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| War Drums Beating Again |
| 2007-06-22 |
| Fatah's Abbas is reorganizing his cabinet, sacking the thug in charge of Fatah's Gaza security. You think? The PLO is also offering to hold elections once the situation in Gaza settles down. As I noted yesterday, Fatah would likely lose those elections given the dissatisfaction most Palestinians have with the kleptocrats in charge. The Israelis may have to parachute food into Gaza because the situation really is that bad. And if someone gets injured in the airdrop? That would be Israel's fault as well. No good deed goes unpunished. Iran admits that it has been backing Hamas, but it denies providing weapons and then makes the absurd claim that NATO is providing weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan. This should be a surprise to absolutely no one. Iran has been pushing its agenda for the region more aggressively since it sees the US and Israel hamstrung by domestic opposition and is exploiting both a media that opposes the war in Iraq and taking the fight to the entities that are behind much of the fighting in the region - Iran and Syria. Al Qaeda may also be taking advantage of the situation in Gaza, as this editorial suggests... |
| Posted by:Omineck Clanter7729 |
| #3 "Fatah's Abbas is reorganizing his cabinet, sacking the thug in charge of Fatah's Gaza security" Say what you want, its more than the idiot Bush did with Tenet after 9.11. Bush gave Tenet a medal instead of firing him. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-06-22 23:37 |
| #2 Hamas could only have gained predominance with Egyptian support. Or if Fatah looked into the future and decided to make only a token resistance. |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-06-22 19:56 |
| #1 When Gaza was cut lose, Israelis claimed that Fatah had numerous times more weapons than Hamas. Hamas could only have gained predominance with Egyptian support. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-06-22 19:31 |