Israel: Documents Show Links Between Arafat & Suicide Bombers

Israel says it now has documented evidence that Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian Authority are funding terrorist acts against Israeli citizens.

Israeli intelligence officials say among the items they have discovered in Arafat’s headquarters in Ramallah is an itemized bill detailing the cost of providing explosives for suicide bombers. According to an account by WorldNetDaily, the document -- signed by the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade -- outlines a routine request for Arafat to approve the daily outlay for the arming of suicide bombers with explosives and ammo. Also included are the costs for their memorial services and funeral posters.

Not surprisingly, CNN reports a Palestinian official has dismissed the documents as a forgery -- even though various news agencies have noted that Arafat has promoted sending martyrs into Jerusalem in speeches he makes in Arabic.

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is the military arm of Arafat’s Fatah movement and is officially recognized as a terrorist group by the U.S. government. It has taken credit for several recent suicide bombings, including last weekend’s deadly attack against Israeli citizens at a restaurant in Haifa in which fourteen people died.

From Debka: Arafat’s Book-Keeping Department Yields Bill Linking Him to Suicides 2 April: This piece of correspondence was discovered by Israeli troops who went through the files in Yasser Arafat’s personal accounting department in Ramallah. It is an itemized bill signed by the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades – Palestine, and dated September 16, 2001, exactly five days after the September 11 suicide attacks in the United States. The document is a routine request for Arafat to approve the daily outlay for the arming of suicides with explosives and ammo, their memorial ceremonies and funeral posters. It is part of the body of evidence Israeli troops gleaned at Arafat’s headquarters in Ramallah and demonstrates that Arafat supervised every last detail of the Palestinian suicide offensive. Translation into English: 1. Cost of posters for Martyrs of the al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades: Azam Mazhar, Osama Juabra, Shadi Afouri, Yasser Badawi, Ahad Fares (inserted by hand: NIS2,000). 2. Cost of printed notices, invitations and mourners’ tents (inserted by hand: NIS1,250. 3. Cost of attaching personal photos of these martyrs to wooden panels, plus those of Tabeth Tabeth and Mahmoud al Jamil (inserted by hand: NIS1,000). 4. Cost of memorial ceremonies for martyrs. Memorial ceremonies held for Martyr Azam, Martyr Osama (inserted by hand: NIS6,000) 5. Cost of electrical goods and miscellaneous chemical substances (for manufacturing explosives and bombs – the largest item. (One prepared explosive device – NIS700 at least) We need 5-9 devices per week for the squads in the different regions (inserted by hand: NIS x 4 = NIS20,000 per month) 6. Cost of bullets (cost of Kalashnikov ammo is NIS –8 per bullet; M-16 bullets cost NIS2-2.5 each) We need bullets supplied on a daily basis. 7. Note: Available are 3,000 Kalashnikov bullets @ NIS2 each. We need a sum of money at once to buy them (inserted by hand: NIS22,500 for Kalashnikov bullets – NIS60,000 for M-16 bullets) In conclusion, glory and pride to those who support our brave resistance against the occupation. Revolution until victory.

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