[Excerpt: Palestinian officials sounded the alarm after hearing that Hezbollah is urging militants from the Islamic group Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to continue to attack Israel....The threats to Abbas came indirectly, via Palestinian Hezbollah contacts, but were being taken "very, very seriously", one official said.]
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=151750 Published: 13/2/2005, 10:13 (UAE) Hezbollah 'plotting to kill Abbas for truce talks' The Telegraph Group Limited Occupied Jerusalem: Palestinian security officials have received threats that the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, could be killed by Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists if he continues moves towards reconciliation with Israel. Palestinian officials sounded the alarm after hearing that Hezbollah is urging militants from the Islamic group Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to continue to attack Israel. The threats to Abbas came indirectly, via Palestinian Hezbollah contacts, but were being taken "very, very seriously", one official said. "Many groups both here and outside do not want a ceasefire because a ceasefire means they will be without power," he said. "As in Iraq, a lot of different powers and groups in the region are involved here and are trying to manage the resistance in our territory. Abbas is challenging their power, and so it is a dangerous path for him." Hezbollah emerged as a dangerous force in the 1980s while fighting Israel in southern Lebanon and has since allegedly evolved into a chief financier and supporter of militant action in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The militia, which is also allegedly backed by Syria as a proxy force in its struggle with Israel over the Golan Heights, has apparently increased its influence as other sources of funding for militant groups have dried up. Abbas acknowledged that Hezbollah might threaten his life during a private meeting with two US senators - Joe Biden, a Democrat, and John Sununu, a Republican - just before last month's Palestinian election, according to an unnamed congressional official quoted in Newsweek magazine. "He said the main threat might be less Hamas and more external," the official was quoted as saying. Palestinian officials claim to have intercepted e-mail and other correspondence showing the bank transactions through which Hezbollah has provided funds for Palestinian militants. Documents intercepted by Palestinian intelligence, and seen by The Sunday Telegraph, showed that Hezbollah cells have brought Palestinian students to Lebanon for training. Reports last week suggested that Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon have been offering up to $100,000 to any Palestinian willing to carry out a suicide attack against Israel. enditem UNRESTRICTED ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
