Two Settlers Shot in Fatah Attack

Terror attacks are foiled daily, but this one wasn't:

Palestinian terrorists opened fire at a hitch-hiking stop outside the Shomron city of Ariel shortly before noon, wounding a 20-year-old soldier in his stomach. A helicopter was called to the scene to evacuate the victim, listed in moderate-to-serious but stable condition, to a Tel Aviv-area hospital.

A second man was also shot and was wounded very lightly.

The attack occurred shortly before 11:30 AM, when a long round of shots rang out from a west-bound car that passed by the hitch-hiking post along the moderately busy highway. The car was seen to have Palestinian Authority license plates, and immediately made a U-turn and sped off back towards central Shomron. The terrorists also shot at Israeli cars on the highway, wounding another man lightly in his leg.

A little-known Fatah terrorist cell has claimed responsibility for the attack. Fatah is headed by PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas....A car was reported to be ablaze in one of the Arab villages in the area, and is believed to be the vehicle used by the would-be murderers.

The problem with Islamist terror in general is that the perpetrators generally receive aid and comfort by anti-infidel Muslim communities. Speeding into a village and setting your car on fire is not a low-profile event, but it is likely that no one will talk about it, either because of support or fear.

How do we know that the terrorists were not Fatah members who were recently let out of jail by Israel after signing an "I promise to be good" pledge of honor? Or wanted Fatah fugitives who traded their illegal guns for money plus official weapons?