Sunday, November 18, 2007

Ein Beit El-Ma siege continues; PLFP vows vengeance if PA detains fighters


Contributed by Lucia

"Nablus – Ma'an – The military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, announced Sunday that it would react "fiercely" if Palestinian security forces arrest any of its activists ahead of a peace conference in the United States this month.

Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party laid siege to a refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday in an attempt to detain four PFLP fighters and one Fatah member accused of illegally firing their weapons......

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, along with other armed groups, have rejected calls by the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority to disband before Israel relinquishes control of occupied Palestinian lands......."

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