire plan without conditions. But he stopped short of formally declaring a cease-fire. Israeli police also stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, using stun grenades to disperse stone-throwing Muslim worshippers. Friday's assault was the closest Israeli fire has come to the Palestinian leader - though Israel has repeatedly hit buildings in the compound where he has been confined for months. Four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in the fighting outside Arafat's compound as troops took control of Ramallah. Another Palestinian was killed in the compound and 25 others wounded. The assault sparked protests by Palestinian refugees in camps in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Arab leaders said the assault was aimed at wrecking an unprecedented peace initiative approved at an Arab summit on Thursday, offering Israel normal relations in exchange for its withdrawal from territory captured in the 1967 Mideast war. The latest escalation began Wednesday, when a Hamas militant blew himself up in an Israeli hotel banquet hall full of Israelis gathering for a Passover feast. Twenty-two diners were killed and more than 130 were hurt. On Thursday and Friday, attacks on a Jewish settlements in the West Bank and another in the Gaza Strip killed six Israelis. Earlier this month, Israel sent 20,000 soldiers into the West Bank and Gaza, hunting for Palestinian militants. That operation was the biggest since Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon. AP-NY-03-29-02 1525EST Copyright 2002 The Associated Press.