-Caveat Lector- http://www.etherzone.com/Making_News_Now2.html Report: Israel captures members of Palestinian lynch mob By Arieh O'Sullivan JERUSALEM (October 19) - Security sources said yesterday that commandos had hunted down and captured at least six Palestinian suspects in connection with the barbaric lynch of two reservists last week in Ramallah, news agencies reported. Palestinian police said that a number of Palestinians already have gone missing, and at least eight are believed to be held by Israel. Without confirming or denying, Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh said that those who carried out the lynching of Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Vadim Novesche and Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Yosef Avrahami last Thursday should beware. "I say in the most unequivocal way, justice will get to those who did this, just like it came to perpetrators of the massacre [of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics] in Munich," Sneh said in an interview with Channel 2. "I don't want to go into detail about what has been done, and certainly not about what is to be done," he said. "That could only spoil things." His comments appeared to indicate that the operation is ongoing. A leader of the Palestinian Tanzim, Hussein a-Sheikh, said that if it turns out that Israeli special forces had entered Palestinian- controlled territory to seize the suspects, it would provoke an outburst of fury. "I think our reaction will be very grave. This gives Palestinians a free hand," Sheik told Channel 1. "Now, you give us the right to go after those who killed Mohammed Aldura," the 12-year-old boy killed by IDF bullets during a September 30 firefight with Palestinian police. A Palestinian security officer said that eight suspected participants in last Thursday's lynching were captured by a special undercover operation in Palestinian-controlled areas and brought to Israel to stand trial. According to unconfirmed reports, at least one of the men has been "eliminated" by Israeli security forces. Scores of people participated in the lynch, which was broadcast in grizzly detail around the world. There are a few, however, that Israel especially would like to punish, such as the man who proudly showed the crowd his hands covered with the dead reservists' blood. The Palestinian security officer also confirmed reports that many of those who took part in the lynch have gone underground. The Palestinians themselves claim to have arrested two of the leaders. Army radio said that Palestinian police in Ramallah have increased patrols to prevent infiltration into the city. The missing Palestinians were apprehended by an elite undercover unit acting together with General Security Service agents, Itim reported. "If it turns out that Israel captured them in Area A, the PA will consider it a grave violation of the agreement," one Palestinian security officer said. Another, however, said he did not believe the Israeli action would greatly upset the PA, "since most Palestinians were shocked by the lynching." The fact that Israeli troops may have had to violate Palestinian "sovereignty" to get their hands on the men raises the question of whether PA security forces cooperated with Israel. Government and security sources refused to comment or confirm the reports, beyond vowing that Israel would settle accounts with those responsible for the lynch. IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Ron Kitri told Army Radio, "If I were in their shoes, I too would be looking for a place to sleep at night." As word of the arrests rippled through the territories, it was seen in Israel as a success in restoring some of the IDF's deterrent power, which has suffered due to an accumulation of mishaps and defeats. Boaz Ganor, director of the International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism, said that the echo of the arrests would certainly help boost Israel's deterrence. "As a pin-point step it is effective, but not enough. However, I am sure that if there is another lynch, you can be certain that no one is going to show their hands to the photographers," Ganor said. Israel has never officially admitted to having a policy of eliminating its enemies, but it is widely believed to have been behind the assassination of a number of key figures in the past. According to Israel's Secret War, by Ian Black and Benny Morris, the government authorized the Mossad to assassinate the leaders of the Palestinian Black September organization responsible for the murder of 11 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics. More recent assassinations include Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shkaki in Malta in 1995 and PLO leader Abu Jihad in Tunis in the late 1980s. David Kimche, former director-general of the Foreign Ministry and an ex-Mossad official, said Israel's policy of relentless retribution has deep historic roots. 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