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How the Walls of Jericho Were Breached


(Telegraph-UK) Harry de Quetteville - Britain's tiny contingent of monitors left Jericho's jail soon after 9 am Tuesday, telling Palestinian staff that they were taking their car to be fixed. The Foreign Office later said they were leaving because of fears for their "security" and few doubt that inside Jericho jail the inmates ran the show. The cell of Ahmed Saadat, the man accused of masterminding the assassination of Maj.-Gen. (res.) Rehavam Zeevi, was more of an office. He had telephones and television sets. The jail's Palestinian guards stayed away from his quarters, which included a kitchen and an area to receive guests. The British monitors stayed even further back.
2006-03-14 00:00:00
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