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ug. 24, 2006 23:58 | Updated Aug. 25, 2006 0:33
'Fox newsmen held by Rogue Fatah men'
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

The two Fox News employees kidnapped in the Gaza Strip recently are being held by one of Fatah's militias, Palestinian Authority security sources and Hamas activists told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

On Wednesday, a hitherto unknown group calling itself the Holy Jihad Brigades claimed responsibility for the abduction and demanded that Muslim prisoners in US jails be freed within 72 hours.

The kidnappers released a video showing correspondent Steve Centannin of Washington DC and cameraman Olaf Wiig of New Zealand dressed in training suits and sitting cross-legged on the floor inside a dark apartment.

The two were kidnapped as they were waiting outside one of the offices of the PA security forces in Gaza City. Until Wednesday, no group had claimed responsibility, prompting many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to speculate that the kidnapping was not politically-motivated.

However, the announcement by the Holy Jihad Brigades surprised most Palestinian factions, especially the Hamas government, which has strongly denied any connection to the abduction.

Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip have also denied responsibility, saying they did not believe that their followers were holding the two journalists.

But some Hamas activists in Gaza City said they were convinced that one of Fatah's armed groups was holding the two.

"Fatah has many armed groups in the Gaza Strip," said a senior Hamas activist. "Some of these groups operate independently and are not in touch with their political leaders. Our sources have told us that the two foreign journalists are in their hands."

Americans remember Fatah, is the group of terrorist that President Bush wants to give a Palestinian State as in Abbas is Fatah as in the terrorist holding the Fox news guys are Fatah.

Get it Fatah is Hamas and Hamas is Fatah and they are together and all want Israel destroyed and 6,000,000 dead Jews in Israel.