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>JN Aug. 27, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 153
CIA Iraqi Monitoring Station Destroyed in U.S. Attack
By IsraelWire
The Washington Times reports the bomb that destroyed the US embassy
in Kenya also took out a CIA station that was a nerve center for
monitoring Iraqi weapons inspections evasions. A CIA officer was
killed in the bombing.
Egypt Denies Abu Nidal Not on "Egyptian Soil"
By Richard Engel (VOA-Cairo) & IsraelWire
Several international news agencies are reporting that authorities in Egypt are holding wanted-terrorist Abu Nidal. But Egyptian officials deny they have custody of the man the State Department once called the world's most dangerous terrorist.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Amer Moussa said that Abu Nidal is
"absolutely not present on Egyptian soil." (Israel Faxx
exclusively reported Aug. 19 that Abu Nidal had been apprehended.)
The foreign minister's statements are similar to those of police
who continue to deny that they are holding Abu Nidal or know
anything about his whereabouts. A spokesman from the Interior
Ministry said Egypt is standing by a previous denial which was
distributed by the country's official news agency earlier this
month.
The official added that Egypt issued the denial in response to
reports in Arabic-language newspapers that said Abu Nidal had
been detained while traveling to Egypt from Libya.
Some reports say that Abu Nidal, whose real name is Sabri al
Banna, is in police custody. Others say he is being treated for
terminal cancer. There have been unconfirmed reports that the
terrorist leader was dying in leukemia in a Cairo hospital.
He is responsible for the Rome and Vienna airport killings in
December 1985, the slaughter of worshippers in Neve Shalom
synagogue in Istanbul, the Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking in Karachi in
September 1986, and many other attacks.
Abu Nidal, 61, is accused by Washington of having killed or injured 900 people in attacks in 20 countries since 1974. He is wanted in the United States, Great Britain and Italy and was condemned to death by the Palestine Liberation Organization, from which he broke-off in 1972.
The New York Times, quoting anonymous sources, reported that Abu
Nidal had been cooperating with Egyptian officials in the country's
counter-terrorism efforts. The newspaper report said Abu Nidal was
arrested after the relationship fell apart. Officials say he is
believed to have worked for the governments of Sudan, Libya, Iraq
and Syria.
Abu Nidal, 61. Is believed to have lived in eastern Europe, where
he was a successful arms dealer. Biographers say he is an expert
at moving and hiding weapons and that he demands absolute
discipline and subordination from his supporters.
While most of Abu Nidal's targets have been Israelis, he is also
a sworn enemy of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat. Abu Nidal was
born in land now Israel and blames Arafat for capitulating to the
Israelis.
Abu Nidal, whose name means "Father of Struggle," is the founder of
the Palestinian opposition Fatah Revolutionary Council, which has
claimed responsibility for lethal attacks around the world, mostly
against Israelis and PLO leaders and partisans, but also against
Jews in western Europe and moderate Arab states.
Sudanese TV Issues Curse Against U.S.
By IsraelWire
Sudanese TV has called to Muslims around the world to recite the El
Konot prayer, [which is similar to the Pulsa D'Neura prayer in the
Jewish religion, an ancient kabalistic prayer in which the Angel of
Death is called upon to strike a specific person]. The Sudanese TV
has called for the prayer to be recited against the United States,
following the recent bombing attack.
The Sudanese TV has repeatedly issued the call to members of Islam
around the world. It is reported that the prayer was used by the
prophet Mohammed in time of crisis.
The Pulsa D'Neura prayer was recited one-month prior to the
assassination of Yitzchak Rabin. The persons who recited the
prayer, although the subject of ridicule at the time, were arrested
for their actions following the assassination.
Kiryat Shmona Man Donates NIS 15 and Billed NIS 15,000
By IsraelWire
A 40-year-old Kiryat Shmona resident thought he was speaking with
a true representative of the Israel Cancer Society when he made a
phone contribution of NIS 15 to fight cancer. He was only too
willing to provide the details of his credit card for the fight
against cancer. He was somewhat surprised when he received a credit
card bill for NIS 15,000, realizing he was the victim of confidence
artists.
The credit card company did agree to refund the amount to the
well-intentioned man, but without linkage to the inflation rate.
That amount, NIS 750, the Israel Cancer Society decided to pay,
realizing the good intentions of the donator. The man did not
discover the fraud for some time, since he happened to be
in the hospital.
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