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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Condemns the Arrest of
Its General Secretary and Calls on All to Shoulder Their
Responsibilities<br><br>
by The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine<br><br>
Ramallah: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemns all
those who directly or indirectly caused the criminal arrest of its
General Secretary, his comrades, Brother Fu'ad ash-Shawbaki, and numerous
other militants of various patriotic and Islamic forces who were subject
to arbitrary political imprisonment based on American-Zionist dictates.
The PFLP declares that the invader forces committed the crime of that
arrest, as well as the attack on the Jericho prison and the destruction
of the Muqata'ah building inside, with the complicity of America and
Britain, as the officials of the Palestine Authority -- their minds
controlled by the fear of the Israeli response to anything that they
might do -- trembled and wavered. This followed the naive faith
they had put in agreements, even those under the protection of America
and other such countries. Ehud Olmert, meanwhile, sought at this
moment to prove to the Israelis that he is the spitting image of Sharon
so that he and his party might gain politically and in the coming
elections.<br><br>
The PFLP states that it had delivered an official memorandum in the name
of its Political Bureau to the Executive Committee of the Palestine
Liberation Organization and its Chairman in the presence of the Patriotic
and Islamic forces in which it demanded that the order of the Palestine
Supreme Court to release the General Secretary of the Popular Front be
carried out and stated that the PFLP took full responsibility for his
life and security. But this document was not treated
seriously. Nor was serious attention paid to the American and
British warnings issued on the 8th of March that indicated that the
Anglo-American protection of the prison was going to be lifted.<br><br>
The Popular Front declares that it holds the Israeli occupation and the
leadership of Israel and its security agencies responsible for any harm
that might be done to the life of the General Secretary of the Popular
Front or his comrades. It also holds responsible America and
Britain, which abandoned their commitments to protect the prisoners,
thereby confirming the Anglo-American collusion and participation in the
crime.<br><br>
The Popular Front declares that the battle to free Ahmad Saadat and his
comrades has not ended and would never end until he is released.
The PFLP, and with it all the patriotic forces, will continue to press
the Palestine Authority to carry on pursuing the case inasmuch as it is
an assault on its sovereignty and a violation of an abominable agreement
signed under a hail of bullets in the Muqat'ah in Ramallah.<br><br>
The Popular Front calls on the Patriotic and Islamic forces, the
organizations of Palestinian civil society, and all the forces for
freedom and justice in the world to continue to act in rejection of this
American-backed Israeli piracy and to press for the liberation of the
General Secretary from his new place of imprisonment.<br><br>
The Popular Front declares that this crime will in no way reduce its
will, which has been baptized in the blood of the martyrs and is
experienced in the ways of struggle. Its response to the crime will
be painful. The PFLP calls for an end to depending on illusions
connected with agreements that are violated before their ink is
dry. The flimsy excuse that the continued confinement of the
General Secretary and his comrades was for their protection has been torn
apart by the treads of tanks and bulldozers. Protecting him outside
the prison would have been easier than leaving him inside the facility
where at every minute he could be targeted for death.<br><br>
The Popular Front concludes its declaration by appealing for an end to
pinning hopes on the promises of America and others that yield nothing
but temporary, transitional agreements that bring us back to the Oslo
whirlpool. The PFLP calls for a continuation of the comprehensive
Palestinian national dialogue aimed at strengthening national unity on
clear and deeply rooted bases that bolster the steadfastness and
resistance of our people. It also calls for the establishment of a
patriotic coalition government and for the rebuilding of the Palestine
Liberation Organization on democratic bases and with the participation of
all, inasmuch as it is the supreme authority of our people and their
sole, legal representative wherever they are located.<br><br>
15 March 2006.<br><br>
Arabic original at
<a href="http://www.pflp.net/" eudora="autourl">www.pflp.net</a>.<br><br>
The English translation was provided by Muhammad Abu Nasr. <br>
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