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Posted on 02/20/2005 6:00:20 PM PST by SmithL
A former security prisoner released in January 2004 in the deal struck with Hizbullah to secure the return of the bodies of three soldiers and businessman Elhanan Tannenbaum was one of two gunmen shot and killed by soldiers last Tuesday night while attempting an attack at Har Bracha, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Atsem Mansour, 29, a Fatah Tanzim member from the Balata refugee camp was imprisoned in Israel between October 2001 and January 2004 for his involvement in terrorism. He was one of 462 security prisoners released in exchange for Tannenbaum and the bodies of Staff-Sgts. Benny Avraham, Adi Avitan and Omar Sawayid.
Details were revealed as preparations got under way for the release of 500 security prisoners who will be freed Monday morning at five West Bank checkpoints and at the Erez crossing in the Gaza Strip as a gesture to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
All the prisoners will be gathered at the Ketziot Prison and bused to the Salem and Jalame crossings in Samaria, the entry point near Be'erotayim not far from Tulkarm, Tarkumiya near Hebron and Beituniya near Ramallah. Those headed for the Gaza Strip will be bused to the Erez crossing and released.
While Israel initially agreed to release 900 security detainees, only the names of the 500 have been published on the Prisons Service Web site and examined by Justice Ministry officials. Security officials said the remaining 400 have yet to be approved, nor has a time for their release been decided.
The security establishment's most current statistics relate to the May 1985 "Jibril deal" in which more than 1,000 prisoners were released: Of the 238 of them released to the West Bank and Gaza, 48 percent, or 114, resumed their terrorist activities.
Meanwhile, Ephraim district commander Col. Tamir Heiman met with his PA counterpart on Sunday to discuss the transfer of Tulkarm to PA security control. They discussed technicalities related to the handover, but the final details were to have been raised at a Sunday night meeting between Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and PA security chief Muhammad Dahlan that was postponed for "technical reasons." Officials believe a meeting between the two will be rescheduled soon.
While Jericho was to have been the first city transferred to PA security control, Israeli and PA security officials remain deadlocked over several issues concerning its transfer. They include Israel's refusal to accede to PA demands the village of Oudja be included and a number of IDF checkpoints be removed.
Security officials could not confirm whether Tulkarm would be the first city handed over instead, saying that the final decision would be made by Mofaz and Dahlan when they meet.
Sources in the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said that while Jericho is an attractive proposition to be the first city handed over because of its isolation and the fact that very little terrorist activity had occurred there, they would have preferred to have waited until after the disengagement from the Gaza Strip before transferring any of the cities.
"We recommended in every possible forum that the transfer of security control should be carried out after the disengagement from Gaza, so that we would have time to monitor the situation before turning to the West Bank," a security official said.
He said that it did not matter whether Jericho, Tulkarm or Kalkilya was the first city to be handed over, as long as Bethlehem and Ramallah were left until last. The official also estimated that it would take many months before Hebron, Nablus and Jenin followed because of the ongoing terrorist activities there.
Well, this time, he really means it.
He is now rehabilitated. Roast in hell, f*cker.
Proving the insanity of allowing ANY terrorist to achieve "prisoner status"...
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Yeah, that's just crazy.
A terrorist returns to his terror like a dog returns to its vomit. So... who finds it useful to guarantee continued terror? Who in the Israeli government can honestly believe that these "good faith" prisoner releases (or live terrorists exchanged for deceased Israelis) are good for Israelis? Why are they bent on such suicidal policies (pardon the pun)? What did Arafat do with his billions, establish trust funds for self-hating Jewish politicians, or what? Have they all gone mad?
This is like some horrid cross between Jonestown and the movie Groundhog Day.
Yes 29.
1. Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come round:
2. Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow; and it shall be to me as an Ariel:
3. And I will camp around against you, and will lay siege against you with a mound, and I will raise siege works against you:
4. And you shall be brought down, and shall speak from the ground, and your speech shall be low from the dust, and your voice shall be, as of a medium, from the ground, and your speech shall whisper from the dust:
Psst, Sharon... Hello
Ya see, the system works. Release em, shoot em. They get imaginary virgins in hell, we dont have to feed em, or house em.
I've seen this film before. Soldiers die arresting these vermin and then the Israeli govt releases them. They should serve every last day of their terms. What about good will toward Israelis?
I'm sure he swore on stacks of Korans that he would not return to his terrorist ways. Now he can enjoy an eternity in hell, and certainly will not be able to return to his terrorist ways.
lol
Most of Arafat's money came from us and we've just sent his clone a couple of more billion to steal and fund their terrorist activities with.
It is the pinnacle of stupidity to keep dealing with the same people in the same manner over and over and expect a different result.
They kill our soldiers in Iraq and we fund them in the West Bank and they all ride the same camels and read from the same playbook.
And...Did anyone else notice that these ISLAMA-NAZIS literally JUMP OFF the buses bringing them back to their people.
EVERY ONE of them look HEALTHY and VERY WELL...FED, CLEAN, CLEAN CLOTHES, JACKETS, SHOES, HAPPY, DANCING, and ready to get back to their NASTY Business of MURDERING INNOCENT ISRAELIS AND AMERICANS.
When these BLOOD THIRSTY ISLAMIC PAGANS take Israelis and Americans hostage...ISRAEL and the US usually NEVER get their BLOODY, MUTILATED BODIES back.
Hey...It's Good to be an ISLAMA-NAZI Squatting in Israel.
Look at ALL the Perks and Advantages they can Enjoy for the rest of their Hate Filled lives.
I disagree. The end result of the capture of a terrorist should be an automatic death penalty.
This should apply as well to American, British, Australian, Canadian, and Israeli nationals, among other countries, who commit terrorist acts or become members of terrorist groups, such as the likes of Johnny "Taliban" Lindh, Richard Reid, and Jose Padilla.
This whole thing is really stupid. Just nuke the Palestinians, Iranians and Syrians and get it over with.
Catch and release, Game fishery policy, Israeli Terrorist policy, US Illegal immigrant policy.
All very effective if you want to preserve the total population of game fish, terrorists, and illegal aliens.
That is what we want, right?
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