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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38147-2003Oct16.html
Arrests Made in U.S. Deaths in Gaza
(Washington Post) - Palestinian police arrested several members of the Popular Resistance Committees, a group responsible for planting massive roadside bombs in the Gaza Strip that blew up three of Israel's Merkava tanks. A senior Israeli military official said that "all the lines point to the Popular Resistance Committees." He said the bomb used in Wednesday's attack probably contained more than 200 pounds of explosives. "This is their expertise. This is what they do all the time. These huge explosive charges come from their lines of production," he said. "I have no doubt that [the attackers] knew exactly what they were doing," he said. "I am sure some people in the Palestinian police knew in advance that this car was coming. Its arrival was coordinated through the Palestinian Authority...so there may have been some leakage from the Palestinian police."