THE PA ADMITS IT, BUT REUTERS AND A.P. WON'T

Palestinian PM: Al Aqsa Martyrs are part of Fatah
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia underscored in remarks broadcast on Thursday that the militant Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades were an integral part of Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Qureia's interview with Israel Radio took place on Wednesday, prior to a suicide bombing in which a woman attacker killed two Border Police troops and wounded 30 people in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem.The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the Wednesday attack.