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| Palestinian president escapes assassination attempt |
| 2007-01-29 |
| (KUNA) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas escaped an assassination attempt last week, the Israeli Yediot Ahronot daily reported on Sunday. "Four large explosive devices were uncovered by Abbas' security officers on the road leading from the Erez crossing to Gaza, as the Palestinian president left Ramallah and was about to travel on that route," the paper said. Upon discovering the devices, Abbas' security officers instructed him to return to Ramallah. The explosive devices were detonated by sappers of the Presidential Guard. The assassination attempt took place while the Palestinian president was on his way to meet Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to discuss the establishment of a national unity government. The Israeli newspaper quoted Palestinian sources as blaming the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) for the attempt on Abbas' life. Palestinian security forces claimed last week that they had uncovered what they called a large network of tunnels at Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza Strip where explosive devices were planted. Fatah accused Hamas' supporters of planning to assassinate its leaders, chiefly Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and its member of the Legislative Council Mohamed Dahlan, a charge which Hamas emphatically dismissed as baseless. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 By the way, the Big Guys called a ceasefire. Which was promptly ignored, the shootings and explosions have started up again. Its great having folks you can count on, isnt it? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-01-29 23:01 |
| #14 LH, why ya gotta be like, all reasonable and shit? Excellent rant by the way. 3 1/2 stars out of 5. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-29 17:39 |
| #13 what do we want from Abbas? Nice words. Hes been willing to say nice words since 2001, since even before Yasser died. Attempt to do certain cabinet maneuverings to get control of the PA sec forces. Well, after Arafat died, he started doing some of that. Kick Hamas' ass. Thats been our last real gripe. Abbas is a talker not a doer. Says good things, but lets Hamas walk around with guns. Right? Well now Abbas' guys are in the streets killing Hamasniks, and being killed by them. What the hell more could we ask? What would a sane Pal leader look like, that would be different from Abbas? He should, like, attack Meretz and Avodah for being too dovish? He should give a speech about why Maalei Adumim is a grand idea? He should endorse Bibi's latest book? And you guys think I'm naive? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-01-29 17:00 |
| #12 Well Mike N. took care of point 2, who's up to take on point 1? ;^) Sorry LH I want them all to burn, maybe when they get down to the 8th string they'll find someone sane. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-01-29 16:28 |
| #11 well beat me and call me a liberal, Liberal. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-29 16:23 |
| #10 well beat me and call me a liberal, but if I have my druthers, Abbas and Dahlan wont get killed. But meanwhile a whole lot of thugs ARE getting killed, and thats good enough for me. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-01-29 15:29 |
| #9 How about a 7 course meal: a pizza and a 6 pack? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-01-29 15:16 |
| #8 MacNails, This is the cocktail party before the banquet. The first time they actually off A biggie, THEN we move on to the full 6 ccourses!! |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-01-29 13:04 |
| #7 Ooh yes please AlanC ! Almost worthy of a full-on 6 course banquet , but shrimps and martini will do fine . |
| Posted by: MacNails 2007-01-29 11:08 |
| #6 Oh boy! Is this another ratchet click on the Paleo "cycle of violence"? If they're now trying to off the really big dogs I say screw the pop corn. It's time to break out the shrimp cocktail and Martinis. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-01-29 10:27 |
| #5 Keep digging, boys! |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-29 09:18 |
| #4 Hamas season, Fatah season... faster. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-01-29 00:29 |
| #3 Sorry. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-29 00:20 |
| #2 Tambien mal, mescal. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-29 00:20 |
| #1 Tambien mal, mescal. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-29 00:19 |