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| Abbas forced to drop anti-Kassam plan |
| 2006-08-22 |
| Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was forced earlier this week to call off plans to deploy PA security personnel in the northern Gaza Strip when several armed groups, including militias from his own Fatah movement, threatened to attack these forces, PA officials here told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. Abbas had planned to deploy several hundred PA policemen and security officers in an attempt to stop the armed organizations from firing rockets at Israel, the officials said, noting that the proposed move had won the backing of the US and Israel. "Those who are firing Kassam rockets at Israel from the northern Gaza Strip are acting against the interests of the Palestinian people and are providing Israel with an excuse to continue its aggression in the Gaza Strip," said one official. "President Abbas has a serious plan aimed at stopping the rocket attacks, but the armed groups are refusing to cooperate." Last week, Abbas announced that the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip had accepted his call for a unilateral cease-fire with Israel. The announcement came after a series of meetings Abbas held in Gaza City with PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and a number of Hamas officials. Another PA official told the Post that Hamas was the only group that had accepted Abbas's proposal to halt rocket attacks. "The main problem we have is with Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, and with Islamic Jihad, which have rejected the cease-fire proposal," he said. According to the official, Abbas and the rest of the Fatah leadership have almost no control over the various Fatah militias operating in the Gaza Strip. "Fatah has at least seven or eight armed groups in the Gaza Strip and some of them are receiving financial aid from Hizbullah, Syria and Iran," he said. "The situation in the Gaza Strip is very problematic." |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 Yeh, c'mon C-low, we're talking Paleos here, they never pick the winning move. Ooo, money-making idea. Buy some Paleos a couple dozen goes on the lottery (any lottery). Observe carefully which numbers they choose, then select your own 5,6 or 7 numbers from the ones they haven't chosen. By my calculations, you are guaranteed a winning ticket! |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-08-22 17:45 |
| #5 ... at some point reality will sink in. That's a terribly optimistic assessment, C-Low |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-22 17:31 |
| #4 A government that cannot control thier own country is not a government. They are merely a organized group OF MANY that co-exist in a certian territory. "Occupied territories" West bank & especially Gaza have no single leadership no one controls that territory not Israel not the "palestinian government" not Hamas not Fatah. I think Israel should start forcibly removing and relocating the Paleo's from the border disputed areas first and make it clear that the process with continue until they realize its time to cut losses accept thier current situation werever they are at that time or they are pushed to the fringes and then over the borders into the neighboring nations. If those nations dont control them well then invade and restart process at some point reality will sink in. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2006-08-22 17:24 |
| #3 anything intended to stop killing Joooos will "spark a civil war" and can't be implemented. Enuf! Get on with the friggin Paleo civil war and STFU |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-22 15:57 |
| #2 Herd them kitties, Mahmoud! Yeee-hah! Get along little kitties! |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-08-22 14:54 |
| #1 Which all goes to show that Abbas' commitment to true and lasting peace with Isreal is a total farce. If the man had any dignity, he would disband the government right now and force re-elections while Hamas' elected status has caused so much grief for the Palestinian people. "The security chaos crisis is a general problem and is the result of a lack of respect for the rule of law," he said. Let me know when you all get that "rule of law" thingie ironed out. Maybe I'll stop giving a rat's @ss about your hell-hole life. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-22 14:08 |