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...curfew on the Palestinian population has not destroyed the militants' ability to strike. The gunmen, dressed in Israeli military uniform, set off a roadside bomb, which halted the bus, and then gunned down the passengers as they fled. Two groups - Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of Yasser Arafat's Fatah bloc, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine - claimed responsibility for the bus attack. IRELAND Apology to Civilians The I.R.A. made an unprecedented and unexpected statement of apology to the more than 600 "noncombatants" it killed in its campaign to unite Ireland. The statement said that the current...
...further Palestinian terror attacks. But the Israelis believe that loosening their grip would simply encourage future attacks. No such dilemmas face the militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad (the two organizations responsible for the latest attacks), and even the Al Aksa Martyr's Brigade linked with Arafat's own Fatah organization. They're out to demonstrate their continued ability to kill Israelis despite the IDF's presence in the West Bank cities and signal their rejection of any new diplomatic efforts...
Another potential challenger to Arafat is Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, who is a founding member of Fatah, Arafat's political movement. Abu Mazen has been privately urging Arafat to adopt a more conciliatory line with the U.S. and has criticized Arafat's support of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which has been behind many recent suicide bombings. "Abu Mazen is sick of Arafat," a senior Fatah official tells TIME. "He has lost hope of any progress." Abu Mazen visited Washington in early 2001 for prostate-cancer surgery and, while recovering, met with Powell at the State Department...
...declaring Hebron a "closed military zone." Israeli tanks and gunships destroyed Palestinian police headquarters in Hebron to try to dislodge militants from the compound. The army said that about 40 people were holed up inside, including 15 militants from the Tanzim, an armed group within Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction. About 150 others surrendered during breaks in the bombardment. TANZANIA Train Tragedy At least 281 people died and 800 were injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train in Igandu, in the central Dodoma region about 400 km west of the country's largest city, Dar es Salaam...
...arresting Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, Israel may have given him the inside track in the race to succeed Yasser Arafat, argues Haaretz's Danny Rubinstein. Imprisoning Barghouti will only increase his moral authority over Palestinian militants, Rubeinstein says, and that will likely make his endorsement necessary for the success of any long-term peace agreement - once the 73-year-old Arafat has passed from the scene, the imprisoned Barghouti's importance in Palestinian politics could become the equivalent of that of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela in South Africa...