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To: E. T. who wrote (188916)	5/20/2004 5:29:11 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574006

Naiveté? Naiveté is Israel thinking it can do what it wants forever while an island in an Arab Sea. Do you know how many Palestinians are in Jordan? ************************************************ Jordanian soldier at Allenby Bridge burst into the VIP terminal, pulled out pistol and opened fire on four Israelis returning home Thursday evening from an academic conference in Amman. No one was hurt because the gun jammed. Soldier arrested by Jordanian police. Assailants with hand grenades killed a US soldier and wounded 3 in central Baghdad Thursday Arafat’s Fatah al Aqsa Brigades determine to abduct Israeli serviceman to trade for release of Palestinian terrorist leader Marwan Barghouti who was convicted by Tel Aviv court Thursday of murdering 5 Israelis in three terrorist attacks. He faces life imrisonment. The three judges acquitted him on 33 murder counts because of loophole in Israeli law that does not hold a criminal gang leader accountable for actions of its members even when he ordered them. Barghouti was West Bank Fatah secretary and member of Palestinian legislative council. He refused to recognize legitimacy of Israeli court and defended himself Israel infantry and tank force fighting Thursday morning in Rafah’s southern as-Salam and Brazil districts adjoining Philadelphi Egyptian border route. Overnight helicopters struck source of Palestinian anti-tank fire. Four armed Palestinians killed Thursday. Order to carry on with Operation Rainbow as planned issued Wednesday night by chief of staff Gen. Yaalon who was present in war zone. On West Bank, an Israeli officer critically injured by friendly fire during sweep for terrorists in Jenin refugee camp Wednesday. Three wanted men caught, 47 held for questioning. Further investigation of Wednesday’s televised Palestinian demonstration scales down number of deaths to 7, of whom 5 armed men. The Palestinian Authority selected procession route sowed with mines the night before by terrorists ahead of Israeli troops. Israeli tank fired warning shots to halt demonstrators advancing on Israeli positions. Exact cause of explosion still under Israeli investigation. US abstained in UN Security Council vote on watered resolution calling on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes in Rafah refugee camp and condemning killing of Palestinian civilians Washington: US helicopter strike alleged to have struck wedding party was directed against safe house in al Qaim 25 km from Syrian border occupied by foreign Arab fighters infiltrating Iraq from Syria, who fired at helicopter. Coalition ground forces found quantities of explosives, foreign passports, 2 m Iraqi and Syria dinars and satcom radio. Iraqi sources claimed more than 40 killed. International Red Cross condemns US military for using excessive force in incident. Military policeman Spc Sivits, 24, is thrown out of US army, jailed for one year and demoted after pleading guilty at first US prisoner abuse trial in Baghdad Wednesday. Sivits was accused of taking part in humiliating inmates and photographing naked prisoners. New pictures of abuse published by US TV network. Manmohan Singh becomes India’s first Sikh prime minister, unanimously elected by Congress party leaders after Sonia Gandhi refused post. Singh, former finance minister, is considered architect of India’s modern economic reforms Security scandal in London over purple powder bomb thrown by protesters from Commons gallery that struck British PM Blair inthe back. Israel’s attorney general Mazuz calls legal consultation Thursday on the case for demolishing Palestinian homes to broaden the Philadelphi border route. Read DEBKAfile Special Report below wrapping up first stage of Israel’s Rainbow Operation in Rafah. Kenya deports two Australians, Somali-born man and Bosnian wife, for plotting attack on Israel’s Nairobi embassy DEBKAfile discovers a new Middle East practice of splitting up intractable disputes by earth barriers. Giant Israeli military bulldozers began throwing up high banks around the Rafah terrorist hotbed of Tel Sultan to cut off wanted terrorists’ routes of escape In Iraq, DEBKA-Net-Weekly of May 7 revealed a 500-mile earth barrier under American construction to seal the Iraqi border against heavy flow of fighters and weapons from Syria. debka.com