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Hamas, Fatah gunmen exchange fire in Gaza
I NEVER would have predicted THIS!
Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged fire in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the first of many such gun battles since the Islamic militant group crushed the long-dominant Palestinian faction in a parliamentary election, witnesses said. In an effort to prove to the world that they were capable of managing their own affairs through civil discourse, at least two people were wounded in the clash near the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the witnesses said, describing the incident as a feud over the election results.
calling it the beginnings of a "civil" war give's 'em too much credit. more of an "uncivil" war
After the results of Wednesday's vote were announced, Hamas called for immediate talks among factions to discuss formation of a new government. But leaders of Abbas's long-dominant Fatah party said they wanted no part in such a coalition. Hamas's triumph in winning 76 seats in the 132-member Palestinian parliament against 43 for Fatah was widely seen as a political earthquake in the Middle East, triggered in part by voter disenchantment with corruption.
you get what you pay for
Posted by: PlanetDan 2006-01-27
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=140881