Arafat's Fatah movement celebrates "success" of double suicide terror attack in Tel Aviv

IDF Spokesperson 8 January 2003 

The official Website of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the military wing of the Fatah movement headed by Yassir Arafat, reported on 7 Jan. 2003, that members of the movement in Jenin celebrated the double suicide attacks in Tel Aviv, which occurred on 5 Jan. 2003, in which 23 Israeli and foreign citizens were murdered.

 Below is a translation of the report as it appeared on the official Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Website:

"[Headline]: The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Jenin are celebrating the success of the suicide attack. Eyewitnesses have reported that a dozens of the movement's activists, members of the Fatah movement in Jenin and the refugee camp, have begun to shoot in the air from happiness at the success of the double suicide attack that took place on Sunday [5 Jan. 2003] in Tel Aviv.

They said that the Al Aqsa activists sang through a megaphone, songs that praise the terrorists groups and fired shots in the air. They added that members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades read a message in which they emphasized [the fact] that the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility [for the suicide bombings in Tel Aviv]. The message stated that 'those who denounce the dead, should first and foremost denounce the traitors and spies" [meaning - criticism against the stance of senior leaders of the Fatah and Palestinian Authority who disclaimed responsibility for the attack]. They emphasized that 'we will strike every place and everywhere and at any time until the occupation [of all the land between the Jordan and the Sea] is eradicated.'"

 Below is the article as it appeared on the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Website: http://www.idf.il/newsite/images/0108-1p2.gif

Moreover, the two terror suicide bombers who murdered 23 Israeli and foreign citizens are presented on the Website as "heroes of the double [suicide] attack in Tel Aviv."

Below is the page dedicated to the suicide bomber Samer El-Nuri: http://www.idf.il/newsite/images/0108-1p3.gif

Herewith is the translation: "[Fatah emblem] the National Palestinian Liberation Movement [sign of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades] The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades The suicide bomber, the hero Samer El-Nuri Hero of the [suicide] attack [in Tel Aviv]

Source http://www.fateh.tv/sameralnouri.htm

Below is the page dedicated to the suicide bomber Bruak Halifa: http://www.idf.il/newsite/images/0108-1p4.gif

Herewith is the translation: "[Fatah emblem] the National Palestinian Liberation Movement [sign of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades] The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades The suicide bomber, the knight Bruak Halifa Hero of the [suicide] attack [in Tel Aviv]

Source http://www.fateh.tv/buraqkhalafa.htm  

TEL AVIV BOMB PLANNER ARRESTED… IDF forces arrested Hazam Awad yesterday, charging that he is the “operations officer” of the Tanzim terror cell responsible for Sunday’s double suicide bombings in Tel Aviv that killed 23 and wounded more than 100. Forty-four remain hospitalized and two are in very critical condition. The Tanzim is a group that is part of Yassir Arafat’s own Fatah faction. Army intelligence reported that the cell was based in Nablus and was responsible for at least four other suicide bombings. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said that all actions of the Tanzim are under the direct supervision of Arafat, who funds their operations. He reiterated the government theme that terror will continue as long as Yassir Arafat remains in power. Suggestions in the security cabinet that Arafat be expelled, however, were rejected.