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PM Qurei flees West Bank gunfire
Disgruntled Palestinian gunmen have shot at a building in a West Bank refugee camp where Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei was speaking. Mr Qurei was not harmed but had to flee the Balata camp in Nablus amid more gunfire. An explosive device also went off, but nobody was injured. Militants at the Balata camp have expressed their frustration at the Palestinian Authority in the past. But this does not appear to be an assassination attempt. The incident appears to have been one more example of the law and order problems that plague the Palestinian territories, says the BBC's Alan Johnston. "This is the kind of chaos we do not want," Mr Qurei, who was accompanied by several cabinet ministers, said after the shooting. "They want to impose their will but we will not bend to them," he added. Posted by: Howard UK 2005-06-22 |
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