81.   Gauging by their actions, Palestinian security officials seem to agree.

82.   Four other members of the group confirmed the offers, as did a Palestinian security official.

83.   Hamad also received a nine-gun salute from soldiers of the Palestinian security forces.

84.   He accused Sharon of seeking to erase a distinction created under the Oslo agreements, which placed some West Bank territory under Palestinian security control.

85.   He has arranged to train Palestinian security officers at a secret base in North Carolina to increase professionalism and Israeli confidence in them.

86.   He met alone with Arafat for about two hours, Palestinian officials said, and later sat down individually with three senior Palestinian security officials.

87.   He said that the security complement of the town was eight men from the Palestinian security forces and six or seven policemen.

88.   He said the Palestinian security plan offered with the help of the United States was inadequate.

89.   He said he did not know which Palestinian security service held him.

90.   He was said to have been detained earlier by Palestinian security officials who suspected him of collaborating with Israeli military forces.