Die nächste Uno-Posse

debka, Donnerstag, 01. Mai 2003, 10:00 (vor 7876 Tagen) @ Bell

Seven Israeli troops injured in exchanges of fire
Thursday with wanted terrorists barricaded with
families in Gaza City district of Sejaiya. In
southern Gaza Strip, four deserted buildings blown
up over smuggling tunnels to Egypt

Hunt for missing British terrorist places security
forces in Tel Aviv metropolitan area on high alert
Thursday. Israeli public assistance sought to find
man in photo. British authorities offer assistance
in investigating case

Team of two British nationals carried out Tel
Aviv café bombing near the US embassy Tuesday
night: Hanif Mohammed, who blew himself up when
security guard pushed him away from entrance to
Mike´s Place, and Omar Khan Sharif, who ran away.


Both terrorists came from Gaza Strip, are
suspected of being al Qaeda operatives linked to
Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Official sources
say bomb that killed 3 Israelis and injured 60
contained «unfamiliar substances«.

The three Israelis killed in the attack are Yanai
Weiss, 46, from Holon, Ran Baron, 24, from Tel
Aviv and Dominique Caroline Hess, 24, new
immigrant from France.

US Targets Added to Arafat´s Terror Map as Abu
Mazen´s government takes office. Read DEBKAfile
Special Report below

Middle East road map is formally presented to
Israeli prime minister Sharon in Jerusalem and
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) in Ramallah where he was
sworn in Wednesday morning as first Palestinian
prime minister. Hamas has rejected document

From deck of USS Abraham Lincoln, President Bush
will Thursday night announce combat phase of Iraq
War is over and reconstruction phase begun




US troops and pro-Saddam demonstrators clash again
in Fallujah west of Baghdad: Three Iraqis reported
killed, 15 injured Wednesday when US troops opened
fire on Muslim Brotherhood protesters hurling
rocks and shoes at US 82nd Airborne HQ in town.
First exchange of fire in town between US troops
and demonstrators occurred Monday night

Pakistan rounds up six al Qaeda operatives in
southern town of Karachi, including Khalid
Al-Attrash sought in suicide bombing of USS Cole
two years ago in Yemen in which 17 US seamen died

Al Qaeda operative, aide to senior mastermind
Zarqawi, is captured near Baghdad. Unidentified
terrorist suspected of involvement in
assassination of USAID administrator Laurence
Foley in Amman last year. He faces interrogation
on Zarqawi´s plans