Fatah official kidnapped in Gaza Strip
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Fatah official kidnapped in Gaza Strip
(AFP)
8 August 2005
GAZA CITY — A representative of Faruq Kaddoumi, the chairman of the ruling Fatah party, was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip yesterday, just days after announcing the creation of a new “popular army”, his office said.
Suleiman Al Farra was snatched at gunpoint from his office in the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis by armed men in plain clothes, witnesses said.
“We will not allow this criminal thing to take place and I will take tough measures against the kidnappers and those behind it if he is not released in the next 24 hours,” the Tunis-based Kaddoumi said in a statement.
The official Fatah communique accused officers from preventative security of carrying out the abduction. Officials from Palestinian preventative security refused to confirm or deny the charges when questioned by AFP.
Last Tuesday, Farra announced that Fatah has begun recruiting a "popular army” — responsible for helping to keep law and order after Israel’s imminent pullout from the Gaza Strip.
The volunteer force, which Fatah hopes will number some 1,500 people, is being set up on the orders of Kaddoumi.
The Palestinian Authority is battling against lawlessness in the territories where gunmen from militant factions are often able to operate above the law.
Last month, an Australian and a Palestinian were taken hostage by gunmen.
Fatah official kidnapped in Gaza Strip
(AFP)
8 August 2005
GAZA CITY — A representative of Faruq Kaddoumi, the chairman of the ruling Fatah party, was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip yesterday, just days after announcing the creation of a new “popular army”, his office said.
Suleiman Al Farra was snatched at gunpoint from his office in the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis by armed men in plain clothes, witnesses said.
“We will not allow this criminal thing to take place and I will take tough measures against the kidnappers and those behind it if he is not released in the next 24 hours,” the Tunis-based Kaddoumi said in a statement.
The official Fatah communique accused officers from preventative security of carrying out the abduction. Officials from Palestinian preventative security refused to confirm or deny the charges when questioned by AFP.
Last Tuesday, Farra announced that Fatah has begun recruiting a "popular army” — responsible for helping to keep law and order after Israel’s imminent pullout from the Gaza Strip.
The volunteer force, which Fatah hopes will number some 1,500 people, is being set up on the orders of Kaddoumi.
The Palestinian Authority is battling against lawlessness in the territories where gunmen from militant factions are often able to operate above the law.
Last month, an Australian and a Palestinian were taken hostage by gunmen.
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