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| Hamas says Abbas wants war |
| 2006-12-16 |
| "We suppose you realize: This means war!" A senior Hamas official has accused the Palestinian president and leader of Fatah of starting a war after his security forces opened fire on a Hamas rally in the West Bank and firefights broke out in Gaza. At least 32 Hamas supporters in Ramallah were wounded by gunfire from Mahmoud Abbas's forces on Friday, hospital officials said. Several were in critical condition. As the fighting started in the West Bank, Hamas and Fatah forces in Gaza started exchanging fire on the streets. Outside Ramallah's main mosque, Hamas supporters taunted Abbas's security forces, saying: "You look like Israeli soldiers. You are spies." Dressed in riot gear, the Fatah-dominated forces used clubs and rifle-butts to beat back the Hamas demonstrators before shooting broke out. The mosque was damaged. Meanwhile, Khalil al-Hayya, the head of Hamas's faction in parliament, told 100,000 of the movement's supporters in Gaza City: "What a war Mahmoud Abbas you are launching, first against God, and then against Hamas." Ismail Haniya, the prime minister and leader of Hamas, was more conciliatory at the rally, appealing for "national unity", but stopping short of explicitly calling for calm as he had during previous spikes in internal fighting. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 On the dinosaur media, I keep hearing about how the Palestinian thug on Palestinian thug violence is bad for Israel. Bad for Israel? The Dinosaur Media, gotta love 'em. |
| Posted by: Elmeremp Spise5329 2006-12-16 22:19 |
| #5 On the dinosaur media, I keep hearing about how the Palestinian thug on Palestinian thug violence is bad for Israel. Bad for Israel? The Dinosaur Media, gotta love 'em. |
| Posted by: Elmeremp Spise5329 2006-12-16 22:17 |
| #4 If this open warfare continues, the French will capture the nearest underground Hamas bunkers to ride out the storm. When above ground microphones indicate all firing has ceased for 3 consecutive days, they will resurface. Their real problem will be keeping all the other UN groups from over running them and crowding them out. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-12-16 11:34 |
| #3 Will the UN sit idly by and let the fighting rage or will French troops with blue helmets under a UN flag step in? These people might have finally screwed up so badly that nobody will even try to keep them from killing each other. |
| Posted by: Sleaper Thraviter2776 2006-12-16 11:05 |
| #2 At least 32 Hamas supporters in Ramallah were wounded by gunfire from Mahmoud Abbas's forces on Friday, hospital officials said. Several were in critical condition That's more like it. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-12-16 05:48 |
| #1 Aim Low boys they're riding mopeds. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-12-16 05:46 |