Bail Denied for Palestinian Militant
An Israeli military court turned down a Monday request for bail by a militant leader who was snatched by army troops earlier this month from a Palestinian prison after a 10-hour siege. Ahmed Saadat and four of his alleged accomplices in the 2001 assassination of an Israeli Cabinet minister were seized in an Israeli army swoop on Jericho prison, action that triggered reprisal attacks from angered Palestinians. Full Story