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Friday, February 2, 2007

#7 Palestinian Security Arrests Iranians

While there was little doubt that Iran actively worked against Israel's interests through the financing of terror activities and the use of Hezbollah as a proxy, it now appears that there can no longer be any question about Iranian involvement in the Palestinian territories either.

Palestinian security forces have arrested seven Iranians during a raid at the Hamas-linked Islamic University in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian security forces (affiliated with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) said the men were sent by Iran to train Hamas and hundreds of weapons and a lathe for the production of Qassam rockets were seized during the raid.

In other signs that confrontation with Iran has begun, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have threatened to kidnap American citizens. This threat comes in the aftermath of the arrest of a group of Iranian nationals in Iraq by US forces.

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