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| Palestine President says Hamas Executive Force "illegal" |
| 2007-01-06 |
| (KUNA) -- Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday considered as illegal a force affiliated to the Hamas-led government following a surge in internal violence in occupied territories. Abbas, in a statement carried by the Palestinian News Agency, said so-called "Executive Force" would be considered "illegal" if it was not merged with the "legitimate" security bodies. Abbas adopted this decision following security uncertainties in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over the past few days killing and wounding several people. The Palestinian factions had yesterday called on the government to dissolve the Executive Force, affiliated to the interior ministry. Hamas announced following Abbas' decision it would double the size of the Executive Force to 12,000. In a related development, an official in the interior minister's office was shot and wounded by unknown gunmen earlier today. Sources at the interior ministry said gunmen kidnapped Baha Suleiman, director of the minister's office, in Ramallah for a few hours. Suleiman was later found and had three bullets in his foot. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Suleiman was later found and had three bullets in his foot. Not dancing fast enough, I presume. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-01-06 18:17 |