Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4266-1010628995-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 09 Jan 2002 18:20:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 14984 invoked by uid 510); 10 Jan 2002 02:17:17 -0000 Received: from n9.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.59) by all.net with SMTP; 10 Jan 2002 02:17:17 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4266-1010628995-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.163] by n9.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Jan 2002 02:16:35 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 10 Jan 2002 02:16:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 43331 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2002 02:16:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m9.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 10 Jan 2002 02:16:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.98) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Jan 2002 02:16:34 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g0A2HE427567 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 9 Jan 2002 18:17:14 -0800 Message-Id: <200201100217.g0A2HE427567@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 18:17:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:ARAFAT.EXPOSED.-.The.evidence.is.nowclose.to.overwhelming...] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ARAFAT EXPOSED By MICHAEL KELLY NY Post January 9, 2002 -- AT 4:45 a.m. on Jan. 3, the 4,000-ton freighter Karine A was cruising in the Red Sea less than 300 miles from Israel. The Karine A's captain, Omar Akawi, an officer in Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority miniature navy, was asleep in his bunk, as was most of the 13-man crew. He heard a noise, he later told Israeli interrogators, and woke up to find himself staring at armed commandos of the Israeli navy. In the holds of the Karine A the Israelis discovered more than 50 tons of military arms, including long-range Katyusha rockets, high explosives, antitank missiles, mortars, sniper rifles and mines. All of this - reportedly between $10 million and $15 million of materiel - was packed in 83 crates sealed in watertight plastic, ready for offloading in coastal waters. The Israeli government claimed to have "unequivocal, clear and undeniable" proof that the Palestinian Authority was responsible for the smuggling. PA officials denied any involvement and suggested that the shipment had been intended for the Lebanese terrorist force Hezbollah. The evidence is nowclose to overwhelming that the Karine A mission was financed and organized at the highest levels of the Palestinian Authority, most likely sanctioned by Arafat himself - and that Arafat allowed the mission to proceed after he called for a cessation of all armed actions against Israel on Dec. 16. * As the PA has confirmed, Capt. Akawi is an officer in the tiny fleet of coastal patrol boats the PA calls its navy. In jailhouse interviews arranged on Monday with Western news agencies, Akawi identified himself as "a Palestine officer of the Authority," adding "I am taking my salary and [am an] employee of the Palestinian Authority." He said he had been a member of Arafat's own group Fatah since 1976, and that "Abu Amar [Arafat's nom de guerre] is my president and my commander and chief." He said he was acting directly on the orders of the Authority: "I'm a soldier. I have to obey my orders." He said he expected to be ordered to stop the mission after Arafat called for a truce, but the order never came. * Akawi further said that the operation was organized and supervised by senior PA official Adel Awadallah (a.k.a. Adel Mughrabi) who is based in Greece. He said Awadallah had arranged the purchase of the Karine A for $400,000, and that Awadallah had personally given him his initial orders. * Akawi said subsequent control of the mission was in the hands of Fathi El-Razem, who is known by the nickname Fathi El-Bahriyeh (The Navy) because he is the deputy commander of the PA navy: "I took my orders from Fathi El-Bahriyeh," said Akawi. "He took his orders from Adel Awadallah." The Montreal Gazette reported yesterday that El-Razem, "who has been Arafat's chief weapons smuggler since the 1970s," was captured with Akawi aboard the Karine A. * Akawi affirmed that the munitions were headed for Gaza, and for the PA, not for Lebanon and Hezbollah: "I knew that the weapons were intended for the Gaza Strip," he said. The plan had been to transfer the crates to three smaller boats at a location near the Egyptian port of Alexandria; the small boats would carry the arms to a spot off the Gaza coast or just south of it, off the Sinai, where they would be picked up by Palestinian navy officers disguised as fishermen. Akawi said he thought Arafat himself did not know of the mission. This seems more of a politic statement than a heartfelt one, given the amount of money involved and that the men who commanded Akawi answered directly to Arafat. Not surprisingly, Arafat supports the rogue operation theory. He reportedly tried to sell it to U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni that the whole thing was a renegade affair, not under his control. The Jerusalem Post said Zinni was "very unconvinced." Yes. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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