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Young Hejazi was the first member of a little-known organization called Asifa (Storm Troopers) to be captured by the Israeli authorities. He was recently tried by a court-martial, found guilty of sabotage and sentenced to death...
...Asifa is the military arm of a group called El Fatah, which is a reverse acronym standing for the Arabic words Harakat Tahrir Falastin (Movement for the Liberation of Palestine). By itself, El Fatah means "Conquest." One of El Fatah's top leaders is Haj Amin Husseini, the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Since the first of the year, Asifa claims to have made 13 raids into Israel to commit acts of "strategic sabotage," that is, the dynamiting of reservoirs and kibbutz buildings...
While the Arabs bickered, Israel struck. Angered at the increasing incursions of a newly organized secret Arab commando outfit known as "Asifa" (storm troopers), the Israeli army last week sent 50 of its own commandos across the border. The Israeli raiders entered three Jordanian towns, hastily evacuated civilians, then blew up gas stations, farmhouses and an abandoned mill. More raids lay ahead, hinted the Israeli radio, unless Asifa incursions were brought...