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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Palestinian Govt. To Dissolve; Fatah/Hamas War Breaking Out

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Abbas to Dissolve Palestinian Authority Government

Hamas Logo GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip ? President Mahmoud Abbas will dissolve the Palestinian Authority's government Thursday after fighting between rival parties Hamas and Fatah consumed the Gaza Strip and was expected to call for a state of emergency, sources close to Abbas confirmed to FOX News.

Other aides had said Abbas was also planning to call for the deployment of a multi-national force. However, Abdel Rahim made no mention of that in the news conference.

Abbas considers the Hamas fighters who have seized control of most of the Fatah-allied security headquarters in Gaza to be an "outlaw militia," Abdel Rahim said.

Hamas fighters took control from three of the rival Fatah movement's most important security command centers in the Gaza Strip, and witnesses said the victors dragged vanquished gunmen into the street and shot them to death execution-style... Story continues at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282195,00.html

Posted by Paul Anderson at 21:48.31
Edited on: Thursday, June 14, 2007 21:52.16
Categories: Military, Political/Diplomatic/Economic