WEST BANK: MEMBERS OF PALESTINIAN MILITANT GROUP ATTACK GOVERNOR OF JENIN AFTER ATTEMPTED CRACKDOWN.

Record ID: 355672

  • Title: WEST BANK: MEMBERS OF PALESTINIAN MILITANT GROUP ATTACK GOVERNOR OF JENIN AFTER ATTEMPTED CRACKDOWN.
  • Date: 20th July 2003
  • Summary: (EU) JENIN, WEST BANK (JULY 19, 2003)(REUTERS (A) - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/MCU: VARIOUS OF ARMED PALESTINIAN MILITANTS WALKING IN JENIN REFUGEE CAMP (3 SHOTS) 0.19 2. MCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) AL-AQSA MARTYR BRIGADE MILITANT TALKING ABOUT ABDUCTION, SAYING: "We have out martyrs. We won't allow any of our members to become spies for the Israelis. This do
  • Embargoed: 4th August 2003 13:00
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  • Location: JENIN, WEST BANK
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA65DSH2ZI6ZEJ7BK50E547YBBR
  • Story Text: Masked Palestinians have abducted the governor of the
    West Bank city of Jenin and beat him in public after he tried
    to crack down on their militant group, Al-Aqsa Martyrs
    Brigades.



    A local leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said on
    Saturday (July 19), his militant group had abducted the
    Palestinian governor of the West Bank city of Jenin after the
    governor sent men to kill its members.

    Witnesses said the militants took the governor, Haider
    Irsheid, to a square in central Jenin and beat him up before a
    crowd.

    They then took him to Jenin refugee camp.

    "We won't allow any of our members to become spies for the
    Israelis. This dog, Haider Irsheid, brought this on himself
    and we have taken him and we will punish him according to our
    laws," an Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades spokesperson said.

    It was not immediately clear why he had been abducted and
    whether he would be released, but negotiations were already
    under way to secure his release.

    Irsheid's name has been linked to a scandal in which money
    intended for the Palestinian Authority in grants from donor
    countries went missing, Palestinian sources said.

    The Palestinian Authority has been accused in the past of
    mismanaging financial aid given by donor countries.

    This month it received a direct grant of 20 million U.S. dollars from
    the United States, which had faith in the new Palestinian
    leadership appointed in April.




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