11.   British and Irish security sources believe that IRA splinter groups are now hatching a single strategy to break the peace process.

12.   But an Israeli security source said the arrest was only symbolic because Shami ran the political side of Islamic Jihad, not the military wing.

13.   But apart from some tank movements in the middle of the night, there was no indication of a full withdrawal, according to Palestinian security sources.

14.   Freeing some of these prisoners has made Northern Ireland a more dangerous place in the short run, according to British and Irish security sources.

15.   Israeli armored units also entered the West Bank town of Tulkarm on Friday night, reimposing a curfew, Palestinian witnesses and security sources told Reuters.

16.   Israeli security sources said the first arrests have been made in the lynching of two army reservists in Ramallah last week.

17.   Israeli security sources have portrayed Awais as a small-time criminal who had adopted the nationalist cause to lead a series of shootings and bombings against Israelis.

18.   No injuries were reported, and no one claimed responsibility, but security sources said it bore all the hallmarks of an IRA attack.

19.   Palestinian security sources said the same but Israeli ministers interviewed on television and radio declined to confirm it.

20.   Palestinian security sources said a CIA delegation headed by George J. Tenet, the deputy director, met Arafat near the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip.