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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8941-2005Jan14.html
Israel Accuses PA of Complicity in Gaza Karni Attack Where Six Israelis Were Killed, Sharon Suspends Diplomatic Contacts
(Washington Post) John Ward Anderson - Israel suspended contacts with the PA on Friday after a deadly attack at the Karni border crossing between Gaza and Israel on Thursday killed six Israelis - four employees of the Israel Ports Authority and two truck drivers. Israeli officials also accused the PA of complicity in the attack. A senior Israeli official said the PA's Preventive Security Service "was to the best of our knowledge involved" in the attack. Assaf Shariv, a spokesman for Prime Minister Sharon, said the attack had been launched from a PA base. "Abbas knows who carried out the attack," he said. "There's a great deal of skepticism in security circles about Abu Mazen's ability to deliver a genuine end to violence," said Yossi Alpher, an Israeli political analyst. The attack "happened under the noses of Abu Mazen's own loyal security people, and they were not able to stop it or didn't want to stop it," he said.