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Viewing cable 08JERUSALEM639, AL-AQSA BRIGADES GUNMEN TORCH NABLUS GOVERNOR'S

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08JERUSALEM639 2008-04-14 09:38 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Jerusalem 
VZCZCXRO6807
OO RUEHROV
DE RUEHJM #0639 1050938
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 140938Z APR 08
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1188
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 000639 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE, NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/PASCUAL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KWBG PTER IS PGOV
SUBJECT: AL-AQSA BRIGADES GUNMEN TORCH NABLUS GOVERNOR'S 
CAR; 4 INJURED IN SHOOTOUT 
 
 
1.  (SBU) According to Fatah and PA security contacts, 
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades gunmen Tha'ar Tirawi and associates 
attacked Nablus Governor Jamal Muhaysin in Balata Refugee 
Camp in Nablus on April 13, torching Muhaysin's vehicle. 
Four Palestinians, including one of Muhaysin's bodyguards, 
were injured in the ensuing shootout when PA security forces 
entered the camp to extricate Muhaysin. 
 
2.  (SBU) PA security contacts told POL FSN that Tirawi had 
been in General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) custody for the 
last four months, and some of the other PA security bodies 
opposed his recent release.  (Comment: Despite progress in 
the Nablus security operation late last year, several 
Fatah-linked militant cells resist PA authority, and 
mechanisms to prosecute arrested militants remain weak.  End 
comment). 
WALLES