The West Bank terror squad, whose recent detention was announced by the security services Tuesday, had been organized by the PLO, Fatah and the Islamic Jihad group in Amman. Its members had been recruited and trained separately in Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Algeria and Pakistan, according to security sources.
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