In what may be the understatement of the year, the
Jerusalem Post reports:
Military: Not first instance that an official in the PA security forces is involved in terrorist activity.
Had this terrorist not been killed, he likely
would have served in President Bush's security detail in his upcoming visit.
IDF troops killed one of former PA prime minister Ahmed Qurei's bodyguards, the military said Friday morning.
On Thursday, Qurei, known also as Abu Ala, head of the Palestinian negotiation team, participated in talks held in Jerusalem in which Prime Minister Olmert and PA President Mahmoud Abbas met for their first meeting since last month's Annapolis conference.
Palestinian sources reported that IDF troops operating south of Ramallah in the town of Bituniya shot and killed Muatassem a-Shariff, a Fatah operative and a Presidential Guard member. Eye witnesses said a-Shariff was shot while after opening fire while trying to escape IDF troops who came to his house in order to arrest him....
Several weeks ago, just prior to the Annapolis conference, Ido Zoldan was killed by terrorists later revealed to be Palestinian policemen from a force sanctioned by Israel.
Seven other terrorists were killed yesterday by the IDF without a single civilian casualty.