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----- Original Message ----- From: Vicki Andrada Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 7:10 AM Subject: Fw: [AL-AWDA-News] Hamas beats off Arafat's forces ----- Original Message ----- From: palmer To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:43 AM Subject: [AL-AWDA-News] Hamas beats off Arafat's forces BBC World: Middle East Thursday, 6 December, 2001, 03:44 GMT Hamas beats off Arafat's forces Gunmen from the Palestinian militant group Hamas freed their leader soon after he was placed under house arrest by Palestinian security forces. Hamas gunmen and security forces exchanged fire outside Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's Gaza City home before the security forces retreated. The Hamas leader has been under Palestinian house arrest in the past Hamas has said it carried out the suicide bomb attacks on Israelis at the weekend which killed 25 people. The arrest attempt came as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat asked for more time from Israel, which has suspended its retaliatory air strikes, to clamp down on militants. Thousands of people came out onto the streets to demonstrate against Sheikh Yassin's arrest after a call from loudspeakers at a nearby mosque. The 62-year-old leader, who is paralysed and virtually blind, was believed to be still inside his house on Wednesday night after the arrest attempt. However, Palestinian security forces did successfully arrest a number of other Hamas members on Wednesday, and Mr Arafat reported detaining a total of 151 suspected militants in recent days. ================================================================= Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, is the largest network of grassroots activists dedicated to Palestinian human rights. To subscribe to Al-Awda-News, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To find out how to join an Al-Awda action committee in your area, please visit our website at http://al-awda.org ================================================================= FREEZE TERRORIST ASSETS! STOP US AID TO ISRAEL! Sign the petition letter online at: http://al-awda.org/terminate_aid_petition.htm ================================================================= Unless indicated otherwise, all statements posted represent the views of their authors and not necessarily those of Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://TOPICA.COM/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
