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October 16, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/350191.html

Israel, PA Suspect Fatah Group Behind Gaza Attack

(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - Sources in Israel and the PA were assessing that the Council of Popular Resistance, a Fatah splinter group comprised mainly of former Palestinian security forces, was behind the Wednesday attack on an American diplomatic convoy in Gaza that killed three U.S. security personnel. American personnel who coordinate the movements of U.S. officials in the territories communicate travel plans in advance to PA security officials, sending the detailed information by fax or telephone. Some analysts speculated Wednesday that the terrorists who perpetrated the attack had advance knowledge of the U.S. convoy. At least a portion of the information attained by the terrorists, these analysts hypothesized, came from official PA sources. American security officials investigating the bomb attack left the scene abruptly after Palestinian youths threw stones and rocks at them as about 200 Palestinians looked on.

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