DANGER Perfidious fucking Albion at work

IDF Nahal Brigade troops, in addition to the police's special anti-terror unit (Yamam) entered the Jericho jail ( designated operation "Pay a Visit") where the killers of former tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi were being held.

However, the main target of the operation, was Ahmed Sa'adat, the secretary general of the Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) believed to have masterminded the 2001 assassination,killers of former tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi

IDF tanks, which fired rounds into the prison, combat helicopters flying overhead, and artillery, which fired shells at the prison from afar, where all part of the force laying seige to the prison. A D-9 heavy bulldozer began tearing down the walls of the prison in order to flush the six suspects out. An IAF helicopter reportedly fired a missile at the compound as part of the IDF's continuing effort to force out the prisoners.

WITHDRAWAL OF MONITORS FROM JERICHO MONITORING MISSION (14/03/06)

Announcing the withdrawal of monitors from Jericho Monitoring Mission, in a House of Commons statement, on Tuesday 14 March, Jack Straw said:(Posted at UK Embassies worldwide see Oslo

'I would like to inform the House that the UK and the US withdrew our monitors from the Jericho Monitoring Mission on 14 March. As I made clear in my statement to the House on 29 April 2002 (Official Report, column 668 see FOOTNOTE), it is the prime responsibility of the Palestinian Authority to ensure the personal security of the United States and United Kingdom monitors. Over the last months it has become increasingly clear that the Palestinian Authority is unable to do this.

'The UK and the US have repeatedly raised our concerns over the security of our monitors with the Palestinian Authority and urged them to meet their obligations under the Ramallah agreement. Unfortunately, there has been no improvement. We therefore issued a joint US/UK letter to President Abbas on 8 March 2006. This letter said that we would have to terminate our involvement with the mission if the Palestinian Authority did not immediately either fully comply with the Ramallah Agreement (which sets out monitoring arrangements) and make substantive improvements to the security of the monitors or come to a new agreement with the Government of Israel. As required by the Ramallah Agreement we informed the Israeli Authorities that we were delivering a letter in these terms. I have placed a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.

'The Palestinian Authority has consistently failed to meet its obligations under the Ramallah Agreement. Ultimately the safety of our personnel has to take precedence. It is with regret that I have to inform the House that these conditions have not been met and we have terminated our involvement with the mission today, 14 March 2006.'

The Jerusalem Post online report ...Mid day GMT. (See for more details)

"An IDF officer explained that at around 9:30 in the morning, soldiers at the checkpoint to Jericho noticed the US and British monitors leaving the city, and that was how the IDF found out that the monitors were gone."

FOOTNOTE J Straws Statement April (excerpt)

At the same time, six Palestinian men would be removed from the compound to a Palestinian facility in a secluded location in the occupied territories. Of these six, four have been convicted by the Palestinian Authority for involvement in the murder last October of Israeli Cabinet Minister Rehavam Zeevi. One is secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the group that claimed responsibility for Minister Zeevi's killing, and one is being detained because of alleged involvement in the Karine A arms shipment in January.

Under this initiative, Britain and the United States have agreed to provide a small number of supervisory wardens to oversee the men's detention. The wardens will be unarmed. Let me make this clear: it is the prime responsibility on the Palestinian Authority to ensure the physical security of the facility and the personal security of the United States and United Kingdom wardens.

A British scoping mission visited the region last month. An advance party of experts from the United Kingdom is due to arrive in the region this afternoon to begin to set the detailed arrangements in place and to satisfy themselves as to the personal safety of the wardens. The United Kingdom wardens all have experience of working in similar capacities with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

EDITOR

It is difficult to believe that this was not cooked up when Foreign Minister Livni was in Washington recently glad handing the Whore on terror. The incident has been contrived deliberately to convince the electorate of the need for firm military action on Gaza. It is impossible to believe the result will not be a right wing Likud / Kadema Government led by Livni and Netanyahu.

According to the Times online there was a gun battle, I swear I saw those prisoners driving tanks.

Jerasulam Post reports later ....
"While the forces were not deployed at Jericho's front door, they were on standby and succeeded in arriving at the prison compound within a matter of minutes after the foreign guards withdrew. Senior officers, including OC Central Command Maj.-Gen. Yair Naveh told reporters Tuesday night that Israel only made its final decision to act after soldiers stationed at the IDF checkpoint at the entrance to the Palestinian city saw the prison guards pass through."

Not well planned and co-ordinated then ?

Expect more of the same ....." some IDF officers predicted Tuesday that Jericho-like operations might need to be carried out now on a more frequent basis."