Kesher Talk

Arafat wants to end terrorism, right? Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has sacked the head of military intelligence in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, who was accused by hardliners of "collaborating" with Israel.

Fatah security sources say Mr Arafat has sacked Tareq al-Wahidi and appointed one of his deputies, Mohammed Zawahreh, as interim head of the service in Bethlehem.

Wahidi was accused of handing over a "collaborator" to Israel two weeks ago who gave Israel information that led to the killing of the local head of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Mahmud Salah, and one of his lieutenants, Anan Jawarish, last April.

posted by William @ 1/07/2004 04:21:00 PM