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Hamas Airs "Confessions of Pro-Abbas Plotters"


[Reuters] Nidal al-Mughrabi - Hamas screened purported confessions on Saturday that it said proved Fatah rivals had plotted to kill Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza. "I was told that if I blew myself up against...Haniyeh, they would take care of my family," said Ahmed al-Dbaki in a film clip shown at a televised Hamas news conference in Gaza. Among nine others whose edited video statements were screened, Hassan al-Zant, described as a senior Fatah security officer, said, "I was ordered to form an armed cell to strike the Hamas movement....I was instructed to find a martyr to carry out the task."
2008-02-19 01:00:00
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