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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Quartet: Disarm Palestinian fighters
2005-09-21
International peace brokers have urged the Palestinian Authority to start dismantling armed resistance factions before a parliamentary election in January. But the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations stopped short of backing Israeli demands the group Hamas be barred from the poll unless it disarms and amends a charter calling for Israel's destruction.

Ministers of the so-called Quartet said in a statement after talks at UN headquarters that the Palestinians should maintain law and order following Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, a pullout completed on 12 September after 38 years of occupation. The Quartet, borrowing terminology from a Middle East peace "road map" it has sponsored, also urged the Palestinian Authority to "dismantle terrorist capabilities and infrastructure".

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said forcibly disarming powerful resistance groups would lead to civil war and that he prefers to co-opt them into the security services and mainstream politics. At a news conference on behalf of the group, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said: "Ultimately, those who want to be part of the political process should not engage in armed group or militia activities, for there is a fundamental contradiction between such activities and the building of a democratic state."
Posted by:Fred

#8  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said forcibly disarming powerful resistance groups would lead to civil war and that he prefers to co-opt them into the security services and mainstream politics.

"I am unwilling/unable to do anything about armed terrorist groups on my soil because I am afraid of a civil war. Therefore, I choose instead to make members of those armed terrorist groups mainstream politicians and employees of our 'security services'."

Now doesn't that sound kind of stupid?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-09-21 21:50  

#7  ...Mahmoud Abbas has said forcibly disarming powerful resistance groups would lead to civil war...

Lead to? It would BE a civil war, you twit. One you'd lose, and make clear to the world just what a useless piece of shit the entire PA is.
Posted by: mojo   2005-09-21 15:52  

#6  the next stage will be the West Bank

is it too much to ask for the paleos to do SOMETHING positive first? ANYTHING?!!

well, anything besides whine, that is.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-09-21 08:49  

#5  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said. "For us, the Quartet, it's Gaza first and then the next stage will be the West Bank, not Gaza first and Gaza last."

In the meantime genocide in Sudan continues without Uncle Tom Annan giving a f... about it.
Posted by: JFM   2005-09-21 08:13  

#4   ...the Paleos can't expect anythng else from Israel.
Other than some radar directed counter-battery fire and the occasional heli-zap.
Posted by: SteveS   2005-09-21 07:49  

#3  Until the PA gets Gaza disarmed and under control the Paleos can't expect anythng else from Israel.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-09-21 05:23  

#2  jules 2: Just shoot me-I agree with Annan.
Look up the enclosed.

Quartet impatient for more withdrawals
The world's leaders may have praised Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for disengagement when he attended the opening session of the UN General Assembly last week, but by Tuesday some were already calling for him to take additional steps.

"What happens in the West Bank is very much on our mind," UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said. "For us, the Quartet, it's Gaza first and then the next stage will be the West Bank, not Gaza first and Gaza last."






Posted by: gromgoru   2005-09-21 04:36  

#1  Just shoot me-I agree with Annan. Ew-that taste in my mouth.
Posted by: jules 2   2005-09-21 00:24  

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