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  Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinian nationalists - Council on Foreign Relations
The brigades are a group of West Bank militias affiliated with former Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat’s al-Fatah faction and have been one of the driving forces behind the latest Palestinian intifada (uprising).
The brigades began in 2000 as an offshoot of Fatah, the secular Palestinian nationalist movement led by Arafat.
The al-Aqsa Brigades claim the deaths of women and children in their attacks are accidental.
cfrterrorism.org /groups/alaqsa.html   (1170 words)

  
 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In March 2002, after a al-Aqsa Brigade suicide bombing in Jerusalem, the group was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States Department of State although they haven't carried out attacks on American soil.
The al-Aqsa brigades are responsible for dozens of suicide bombings and many more shooting attacks against Israeli vehicles in the West Bank.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades have taken prominent part in July 2004 riots in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian officers has been kidnapped and PA security headquarters buildings and policemen were attack by armed gunmen [11].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al-Aqsa_Martyrs'_Brigades   (1436 words)

  
 Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Islam thinker : the Zionist occupation army withdrew today Sunday at dawn from the bone [ the old city ] in Nablus after the martyrdom of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leader in the West Bank Nayef crack father and 6 of the Palestinian resistance men.
And the French news agency was informed about the Al-Aqsa Brigades leader in Jenin his saying : the document that group prepared is considered the first of its kind it and includes conditions for stopping the operations against ' Israel '.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades
www.homelandsecurityus.net /al_aqsa_martyrs_brigade.htm   (462 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Middle East | Profile: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
The brigade is neither officially recognised nor openly backed by Mr Arafat and Fatah, though brigade members tend also to belong to Fatah, the Palestinian leader's political faction.
The brigade is said to have grown out of Fatah's need to be seen to be putting up some kind of resistance to Israeli raids into land that was meant to be under Palestinian control.
One of the Israeli responses to attacks by the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and other groups were the heavy attacks against the Palestinian Authority during 2002, which saw much of the authority's infrastructure destroyed.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/1760492.stm   (370 words)

  
 al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (Kata'ib Shuhada' al-Aqsa) emerged from Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction of the PLO in 2001, fiercely loyal to Arafat and the Palestinian Authority.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade organized some of the most gruesome terrorist attacks in Israel, especially during the escalation of violence in 2001 and 2002.
In that period, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade increased the level of its cooperation with other terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
www.palestinefacts.org /pf_1991to_now_plo_alaqsa_brigade.php   (542 words)

  
 Al Aqsa Martyrs Bridage
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades was formed as the military arm of Yasser Arafat's political party, Fatah, shortly after the outbreak of the Palestinian violence in September 2000.
Financed in part by the Palestinian Authority, it has conducted some of the conflict's deadliest and most destructive attacks on Israeli civilians, and was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. in 2002.
Under PA President Mahmoud Abbas, the Brigade has been ordered to cease terrorist operations, although local cells continue to operate throughout the territories.
www.adl.org /israel/advocacy/glossary/al_aqsa_martyrs_brigade.asp   (229 words)

  
 Terrorism - In the Spotlight: al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
The ongoing allegations by Israeli politicians emphasize the increasing number and magnitude of attacks carried out by the organization, which may be the missing link between tying high officials in the Palestinian Authority, and perhaps Arafat himself, directly to terror attacks.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades emerged on the scene soon after the break of the current intifada (uprising) on Sept. 30, 2000.
The Brigades operate mainly in the West Bank, the stronghold of Arafat and the Palestinian Authority.
www.cdi.org /terrorism/aqsa.cfm   (1367 words)

  
 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade
Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade Council on Foreign Relations in cooperation with the Markle Foundation - Terrorism: Questions & Answers
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade comprises an unknown number of small cells of Fatah-affiliated activists that emerged at the outset of the current Palestinian intifadah (uprising) to attack Israeli targets.
After a deadly March 2002 suicide bombing by the al-Aqsa Brigades, the State Department added the group as a foreign terrorist organization.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/alaqsamartyrs.htm   (209 words)

  
 Islam Online- News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hamas, along with along with Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the al Aqsa Marytrs Brigade, are "a major obstacle to peace," Powell said.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to AFP.
Palestinian witnesses said the man was shot in the head at close range and later evacuated by Israeli ambulance.
www.islamonline.net /English/News/2003-06/15/article02.shtml   (858 words)

  
 Gulfnews: Palestinian PM's office attacked
The security men who were loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party, were later joined by dozens of gunmen from the Fatah affiliated Al Aqsa Marytrs' Brigade.
During the attack, Hamas MP Khalil Rabei was briefly kidnapped, but later released.
Haniyeh who is the prime minister of the Hamas Islamic militant group has ordered an alert following the rampage.
archive.gulfnews.com /region/Middle_East/10046648.html   (117 words)

  
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday that the latest spike in Middle East violence cannot be allowed to derail the roadmap for peace, urging Israel and the Palestinians to hold to their stated commitments to the plan.
In addition, Powell kept up the steady barrage of US condemnation of radical Palestinian groups Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the al Aqsa Marytrs Brigade and suggested that Washington would not criticize Israeli retaliation against them until anti-Israel attacks stopped.
"It's clear what we want: Hamas to stop it, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa brigades, all of them to stop it and both sides meet the obligations they have under the roadmap that they made at the Aqaba summit," he said.
www.middle-east-online.com /english?id=5961=5961&format=0   (631 words)

  
 SITE Institute: Background on Terrorist Groups - Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades consists of an unknown number of small cells of Fatah-affiliated terrorists that emerged at the outset of the current intifadah to attack Israeli targets.
In January 2002, al-Aqsa claimed responsibility for the first suicide bombing carried out by a female.
Al Aqsa operates in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip and has claimed attacks inside all three areas.
siteinstitute.org /bin/display_groupbackground.cgi?Category=Groups&ID=3   (144 words)

  
 Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Initially they confined themselves to shooting attacks and planting side charges to blow up soldiers and Israeli civilians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Today, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades consists of an unknown number of small cells of Fatah-affiliated terrorists that aims to drive the Israeli military and settlers from the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem and to establish a Palestinian state.
Al-Aqsa has carried out shootings and suicide operations against Israeli civilians and military personnel and has killed Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Terrorism/alaksabrigades.html   (207 words)

  
 Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
Arab terrorist organizations have warned Abu Mazen that any PA compromise on the issue of releasing terrorists would result in renewal of attacks on Israel.
"We will settle accounts with anyone who tries to give up on the symbols of jailed leaders, people who have fought with honor and never acted outside of an agreement with Fatah," announced the Al Aqsa Marytrs Brigade, Fatah's terror wing.
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www.israelnn.com /news.php3?id=76453   (349 words)

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