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Israel declines to rule out storming Arafat`s office
Jerusalem, Sept 21: Israeli cabinet secretary Gideon Saar declined to rule out the army storming Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat`s office today as he made clear the Jewish state`s determination to capture some 20 security commanders holed up with him.
Jerusalem, Sept 21: Israeli cabinet secretary Gideon
Saar declined to rule out the army storming Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's office today as he made clear the Jewish state's determination to capture some 20 security commanders
holed up with him.
"We don't discuss operational options and the way in
which our aims will be achieved," Saar told public radio when
asked explicitly about the possibility of troops being sent in
to seize the commanders accused by Israel of links with
militant groups.
"The army knows very well what it has to do and it will
receive instructions from the political leadership as
necessary.
"The aims are clear. They are first to isolate Arafat, second to capture the wanted terrorists, and third to make (the Palestinians) pay a price for the latest attacks," he said, in reference to back-to-back suicide attacks which killed nine people, including the bombers, on Wednesday and Thursday. Bureau Report
"The aims are clear. They are first to isolate Arafat, second to capture the wanted terrorists, and third to make (the Palestinians) pay a price for the latest attacks," he said, in reference to back-to-back suicide attacks which killed nine people, including the bombers, on Wednesday and Thursday. Bureau Report