Byline: YOAV APPEL Associated Press
JERUSALEM -- Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers surrounded Yasir Arafat's shell-shattered compound early today while the Palestinian leader and aides were inside, expanding Israel's control over the West Bank.
Seventeen tanks were taking up positions around Arafat's compound and just inside at a helicopter pad. Israeli soldiers flashed V-for-victory signs and used a bulldozer to push stones and debris into a barricade blocking the entrance. Palestinian intelligence officials said 130 tanks were seen moving into the city and that Israeli forces had taken over Ramallah and the surrounding area.
Two Israeli …
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