Two radical Palestinian groups based in Syria denied any connection with a series of apparent terrorist attacks in the United States today.
Mr Maher Taher, a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), said his group "has nothing to do with these explosions".
Mr Ali Badwan, an official of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), also denied any connection with the attacks.
"We are opposed to all acts of violence outside the occupied Palestinian territories," Mr Badwan said.
On August 27th, following the assassination of PFLP chief Mr Abu Ali Mustafa in an Israeli missile attack on the West Bank, Mr Taher had called on Arabs to "strike American interests".
But following a meeting with Syrian Vice President Mr Abdel Halim Khaddam two days later, Mr Taher toned down his call, saying it applied only to "American economic interests".
"By American interests, you must understand, this means economic interests," he told AFPat the time.
"We ask the Arab world to hit American interests because the United States participates [with Israel] in the extermination of the Palestinian people," Mr Taher said, referring to the Palestinian uprising against Israel.
Despite Taher's softened statement, a member of the PFLP excecutive committee, Mr Abu Ali Talal repeated on August 30th threats against US and Israeli interests throughout the world.
AFP