PALESTINIANS ON RAMPAGE, THREATEN ENTIRE "PEACE" PROCESS
DEBKAfile Headlines 27 March 2002
"Two TIPH Observers A Swiss Woman and Turkish
National
Were Shot Dead at Close Range by Palestinian Policeman Tuesday Night,
Near Halhoul, North of Hebron
Third Observer, Wounded Slightly, Reports that Even
After Two Shouted they Were International Observers Posted in Hebron,
Uniformed Palestinian Kept on Firing
In Gaza Strip, Two Israeli Soldiers Moderately Injured in
Clash with Terrorists Near Kissufim
Egyptian President Mubaraks Last Minute Decision to
Stay Away from Arab Summit Opening in Beirut
Wednesday Throws Event in Doubt
Almost Half of 22 Arab League Member Heads of State
Giving Summit a Miss Include: King of Morocco, Emirs of Kuwait,
Oman, Qatar and UAE and Libyas Qaddafi
Jordans Abdullah Will Put in Brief Appearance at Opening
Arafat Decides Against Attending Arab Summit Even If He Gets
Sharons Permission to Travel
Israeli Cabinet Refrains from Addressing Arafats Attendance
As US Envoy Zinni Ceasefire Mission Fades
Trilateral Security Committee Cancels Twice over
Palestinian Objections to Zinni Formula
PLO Foreign Minister Farouk Kadoumi Calls on
Hizballah Leader Nasrallah in Beirut
Major Terror Disaster Averted in Jerusalem Tuesday
When Fatah Team Is Stopped at Police Roadblock on Way to
Crowded Mall and Blows up Own Bomb Car
DEBKAfile Reports:
Team Planned Suicide Bombing at One Mall Gate, While Its
Members Gunned down Fleeing Shoppers at Other Exits
Jerusalem Police on Highest Terror Alert for
Passover Period, Reinforced by Soldiers
US Issues Huge Oil Tenders for Its Mid East Forces
Like Eve of Gulf and Kosovo Wars
Major Earthquake Devastates Remote Baghlan Province
of North Afghanistan, Leaving an Estimated 5,000 Dead