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July 02, 2007
Spokesman of Group Holding Johnston Arrested
The Associated Press reports that Hamas arrested the spokesman for Army of Islam, the group which kidnapped BBC's Alan Johnston:
Hamas on Monday arrested the spokesman of a militant group holding British correspondent Alan Johnston, a move that could give it a bargaining chip to secure the Briton's release.
However, a Hamas spokesman denied any link between the arrest of the Army of Islam spokesman and efforts to free Johnston. Abu Khatab al-Maqdisi, he said, was arrested in a gunbattle.
Hamas has demanded that the Army of Islam, led by a violent Gaza clan, free Johnston, who was kidnapped on a Gaza City street on March 12.
Posted by TS at July 2, 2007 07:17 AM
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