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| More Paleo skirmishes |
| 2004-02-05 |
| Dahlan supporters attack police chief in Gaza, 13 hurt Supporters of Mohammed Dahlan, the former minister in charge of the Palestinian security service Supporter of Abu Mazen, fell when Abu Mazen quit on Thursday attacked Gaza Strip police chief Major General Ghazi al-Jabali and wounded 13 Palestinian policemen and passersby, two of them seriously. "Couldnt you have just slapped me? " Jabali, the senior security appointee of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, suffered light injuries. "Hey, this isnt supposed to happen when you play on Yasser’s side!" Palestinian sources said the attackers burst into Gaza’s police headquarters, got past Jabali’s "Nothing to see, keep moving" This was not the first incident between Palestinian security officials and Dahlan’s supporters. Dahlan is careful not to dishonor Arafat, Like being careful not to dampen the ocean but at the same time there is a fierce struggle between Dahlan and Arafat’s supporters in Gaza. Three months ago an anti-tank missile was fired at the home of the head of military intelligence, Mussa Arafat, the PA chairman’s nephew. sadly, it seems it missed. Jabali, who is very close to Arafat, was fired by Arafat in the spring of 2002 after being accused of corruption. He was re-appointed two months ago. The return of Jabali, a charismatic figure, is considered a threat to Dahlan’s status in the Strip. Gaza is Dahlan's old base of support, but also an area of Hamas strength. Arafat is relatively weak there. So any figure who can help him there, like Jabali, is welcome to him. So naturally Dahlan wants to take him out. Why now??? Anything to do with Sharon's offer to depart Gaza?? Perhaps instigating this sort of thing is just what Arik has in mind? |
| Posted by:liberalhawk |
| #6 Shots fired and 13 injured, no kills? Amateurs, how do they expect to win any kind of skirmish with that kind of marksmanship? |
| Posted by: Brainiac 2004-2-5 5:27:08 PM |
| #5 Major PR points if your people can waltz into rival's HQ,bitch-slap him some,then waltz on out.Since no one was killed,don't have to worry about Arafat demanding some humiliating apology.In a "face" oriented culture,Dahlan just scored some major coup.(Free multi-cultural referrences for those on the left.) |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-2-5 4:34:46 PM |
| #4 I agree. You have Ham-ass who are addicted to murder and cannot get to their favorite targets (innocent Israeli's) anymore but they have to have their 'hit' -- so they will go after their own people. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-2-5 4:17:26 PM |
| #3 Jabali, who is very close to Arafat, was fired by Arafat in the spring of 2002 after being accused of corruption. This is priceless. Arafat fired this guy for corruption. What, he wasn't doing it right? I think the infighting is only going to increase as Hamas and Hezbollah gain strength in the area, the wall squeezed the PA and funds dry up. This is gonna get more nasty before it gets less nasty. Can't wait. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-2-5 4:02:10 PM |
| #2 BBC has a report which doesnt mention Dahlan. Some Pals say it WAS an assasination attempt on Jabali by members of "gangs" others say it was a dispute WITHIN the security forces that got out of hand. From the Haaretz description it was a fairly professional raid, even if it failed in its purpose (but maybe killing Jabali wasn't its real purpose) This is rather embarassing, and they seem to be having trouble getting their story straight. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-2-5 3:48:27 PM |
| #1 There's a Keystone cops air to many things the Paleos do. You can't help but snigger when you hear some of the half-assed things they get up to. Then you hear about another baby killed in a cot or a splodeydope splattering real human beings to bits and it's not funny any more. I think we're only going to see more of this stuff happening up until the fence is finished, then the Paleos will start to rip each other up. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-2-5 3:38:21 PM |