From: "Stasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Red Palestine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Palestine: Six Militants Killed In Israeli Strikes - Ananova Ananova : http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_438277.html Six Palestinian militants killed in Israeli strikes ============================== An Israeli helicopter missile has killed a senior member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas and troops have gunned down five other militants. The army said the helicopter strike - and a brief Israeli army incursion into a West Bank village that netted several arrests - foiled attacks against Israelis. Palestinian groups have vowed revenge. Also, after nightfall, Israeli troops moved deeper into Qalqilya, one of the four towns they are holding, and opened fire on armed Palestinians, killing two, the Israeli military said. Palestinian security officials said the forces then withdrew to their previous position. Reacting angrily to the one-day death toll of six, Palestinian Cabinet secretary Ahmed Abdel Rahman said: "There can be no ceasefire while (Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon's finger is on the trigger." But despite the violence, there are signs that both sides may be seeking a way out of the political stalemate. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is travelling to the region for talks on Thursday with Mr Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the latest diplomatic initiative to end 13 months of fighting. Mr Arafat says he will meet with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres over the weekend in Spain, where both plan to attend an economic conference. Speaking in Norway, the home of the 1993 Oslo interim peace accord, Mr Arafat said he welcomed "from my heart" the opportunity to meet with Mr Peres "to push forward on a platform for the peace process". Mr Peres - who a day earlier had said he was preparing a new peace initiative that reportedly calls for removing settlements in the Gaza Strip - stressed on Thursday that the two had no plans to negotiate. A Peres aide suggested any meeting would be informal. Story filed: 23:26 Wednesday 31st October 2001 _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
