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January 17, 2001
JERUSALEM-- (AP) - The body of a suspected Palestinian collaborator with Israel was found Tuesday in the West Bank, and Palestinian security officials said several alleged informers have been rounded up in recent days. The slain man, Mourshed Rafiq Suleiman, was taken from his home in the Ajah village by masked men late Monday, said officials in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, speaking on condition of anonymity. In all, six suspected collaborators have been killed in recent weeks. Two have been executed by Palestinian security forces and four have been killed by unknown assailants. It was not immediately clear whether the most recent killing was sanctioned by the Palestinian Authority which has sent mixed messages concerning informers. Arafat's government has offered amnesty to collaborators who surrender to the authorities by the end of February. On the other hand, Palestinian security forces this weekend executed two Palestinians convicted of providing information that allowed Israel to track down and assassinate local militia leaders. In the West Bank town of Hebron, a Palestinian security official said dozens of suspected informers have been rounded up in recent days. However, the report could not be confirmed independently. In the West Bank town of Nablus, there have been seven arrests in recent days. The campaign has strong popular support in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In a funeral Tuesday in Nablus for a Palestinian killed in a clash with Israeli troops, more than 3,000 mourners chanted in favor of more killings of alleged informers. "Yes, and a million times yes to the execution of the Israeli spies," a local Fatah leader, Ali Faraj, told the crowd. |