...Known as Sayaret
: Matkal, the killer squad has murdered dozens of suspected
: Islamic freedom fighters, intellectuals and activists in
: recent years.
... "It's no wonder the anger of the
: Arab street exploded," says veteran UN correspondent
: Jean-Luc Bouchardon, who recently returned to New York
: after several weeks spent in the Middle East. "To
: Palestinians, an encounter with an unmarked car bearing
: four Israeli soldiers disguised as civilians means only one

: thing: Sayeret Matkal, the hated military hit squad."
: This special unit of the Israeli defense forces is almost
: unknown in the United States; its existence has never been
: officially recognized.

Some years ago while I was living in the Los Angeles area, an item appeared in the L.A.Times about the murder of a Palestinian national or U.S.Citizen originally from Jordan or Israel. The report mentioned that this man was some sort of Palestinian activist. Also mentioned were indications that the murder was a professional hit or political execution. Then, within the next day or so, either someone local was arrested or "evidence" was "discovered" indicating there were no international links to the killing. The first report, I think, mentioned suspicians of an Israeli or Jewish hit squad.

Anyone remember this?

vM