US Diplomatic Convoy Killer Killed

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Monday, April 3. 2006

US Diplomatic Convoy Killer Killed

Gaza Leader Responsible for 2003 Attack on U.S. Diplomatic Convoy Is Killed, by Khaled Abu Toameh:

Abdel Karim Koka, 44, one of the leaders of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) who was killed Friday as he passed near a booby-trapped car, was responsible for the 2003 roadside attack on a U.S. diplomatic convoy in the northern Gaza Strip in which three Americans were killed.

PRC leaders accused Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan of standing behind the assassination of Koka.

Sources in Gaza said Koka, who survived three attempts on his life by Israel in recent months, carried out the attack on the U.S. convoy at the request of top PA and Fatah leaders, who were later interested in getting rid of Koka to conceal their role.

Koka's group was also responsible for the assassination of Gen. Musa Arafat, commander of the PA's Military Intelligence, last summer in Gaza City.

Here is another important article on the topic. Note that both stories refer to Mohammed Dahlan, a warlord who Kadima's Chaim Ramon bragged "is a friend of mine":

Palestinian Security Forces Blamed for Gaza Explosion

When Abu Abir, a spokesman for the PRC, called a news conference to discuss the killing, rival gunmen, believed to be Preventive Security agents, showed up, sparking a shootout that killed at least two people.

The Preventative Security force is the secret service of the PA.

In theory it is under the control of the Ministry of Interior now headed by Hamas, but in practice it is a private army loyal to Mohammad Dahlan and other members of Fatah in Gaza.

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