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Israel arrests leader of PLO faction near Ramallah
Ramallah, West Bank, June 29: Israeli troops arrested the leader of a pro-Iraqi Palestinian faction near the West Bank city of Ramallah today, witnesses said.
Ramallah, West Bank, June 29: Israeli troops arrested the leader of a pro-Iraqi Palestinian faction near the West Bank city of Ramallah today, witnesses said.
Wafel Yusef, the leader in the occupied territories of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), was captured by Israeli troops as he was driving his car in the town of el-Bireh, witnesses said.
The movement, which broke away from the popular front for the liberation of Palestine-general command in the 1970's, confirmed the arrest of its leader, who sits in the Palestine Liberation Organisation's central council.
The leader of the PLF is Mohammad Abbas -- better known as Abu Abbas --the mastermind of the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro who was captured in April by US troops in Baghdad.
The Army arrested Rakat Salem, secretary-general of the Arab Liberation Front, another pro-Iraqi PLO faction, which distributes Iraqi money to relatives of suicide bombers, during a raid on his offices in Ramallah in October 2002.
Bureau Report
The movement, which broke away from the popular front for the liberation of Palestine-general command in the 1970's, confirmed the arrest of its leader, who sits in the Palestine Liberation Organisation's central council.
The leader of the PLF is Mohammad Abbas -- better known as Abu Abbas --the mastermind of the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro who was captured in April by US troops in Baghdad.
The Army arrested Rakat Salem, secretary-general of the Arab Liberation Front, another pro-Iraqi PLO faction, which distributes Iraqi money to relatives of suicide bombers, during a raid on his offices in Ramallah in October 2002.
Bureau Report