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Mohammed Anbatawi confessed to killing IDF soldier Oleg Shaichat. (Itzik Ben-Malki) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 18:51 15/10/2007 Israeli Arab member of Galilee terror group convicted of killing soldier By Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondent The Magistrate's Court in Nazareth on Monday convicted Mohammed Anbatawi of murdering IDF soldier Oleg Shaichat in July 2003. The panel of judges headed by Nazareth District Court President Menachem Ben-David ruled that Anbatawi, a 23-year-old from Kafr Kana, is also guilty of other crimes which he committed while a member of the terrorist group known as "Hofshiyei Hagalil" (Liberated Ones of the Galilee). Authorities say the group has been active in the Lower Galilee, and that its goal was to harm the security of the state in retaliation for what it terms "the killing of the residents of the West Bank and Israel's actions in the territories." Advertisement Immediately following his arrest on April 19, 2004, Anbatawi confessed to the killing and reenacted the events which led up to Shaichat's abduction and murder. Following his arrest, authorities released three other youths from Kafr Kana who were accused in the murder. Anbatawi then claimed that his friend, Mohammed Hatib, told him that four Palestinians were involved in the murder. At a later stage, Anbatawi offered another version to police, according to which Hatib is the one who murdered Shaichat. Hatib himself was killed in a gunfight at Beit Rimon Junction on April 18, 2004, after firing at a Border Police patrol. Hatib's accomplice in the shooting, Ala'a Moussa, a 21-year-old resident of the Western Galilee town of Kfar Manda, suffered gunshot wounds and was arrested. Investigators stumbled upon the most significant lead in the case when it was discovered that the rifles found in Hatib and Moussa's possession belonged to Shaichat. According to the language of the indictment, Anbatawi and Hatib hatched their plan to abduct and kill an IDF soldier and to steal his weapon during a meeting between the two on July 21, 2003. Both men travelled in a car belonging to Anbatawi's brother to a store where they purchased a cable used as a bicycle lock. They planned to use the cable to strangle the soldier they were to abduct. As Anbatawai and Hatib resumed driving, they spotted an armed soldier at Golani Junction, however Anbatawi hesitated and continued driving. Hatib taunted his partner, accusing him of cowardice. Both men turned the car around and proceeded driving towards Beit-Rimon Junction, where they noticed Oleg Shaichat. Hatib then moved into the rear seat of the car. Shaichat entered the vehicle and sat in the front seat on the passenger side next to Anbatawi, who was behind the wheel. During the drive, Hatib spoke with Shaichat about his military service. Anbatawi then proceeded to drive onto a back road. After Shaichat questioned Anbatawai about the unusual route, Hatib answered that they were driving to pick up another friend, even going to the extent of feigning a phone conversation meant to fool the soldier Bookmark to del.icio.us In Dr. King's shadow When Rice talks of a Palestinian state, she sees the black civil rights struggle in the South. Haredi satire How did Shas react upon seeing a cartoon in Degel HaTorah's official publication?   1.   Give him the Iranian/Saudi penalty for murder. 17:33  |  Murray of Montreal 15/10/07   2.   WOW ! 17:45  |  leon 15/10/07   3.   Two comments 17:47  |  Rami 15/10/07   4.   terrorist , (instead of militant) from harretz???? 17:49  |  Gabriel 15/10/07   5.   #3 Rami - Nazareth 18:47  |  * BEN JABO 15/10/07   6.   # 3 Rami 19:19  |  Reem 15/10/07   7.   to # 4: The same applies to jewish terrorist Yigal Amir 19:20  |  Rami 15/10/07   8.   He was good Arab, Israeli Arab, our Arab 19:46  |  Gennadiy Faybyshenko 15/10/07   9.   to # 8: Radicalism is never good 20:32  |  Rami 15/10/07   10.   Terrorist ? 21:01  |  Sean 15/10/07   11.   to # 7 , not ygal, but some jewish terrorist yes. 21:07  |  Gabriel 15/10/07   12.   Igal is a murderer 21:13  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 15/10/07   13.   # 11: I disagree 21:29  |  Rami 15/10/07   14.   HE SHOULD HANG 21:37  |  Poly Ester 15/10/07   15.   Rami 22:23  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 15/10/07   16.   #8 22:41  |  Leser 15/10/07   17.   #14 Poly Ester 23:02  |  * BEN JABO 15/10/07   18.   head transplant 23:35  |  dave s. 15/10/07   19.   Who`s a terrorist 23:39  |  M 15/10/07   20.   Not a Gazan 00:53  |  Scharker Yid 16/10/07   21.   #15,: if looks could kill...games without frontiers... 00:57  |  akiva (zionist) 16/10/07   22.   `When in Rome do what the Romans do.` 01:07  |  Maureen Ann 16/10/07   23.   re: Sean 02:12  |  Efox 16/10/07   24.   re: Maureen Ann 02:14  |  Efox 16/10/07   25.   re: Rami 02:16  |  Efox 16/10/07   26.   Terrorist? 02:53  |  Paulo 16/10/07   27.   GIVE THEM A STATE? GIVE THEM JERUSALEM? AH??????? 04:32  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 16/10/07   28.   How is killing a soldier terrorism? 05:12  |  peacelover 16/10/07   29.   #18 2ND TRY Maureen Ann 05:58  |  * BEN JABO 16/10/07   30.   Gennadiy`s Video 06:38  |  Art Skell 16/10/07   31.   A smiling slimeball 06:42  |  Yoav Naor 16/10/07   32.   Israel prison services need to 16:55  |  * BEN JABO 17/10/07

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