I vow to become 30 again. And to grow my hair back...
The Palestinian security council has ordered its personnel to take firm measures to ensure law and order after the US increased pressure on it to rein in fighters. The Higher National Security Council, headed by President Yasser Arafat, pledged in a statement to create a committee to draft a plan to help ensure the Palestinian Authority meets security commitments under the stalled US-backed âroad map.â
| Yup. Forming a committee to draft a plan to talk about fixin' to get ready to consider ways to discuss doing something always works well. |
Still, it defined no specific steps to improve security less than 24 hours after Palestinian gunmen killed two Israelis guarding the Apartheid wall.
| Did anybody think it would? Specifics? Bah. Those are for infidels... |
In the West Bank city of Jenin, a spokesman for al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group linked to Arafat's Fatah faction, claimed responsibility for the attack.
| The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades are Fatah's armed wing... |
âThe Higher National Security Council has instructed Palestinian security forces to impose law and order in all firmness and to punish violators, in order to preserve the higher interests of the Palestinian people,â the statement said.
| "Hokay, boss. Us security forces'll get right on it. What's for lunch?" |
Palestinian sources told Reuters that US officials had delivered a list of steps it wants Palestinian security forces to take to shore up the road map. âThese include collecting illegal weapons, banning the show of power on streets, closing down tunnels used for smuggling on the Egyptian-Palestinian border and searching houses to collect illegal arms,â a senior Palestinian official said. In addition, the road map stipulates the Palestinian Authority must dismantle military cells spearheading a three-year-old uprising. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, who is expected to meet Israeli leader Ariel Sharon in coming days, has said he would not forcibly dismantle the groups. He is pursuing, along with Egypt, a ceasefire deal with them.
| And we know how well that works. Bill Murray, call your agent... Again. |
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