Yasser Arafat evicted 20 suspected terrorists from his headquarters after harboring them for months. Palestinian Authority sources said Arafat threw out the Al-Aksa Brigade members early Thursday after hearing rumors that Israeli forces might raid his compound in Ramallah to nab them. The brigade is the terrorist wing of Arafat’s Fatah faction.
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