PA makes more arrests in US convoy attack case

The Jerusalem Post ^ | 4 November 2003 | JPOST.COM STAFF

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Nov. 4, 2003
PA makes more arrests in US convoy attack case
By JPOST.COM STAFF

Funeral of navy SEAL John

Palestinian Authority officials said Tuesday that two Palestinians have been arrested in connection with the attack on the US diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip on October 14.

The attack killed three American security guards and wounded a fourth, and was the first deadly attack on official US targets in Palestinian Authority-controlled areas.

The two Palestinians arrested Tuesday were residents of the Gaza Strip and are suspected of supplying the explosive material used in the attack on the US convoy.

According to reports, the Palestinians confessed to passing on the bomb-making material to a cell of the terrorist 'Popular Resistance Committees' group - a group comprised of disgruntled security officers and Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Fatah members.

Palestinian Authority security officials believe that the remote control explosive device which killed three US security guards accompanying a US diplomatic convoy was smuggled into Gaza from abroad, according to a PA source. 'The device was too sophisticated to have been build by a local cell,' he added.

The Palestinian media has published conspiracy theories blaming Israel for the bombing.

PA Police have arrested several people belonging to the Resistance Committee - but still have no evidence against them.

They also arrested and questioned members of a pro-Iraqi faction, who denied any connection to the attack.

FBI investigators have returned to Washington after completing their investigation. A source said that the investigators were 'not fully satisfied with the Palestinian investigation into the attack.'

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PA Police have arrested several people belonging to the Resistance Committee - but still have no evidence against them

Arafat arrests a few of his rivals and the PA media blames Israel. Is it any wonder the FBI was 'not fully satisfied with the Palestinian investigation into the attack.' That seems like the understatement of the year. Or, to paraphrase the Palestinians, "We don't need no stinin' investigation. Blame Israel."

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Meaningless.

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Bring 'em in the front, march 'em out the back.

"Palestinian Authority security officials believe that the remote control explosive device which killed three US security guards accompanying a US diplomatic convoy was smuggled into Gaza from abroad, according to a PA source. 'The device was too sophisticated to have been build by a local cell,' he added"

Undoubtably brought in from Southern Lebanon by Arafat.