伊警方发现七十多具尸体、以色列要求接管西岸监狱囚犯

*伊警方发现七十多具尸体

伊拉克警方说，过去一天在巴格达各处发现了70多具尸体，看来他们死于正在愈
演愈烈的教派报复攻击。巴格达西部一辆被遗弃的卡车里发现堆挤了15名男子的
尸体。警方说这些受害者看来是被勒死的。最近的流血事件是三个星期以来大规
模杀戮行动的第二波，星期天在巴格达什叶派地区发生的一系列爆炸导致大约50
人丧生，200多人受伤。

伊拉克内政部在议会本星期晚些时候开会前禁止在巴格达内开车。伊拉克政界领
导人星期二开会，目的是就由谁主持新内阁的问题达成协议。逊尼派阿拉伯人和
库尔德人都反对什叶派的临时总理贾法里连任。

Iraqi Police Recover more than 70 Bodies

Iraqi police say they have recovered more than 70 bodies in and around Baghdad
over the past day, in an apparent surge of sectarian reprisal attacks.
In one instance, 15 corpses were found crammed into an abandoned truck in
western Baghdad. Police say the victims appeared to have been strangled.   The
latest bloodshed -- the second wave of mass killings in the past three weeks --
followed a string of bombings Sunday that killed about 50 people and
wounded more than 200 others in a Shi'ite section of Baghdad.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry has banned driving in Baghdad, ahead of the
opening session of parliament later this week. Political leaders opened
meetings Tuesday aimed at reaching agreement on who will head a new
Cabinet.

Sunni Arabs and Kurds are opposing a new term for interim Prime
Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who is a Shi'ite.

*以色列要求接管西岸监狱囚犯

以色列部队冲入约旦河西岸一所巴勒斯坦监狱，要求接管几名在押犯，其中包括
5年前下令刺杀以色列旅游部长的巴勒斯坦人民解放阵线的极端分子。在杰里科的
目击者说，听到了枪声和爆炸声，还说至少一名巴勒斯坦看守被打死。
监督巴勒斯坦监狱管理人员运作的美国和英国监督人员在以色列部队向监狱发动
攻击前以安全为理由撤离。巴勒斯坦权力机构主席阿巴斯谴责这次袭击，说要美
英监督人员对以色列发动的袭击负责。

这一事件的中心人物是巴勒斯坦人民解放阵线领导人萨达特，他的组织声称为20
01年杀死以色列旅游部长负责。

以色列临时安全部长说，巴勒斯坦当局表示准备释放萨达特等激进分子，以色列
因此采取了要求接管这些在押犯的行动。

Israel Demands Custody of Palestinian Prisoners in West Bank

Israeli forces have stormed a Palestinian jail in the West Bank to
demand custody of several inmates, including the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (P.F.L.P.) militant who ordered the assassination of
Israel's tourism minister five years ago.  Witnesses in Jericho say gunshots and
explosions have been heard. They say at least one Palestinian guard has
been killed.

American and British monitors who supervise operations by Palestinian
jailers, withdrew before Israeli forces stormed the prison compound today
Tuesday,citing security reasons.  Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
has condemned the raid and said he is holding the British and U.S
monitors responsible for Israel's assault.

The man at the center of the incident, Ahmed Saadat, is a leader of
P.F.L.P., which claimed responsibility for killing the Israeli Cabinet minister
in 2001.

Israel's interim security minister says moves to seize custody of Saadat
and other militants at the jail began after the Palestinian Authority
said it was prepared to release the men.