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Documents seized during Operation Defensive Shield linking Yasser Arafat to terrorist activities
(Communicated by Israeli security sources)
April 15, 2002
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1. The following document is a letter addressed by the secretary of the Fatah Movement in Nablus to Yasser Arafat, requesting financial support for two terrorists on Israel's list of wanted terorists:
In the name of Allah the merciful and the compassionate
The State of Palestine
The Palestine National Liberation Movement - Fatah
Nablus Region
Date: November 26, 2001
Honored Comrade President and Commander in Chief Abu Amar [alias for Yasser Arafat] - may Allah watch over him,
Blessings for our homeland.
I request that your Excellency instruct that financial assistance be allocated to our fighting brothers:
Iyad Na'if Hassin Hamad
Maher Hussein Fayiz Miladi
Both are active and loyal members. They are members of the committee in the Aynabus branch in the Nablus district. Now they are on the wanted list of the Israeli occupying forces. Their financial situation is very difficult. They are entitled to support and assistance and I leave the matter to your Excellency's consideration.
May you be a commander and a symbol for our nation forever
Your son,
Secretary of the Fatah movement in the Nablus region,
Asam Abu Bakhar"
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2. The following document is a letter requesting financial assistance for wanted terrorists. The request is approved by Yasser Arafat.
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine National Authority
President's Office
Honored Comrade President and Commander Abu Amar [alias for Yasser Arafat] - may Allah watch over him,
Blessings for our homeland.
Comrade Abu Ala Qariya, we ask your agreement to make the following financial assistance payments:
1. Salim Shalabi, a former prisoner, assistance in the amount of $20,000 to complete construction of his house.
2. Nader Askhak, $3,000 for furniture and wedding.
3. Bassam Abu Garbiya, 642 dinars payment for his wife to study at university.
4. The student Ziyad Khalil Abed Alkader, assistance in the amount of $6,000 to complete his university studies.
5. 'Amr Hassin Kamel of the Tanzim forces - $4,500 assistance for wedding and repayment of debts.
For your consideration
The President's Office"
[in handwriting:] Assistance approved, $700 to each of them, Abu Amar
To the Finance Ministry for payment of the assistance
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3. The following document is a request addressed to Yasser Arafat for financial support for five terrorists:
In the name of Allah the merciful and the compassionate
The Palestine National Liberation Movement
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Fatah
Fatah
Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade
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Honored Comrade Commander Abu Amar [alias for Yasser Arafat], President of the State of Palestine - may Allah watch over him,
By means of our comrade in arms Nabil Amr, Minister of Palestinian Affairs - may Allah watch over him
re: Request for assistance
The comrades listed below are among the active members of the movement and have been very active in recent incidents. Some of them are wanted and others are imprisoned by the occupation authorities.
1. The family of the prisoner Nabil Hamad Mustafa Albirawi
2. The family of the prisoner Nasser Hussein Oud Abu Kabita
3. Muhammad Mahmoud Ali Alnajajara
4. Jamal Ismail Mustafa Kisiya
6. Bacher Khalil Shehada Alnajar
Sincerely,
Your sons - the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade
Southern District
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4. The following document is a letter addressed by the secretary of the Fatah Movement in Jenin to Yasser Arafat, requesting that terrorists be giving employment in Palestinian security forces:
State of Palestine
The Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement - Fatah
West Bank, Jenin District
[LOGO]
His Excellency, President Yasser Arafat,
President of the State of Palestine, May Allah Protect Him,
Greetings of the Homeland and the Return,
Subject: Finding Employment
We request of his Excellency to issue the appropriate instructions to the relevant authorities regarding the finding of employment in one of the security forces on behalf of the comrades whose names appear below:
- Ihad Ahmed Abd el Hamid Houshieh
- Ghassan Nasser Abu 'Abied
- Amr Lutfi Hassan Labadi
- Yousri Yasser Yakoub Farahat
- Muhammed Assad Aref Samar
- Imad Mahmoud Khameiseh
- Adal Ibrahim Said Abeireh
- Sail Khalil Farihat
- Wail Housni Ahmed
- Imad Hassan Tahar Abu Ala
- Waseim Jamal Abdallah
The aforementioned comrades are the progidal sons of the Fatah organization in al-Yamoun / Jenin. They have spent time in the prisons of the occupation authorities. They are suffering from dire financial circumstances. Each of them are among those who have been wounded or have become casualties in the course of the blessed Intifada.
Forever you shall be the commander and the pathfinder of the homeland and the people.
The matter is subject to your consideration. In you we have placed our faith and hope.
12/9/2000 The Fatah Movement - al-Yamoun
The West Bank - Jenin PO Box 87 Telphone: XXXXX - XXXXX
[Handwritten note on bottom margin]
The Supreme Committee of the Fatah Movement, Comrade Marwan Barghouti
[Handwritten note on left margin - identified as Arafat's writing]
To [PA General Security Forces Commander] Al-Mejaida, Haj Khatloum, [General Security Forces - Gaza Commander] Haj Ismail
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[Handwritten note attached to document:]
To the Brother, Comrade in Arms, General [Bashir] Nafa Abu al Walid [PA Special Forces Commander].
Greeting of Palestine
Re: The Employment of the Following Individuals in Your Distinguished Security Force
The names:
Ihad Ahmed Abd el Hamid Houshiyeh
Imad Mahmoud Khameiseh
Heartfelt thanks. We have already spoken in the past in their regard, and you requested of me a letter from the Chairman [Arafat] in this regard. Attached is the letter, and I am convinced that you are one of those fighters who does not forget those who have fought.
I convey to you my highest regards,
Your brother, Maazen Abu al Hassan - al Yamoun - Jenin
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5. The following letter, from the Secretary General of the Tulkarm Fatah office to Arafat, requests funds for a list of Tanzim terrorists involved in the planning and execution of suicide attacks. The letter is forwarded to Arafat by Marwan Barghouti. Arafat personally approves the payment of 800 dollars to each terrorist:
The State of Palestine
[Logo]
| The Palestinian Movement for
National Liberation - Fatah |
The Supreme Committee - Tulkarm
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To Brother President Abu Amar [Yasser Arafat], may Allah protect him,
We request his Excellency to provide the sum of 2000 dollars to each of the fighting brethren listed below. The matter is for your consideration.
- Khaled Jamal 'Ourtawi
- Mohammed Fares
- Karim al Jilad
- Nidal Yehia
- Khaled al Shaker
- Ala al Din Adib
- Yousef Taleb
- Fares Jiyousi
- Jaafer Ridha Amin
- Bilal Abu 'Amsheh
- Hashem Jiyousi
- Hussam Freid Abd el Karim
- Bilal Abu 'Aisheh
- Hashem Shuna'ah
- Nawal Ashtieh
Your Brother, the Secretary General
[Signed] Fayek Kena'an
The Central Office - Tulkarm - Telefax - 09-XXXXXXX
[handwritten note near bottom margin:]
To the Supreme Committee of the Movement
[Signed] Marwan Barghouti
[handwritten note near center-left margin:]
To the Finance Ministry in Ramallah
Pay eight hundred dollars to each one of them.
[signed] Yasser Arafat 5/4/01
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6. The following letter from PA Special Forces commander Bashir Naf'a to Yasser Arafat, requests funds for the Islamic Jihad bomb-maker, Osama Birham of Nablus. Arafat personally approves the sum of 2,500 dollars, and forwards it to PA Finance Ministry for payment:
In the name of Allah the Compassionate and the Merciful,
To the Brother Abu Amar, President and Supreme Commander, may Allah protect him,
Greetings of the Homeland,
We request your approval for the payment of financial assistance to the released [prisoner] Osama Birham, who was released after serving seven years administrative detention.
Previous to this detention, he was imprisoned for fourteen years.
The matter is for your consideration,
Your son,
Bashir Naf'a
[handwritten note:]
To the Finance Ministry in Ramallah
Pay two thousand and five hundred dollars
[Signed] Yasser Arafat 27/8/99
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