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To: NickSE who wrote (107801)7/24/2003 7:52:19 PM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Beginning of internal Pal. conflict?

Arafat's Relative Escapes Assassination
ajc.com

JERUSALEM (AP)--A top Palestinian security official who is related to Yasser Arafat escaped assassination late Thursday after a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at his office, officials said. The explosive missed and hit a prison, wounding 10 inmates.

Speculation on the attempt against Maj. Gen. Moussa Arafat focused on fellow Palestinians because residents in the Gaza area said there were no Israeli army soldiers in the vicinity. An Israeli military source called the incident an internal Palestinian matter, without elaborating.....