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O 131327Z MAY 08
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1501
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JCS WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC PRIORITY
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 000817
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE, NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
SUBJECT: JENIN: PA ARRESTS TWO PIJ MILITANTS; NEW IDF
INCURSION
REF: A. JERUSALEM 791
B. JERUSALEM 777
C. JERUSALEM 764
1. (SBU) PA General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) officers
arrested PIJ militants Ra'ad Abu al-Rub and Yusif Kmayl in
Jenin May 12, according to a PIJ spokesman, who said another
militant, Ala'a Abu al-Rub, escaped a PA arrest attempt in
Qabatiya also May 12. National Security Forces (NSF)
contacts said the two PIJ members, accused of firing at
Jenin's police station, are in police custody at Jenin's
hospital undergoing treatment for gunshot injuries. NSF
contacts said another PIJ militant, Salih Abu Zayyad, is in
jail after his May 11 arrest (Ref A) pending a court hearing.
NSF contacts say the PA is still searching for al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades leader Nasser Khzaymih. They also said
Khzaymih and the PIJ militants are wanted for offenses
against the PA, and the GOI has not requested they be
arrested.
PA Patrols Western Villages,
Investigates "Fake Checkpoint"
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2. (SBU) In addition to villages reported Ref A, a
Presidential Guard/NSF/police force patrolled through Umm
al-Rihan, 'Arab al-Hamdan, and Nazlat Zayd (small villages
west of Nablus near the separation barrier) late May 12.
NSF/police contacts say they arrested 21 criminal suspects
May 12-13 in these villages and Jenin. Jenin NSF commander
BG Sulayman Imran said May 13 that the NSF are investigating
whether criminals set up a checkpoint and impersonated NSF
soldiers in 'Arrana village (north of Jenin).
Fresh IDF Incursion in Jenin
Refugee Camp and Burqin; 2 Arrested
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3. (SBU) NSF contacts report that the IDF entered Jenin
Refugee Camp early May 13 and arrested Musa Ahmad Sa'id and
Jamil Abd al-Latif Nabhan. Local press report that the IDF
also entered Burqin village, west of Jenin, at roughly the
same time, but left without making arrests.
WALLES