Dozens of Kurdish protesters stormed the Israeli embassy in Berlin after Mr. Ocalan's arrest. Three Kurds were killed, and at least 43 people were injured, including 16 demonstrators and 27 police officers. Israel denies reports that its Mossad intelligence agency helped track down the guerrilla leader. In exchange, the company gave him a new computer to replace the one confiscated by Israeli police. Now Analyzer and four others are charged with illegal entry into computers in the United States and Israel.
None is in custody, but each faces up to three years in prison if convicted.
Politicians face a March 10 deadline for resolving the dispute. Irish Protestants refuse to govern alongside the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party unless the IRA starts smashing its stockpiles of weapons. The IRA, while still observing the July 1997 cease-fire that ended 27 years of conflict, rejected such demands. According to the accord, all weapons must go by May 2000. The UVF expects the peace process to collapse.