We warned of prison attack, says Israel (Guardian)

[mogster]

Chris McGreal in Jerusalem
Thursday March 16, 2006
The Guardian

Days before Israel's military assault on Jericho prison it warned Britain and America that it would seize Palestinians held there under an international agreement for killing an Israeli cabinet minister if the two countries withdrew their monitors.
Dov Weisglass, the most influential of the Israeli prime minister's advisers, told Britain and the US last week that it would be better for international supervision at the prison to continue. But he said that if they carried through a threat to pull out British and American monitors because of "security concerns" then Israel would act to bring the wanted men to justice.

The last of 11 foreigners kidnapped by Palestinian groups in response to Israel's destruction of the prison with tanks, bulldozers and missiles were released yesterday as relative calm returned to the occupied territories.

But there remained anger and suspicion among ordinary Palestinians and their leaders that Britain colluded in the Israeli attack to seize Ahmed Saadat, accused of masterminding the 2001 assassination of Israel's tourism minister Rehavam Zeevi in a Jerusalem hotel, and five other Palestinians held in the Jericho jail under international supervision.

More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1731814,00.html

[malaise]

1. So the Palestinians were correct

about collusion. I must say the silence on this atrocity is deafening.

[mogster]

2. That may be true

But there are still many unanswered questions as this is developing. I am more worried about the withdrawal, and why it occurred.
It is worrying that the situation between Israelis and Palestinians are escalating, not easing up.

[Jim Sagle]

3. It was no atrocity, it was a righteous bust.

[Violet_Crumble]

6. No, it wasn't a 'righteous bust'

n/t

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[HuffleClaw]

4. wow, and i thought the white house was the master of 'spin'

utter and complete crap.

[classysassy]

5. Spinmeisters

could it be that the white house spinmeisters have duel citizenship?.