So Abbas Caught Some Guys: Says They Killed Settlers

So the PA, headed by Abbas, caught some guys...

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – The Palestinian Authority has arrested several Hamas members for organizing and carrying out two recent attacks on Israeli settlers, a senior official said on Tuesday.

However...

The Palestinian security official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said that two groups had been arrested but did not specify exactly how many members of the Islamist movement were under arrest. 

And The Great BHO said...

 US President Barack Obama has branded the attack on two couples, including a pregnant woman, as "senseless slaughter," and warned about "extremists and rejectionists who, rather than seeking peace, are going to be seeking destruction.

"The message should go out to Hamas and everybody else who is taking credit for these heinous crimes that this is not going to stop us from not only ensuring a secure Israel, but also securing a longer-lasting peace in which people throughout the region can take a different course," he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branded the killings "savagery and brutality."

And a lot of nonsense to finish up...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said the September attack in Kiryat Arba, a West Bank settlement, was intended to "disrupt the political process."

Hamas, which rules Gaza, is opposed to the peace talks and is a rival of Abbas's US-backed Palestinian Authority.  

 Just some questions:
1) How do they know/we know that the PA caught the men for carrying out the attacks? Maybe they caught these people because they side with Hamas, the PA's major rival and winner of the previous elections in that area. Maybe this is purely political to say, "See? We want peace."
2) Why is this official talking on condition of anonymity? Maybe it's because the Arab populace will lynch him for catching their heroes.
3) Why don't we get the number of men involved? Perhaps so the story cannot possibly be disproven.
4)Why on earth  is the US[eless] President Obama saying "instead of seeking peace, are going to be seeking destruction?
5)Why is the above president talking about peace when he should be focusing on the deaths?
6) Why does AFP talk nonsense?