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Abbas orders crackdown after attack
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-31 14:30

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered a crackdown on Ramallah militants early Thursday after a group of gunmen fired at his compound while he was inside, security officials said.

The group of 15 militants attacked the compound Wednesday before rampaging through the city, damaging several restaurants and forcing shops to close, witnesses and officials said. There were no injuries reported.

Internal fighting has plagued the Palestinian territories for months, largely the result of a breakdown in authority and command caused by more than four years of fighting with Israel that severely debilitated the security forces and other Palestinian Authority institutions.

Palestinian men gather next to burning tires in a street at the West Bank city of Ramallah Thursday, March 31, 2005. A group of Palestinian militants fired Wednesday at Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' West Bank headquarters while he was in the compound, but he was not injured, security officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinian men gather next to burning tires in a street at the West Bank city of Ramallah Thursday, March 31, 2005. A group of Palestinian militants fired Wednesday at Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' West Bank headquarters while he was in the compound, but he was not injured, security officials said.[AP]
Abbas — who was elected president in a Jan. 9 vote after the November death of Yasser Arafat — has vowed to bring law and order to Palestinian areas and reform his overlapping and corruption-plagued security forces.

In a meeting with security officials after the shooting spree, Abbas ordered the militants arrested, more troops deployed throughout the city and compensation paid to the businesses that were damaged, security officials said.

The gunmen — who said they were members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an armed group linked to the ruling Fatah movement — said they went on their rampage after Palestinian security officials forced six of them out of the Ramallah headquarters, where they had sought refuge after Israel began hunting down fugitives shortly after violence erupted in September 2000.

Arafat had allowed more than 20 fugitives to remain in his compound, and Abbas had followed suit.

A Palestinian security official speaking on condition of anonymity said the security forces asked the six militants to either hand over their weapons or leave the compound after "they were involved in kidnappings, blackmailing, harming people, shooting them."

"They were warned many times to stop their behavior and actions," the official said.

Another security official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, warned that the security forces were "considering taking harsh steps against them."

"They have crossed the red line. They attacked the presidential headquarters. They are defying the Palestinian Authority and now we have to take harsh steps against them, otherwise they will control the city and spread chaos," the official said.

An Al Aqsa spokesman, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, denied the gunmen belonged to his group and called them "criminals who should be in jail."



 
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