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Israeli intelligence officials, however, believe the attack may have been the work of Fatah chiefs in the Gaza town of Rafah, who are feuding with Arafat over his efforts to slow the traffic in weapons smuggled there through tunnels running under the Egyptian border. The attack, they say, was meant to hurt Arafat's global standing, to force him to back off. It certainly put Arafat in a tight spot. The U.S., which sent an FBI team to investigate the bombing, blamed the Palestinian leader for hindering progress against terrorism by blocking the appointment of an Interior Minister to coordinate...
...SEPARATED. AHMED and MOHAMED IBRAHIM, 2, Egyptian twins joined at the top of their heads, after a 34-hour operation; in Dallas. Specialists said the boys faced possible brain damage or even death on the operating table, but the twins' father said the risk was worth it for them to live normal lives. The boys still face the danger of infection and years of reconstructive surgery...
...violence would be a disturbing new development Israeli intelligence officials, however, believe the attack may have been the work of Fatah chiefs in the Gaza town of Rafah, who are feuding with Arafat over his efforts to slow the traffic in weapons smuggled there through tunnels running under the Egyptian border. The attack on the convoy, they say, was meant to hurt Arafat?s standing in the world, to force him to back off. It certainly put Arafat in a tight spot. The U.S., which sent an fbi team to investigate the bombing, blamed the Palestinian leader for hindering progress...
...diagnosis is that Arafat is suffering from stomach cancer. Al-Jazeera TV reported Wednesday that two teams of doctors, one from Jordan and the other from Egypt, arrived in Ramallah Wednesday to treat Arafat. Abu Dhabi TV reported on Thursday that following their examination of the Palestinian leader, the Egyptian doctors "expressed concern" about the state of his health. Neither report specified his condition...
...Charged. Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, 31, civilian interpreter at the Guant?namo Bay prison camp; with lying to federal investigators about alleged possession of classified documents; in Boston. Mehalba, an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen, is the third Guant?namo worker arrested for possible security breaches...