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An IDF vehicle spraying tear gas during the arrest raid in Nablus last week. (AP) Last update - 17:11 07/03/2007 IDF arrests 18 in Ramallah raid on PA security compound By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents and The Associated Press Israel Defense Forces troops raided the Palestinian military headquarters in Ramallah early Wednesday and arrested 18 fugitives who had sought shelter there, Palestinian security officials said. In the raid, some 30 military jeeps surrounded the building. Troops firing stun grenades and shooting in the air called on the fugitives to surrender, then entered the compound and seized 18 wanted men, the security officials said. Among those taken was Khalil Shilo, a member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent offshoot of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement. Shilo had been on the run for seven years, since the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000. Advertisement The operation came a week after an IDF arrest sweep through the West Bank city of Nablus. Troops also found weapons and pipe bombs, military officials said. The army confirmed the arrest of 18 fugitives, and said they were all allied with Fatah. The fugitives were suspected of involvement in shooting attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers, as well as attempted kidnappings, the army said. Most of the Palestinian security forces are linked to Fatah, and fugitives were known to sleep in the military intelligence compound from time to time. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Pot shots Hamas says Gazan rockets are not aimed at Israeli women and children. I'll be watching you Hezbollah says it will monitor Israel's civil defense drill closely.   1.   terrorists in a PAL military headquarter?? 07:41  |  vik 07/03/07   2.   Vik: definition of a terrorist 08:07  |  Violet C Hertzall 07/03/07   3.   Predictable attempt to sabotage ceasefire and unity government 08:12  |  Joe 07/03/07   4.   Lots of information being fed to Israel by Pals 08:33  |  PETER SM 07/03/07   5.   RAMALLAH JOE.What unity government?they are shooting each other 08:44  |  PETER SM 07/03/07   6.   KHALID The only incapability is cessation of Arab terror 08:49  |  PETER SM 07/03/07   7.   Terrorists are protected by the official security forces of the.. 09:21  |  Nadav 07/03/07   8.   Joe 09:36  |  Edifice 07/03/07   9.   "you would be amazed at the response from Israel" 11:17  |  Andreas 07/03/07   10.   great job done by all services involved 11:22  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/03/07   11.   #PeterSM Have you heard the good news? 11:25  |  Maureen Ann 07/03/07   12.   MAUREEN ANN.Better news.Independent Moslem voices.Where are they? 12:27  |  PETER SM 07/03/07   13.   #5 Joe 12:48  |  Willy 07/03/07   14.   Joe #3 14:49  |  JJ 07/03/07   15.   The King is Naked 14:51  |  Mike 07/03/07   16.   Bravo to the IDF 17:54  |  albert amato 07/03/07   17.   Joe - aren;t you jumping the gun a bit? #3 18:29  |  William 07/03/07   18.   Surrender in Ramallah 18:30  |  El-Birawi 07/03/07   19.   BRAVO IDF 18:47  |  ALAN 07/03/07   20.   To Birawi 19:00  |  Yakov 07/03/07   21.   my own brother was among the 18 arrested 10:51  |  imad 08/03/07   22.   peace 11:07  |  imad 08/03/07   23.   Imad 22:21  |  Helen 06/04/08

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