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Fatah protests rock Gaza
 Hundreds of Fatah supporters, including Palestinian security officers, forced their way into the parliament compound in Gaza City on Saturday, firing into the air. "We demand the resignation of the Fatah central committee, the revolutionary council and local (party) leaders," the demonstrators shouted through loudspeakers as they broke down the compound gate in downtown Gaza City. Saturday saw the second consecutive day of protests in which thousands of Fatah supporters demanded the party leadership resign following the party's crushing electoral defeat to Islamist group Hamas. The Gaza protesters broke down the gates of the Gaza branch of the Palestinian Legislative Council, which had been reinforced following a similar incursion on Friday, but security forces inside offered no resistance. The crowd held aloft pictures of late Palestinian leader and Fatah founding father Yasser Arafat, as well as yellow flags of the party, while gunmen fired off volleys of bullets into the air. Posted by: Fred 2006-01-29 |
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