Egypt Detains Top Hamas Security Chief

(Al Arabiya-Dubai) "Mohammed Khamis Dababesh, head of the Hamas-run General Security Service, was arrested on his arrival in Cairo from Damascus late last week," Egypt's state-owned daily Al-Ahram said on Monday. Dababesh is "suspected of involvement in activities harmful to Egyptian state security" and is accused of being responsible in his capacity as security chief for the death in January of an Egyptian policeman during an exchange of fire at the Gaza border.


2010-09-20 09:17:18

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