The following are excerpts from an interview with Palestinian Authority
National Security Advisor Jibril Rajoub, which was aired on Al-Jazeera TV on
January 11, 2006.

*Clip # 999 - Palestinian Authority National Security Advisor Jibril Rajoub:
Marwan Barghouthi Founded and Commanded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades upon
Arafat's Orders
1/11/06

Jibril Rajoub: We were the ones who fought and who kept up the resistance,
sir. We never removed the resistance from our platform, and we never will.
As you know, it was Marwan Al-Barghouthi who founded the the Al-Aqsa
Brigades, according to a decision by Yasser Arafat. Marwan was the chief of
staff of the Al-Aqsa Brigades. Marwan and Abu Ali Yatta head the Fatah list
of candidates, and this serves as a message that has to do with the
resistance and the struggle. We have never had a dispute with Hamas or
anyone else regarding the principle of resistance. In all our agreements
with our brothers in Hamas and the other factions, we always insist that
resistance is our legitimate right. We believe that certain fighting tactics
should have been stopped, especially following 9/11.

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