(Times-UK) Stephen Farrell - Ahmed Saadat, a leading militant captured by Israeli troops in Jericho, kept birds and flowers in his quarters, and used other prisoners as "domestic staff." Fuad Shobaki smoked up to five Cuban cigars a day and was known as "The Brigadier." "Saadat and Shobaki were very much in charge," one prison source said. "These guys were running the prison. They did what they wanted, when they wanted." U.S. and British monitors reported that the six prisoners had access to computers, mobile phones, and were not "locked down" at night.
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