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03/10/2005 Attorney General: Investigation Results of Jabalya Explosion Indicate Internal Error GAZA, Palestine, October 3, 2005 (IPC) - - The Attorney General of Gaza, Ahmad Al Mughanni, declared that the final investigations into the Jabalya explosion, which occurred on September 23 and resulted in 23 Palestinians dead and dozens wounded, revealed that a makeshift rocket made by Hamas movement caused the explosion. Al Mughanni said, in a press conference held at the International Press Center (IPC) in Gaza, that from the first moments of the explosion, an investigation team was dispatched to the hospitals, where they questioned many of the injured citizens. He further declared that the eyewitness accounts asserted that a "Magnum" jeep loaded with three to four makeshift 'Qassam' rockets was driving through a military rally for Hamas, when it hit a bump on the road, causing one of the rockets to fall and explode, after which the rest of the rockets caught fire and exploded. As for the technical aspects of the explosion, the Attorney General quoted an explosives expert in the Palestinian police as saying that the shrapnel extracted from the scene of the explosion has been proven to be those of metal pipes used in local-made rockets. He further mentioned that he had asked Hamas officials in writing to allow experts to examine the car that exploded, as well as the pieces of wreckage they exhibited in several press conferences. "Until this moment, we didn't receive any response from Hamas or from the legislator Ibrahim Abul Naja, who heads the follow-up committee for national and Islamic factions, to the request we made in September 29, which forced us to conclude our investigations and declare the results," Al Mughanni said. Meanwhile, the district attorney of Gaza City, Mohammed Salah, explained on his part that in order to find the truth, all the evidences and eyewitness accounts should be examined, and that after contacting officials at Hamas movement to be allowed to examine the exploded car, they said they would not allow this until President Mahmoud Abbas withdrew his statement that the explosion was internal. He also added that the pieces presented by Hamas officials as parts of an Israeli missile that caused the explosion were not taken from any doctor, and that they should have been handed over to the attorney general's office to be used as proof. Meanwhile, explosives expert Mohammed Al Kahlout presented several parts and shrapnel taken from the scene, explaining that the explosion of the first rocket in the car caused the fuel material of the other rockets to catch fire and, thereby, explode. "The material of the rocket fuel is an extract of Potassium Nitrate, which is commonly manufactured locally as rocket fuel. That's why the explosion of this material sent out the white pillar of smoke you all saw when the explosion happened," Al Kahlout told reporters. Commenting on what was presented before by Hamas leader Nezar Rayyan as electronic chips of an Israeli missile extracted from one of the dead civilians' bodies, the explosives expert argued this was not true. "There are two types of shrapnel - primary and secondary. The primary shrapnel are made of the warheads of the exploding rockets, and we found pieces of the metal used in manufacturing these warheads in several bodies of victims and around the scene. "Secondary shrapnel is those resulting from the blast wave of the rocket, and are spread over a large radius. They can consist of wood and pebbles, but they are not components of the rockets, and we also found them in some of dead and injured ones." Al Kahlout affirmed that the bombs fired by unmanned Israeli drones could not be called missiles, because they're not propelled and are dropped quietly and accurately over the target without making a sound or being noticed. "We have extensive experience in these bombs, and we didn't find any shrapnel of them at the scene of the explosion, which completely negates Hamas' version of the incident." Concerning what was presented by Hamas as pieces of an electronic chip from an Israeli missile that they claimed had been fired on the military rally, the explosives expert said this piece could have been a secondary-type shrapnel that could be part of a cellular phone, car stereo or a car engine. Concluding the press conference, Attorney General Al Mughanni promised to bring to justice all those responsible for killing civilians and to continue investigations into several other unsolved cases in the Palestinian society, as part of the Palestinian National Authority's efforts to enforce law and order and maintain security and safety. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/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: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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