The General Security Services has revealed Iraqi involvement in terrorist cells in Ramallah and Jenin. These cells were responsible for the murder of the teenage boy Yuri Gochin of Pisgat Ze\'ev, as well as the placing of bombs in the Galilee and Shomron. The cell members were trained in Iraq, and had planned to carry out major attacks in Ben-Gurion International Airport and in downtown Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Money and materials bound for the terrorists was smuggled into the PA in the car of Palestinian Authority VIP Abed Razek Yichye; the Oslo accords stipulated that VIP cars must be allowed into the PA without being checked by Israel.
The Jordanian authorities announced today that they had arrested an Iraqi citizen suspected of attempting to smuggle 40 grenades into the Palestinian Authority in a secret compartment in his truck. The suspect confessed to having similarly smuggled 14 Kalachnikov rifles into the PA areas in the past.
In another story of terrorist intrigue, alert IDF soldiers at the Rama Checkpoint in northern Jerusalem today thwarted an attempted smuggling of massive amounts of bullets into Ramallah. The soldiers became suspicious of a truck carrying fruits and vegetables, and in the ensuing search, found 15 well-hidden bags of Kalachnikov and M-16 rifle bullets. The driver was arrested, and the ammunition confiscated.
The Jordanian authorities announced today that they had arrested an Iraqi citizen suspected of attempting to smuggle 40 grenades into the Palestinian Authority in a secret compartment in his truck. The suspect confessed to having similarly smuggled 14 Kalachnikov rifles into the PA areas in the past.
In another story of terrorist intrigue, alert IDF soldiers at the Rama Checkpoint in northern Jerusalem today thwarted an attempted smuggling of massive amounts of bullets into Ramallah. The soldiers became suspicious of a truck carrying fruits and vegetables, and in the ensuing search, found 15 well-hidden bags of Kalachnikov and M-16 rifle bullets. The driver was arrested, and the ammunition confiscated.