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Abbas Offers to Protect Mideast Militants
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas told hundreds of armed militants at a Gaza campaign rally Sunday that he would never abandon them and would fight to protect them from Israeli raids. In his presidential campaign to replace Yasser Arafat, Abbas is courting support from gunmen considered heroes by many Palestinians but terrorists by most Israelis. Israeli troops, meanwhile, concluded a three-day operation in southern Gaza early Sunday just as they began another operation in northern Gaza. Israel says it was targeting militants who fire homemade rockets and mortar rounds at Israeli towns and settlements. Three Israeli civilians were wounded in such attacks Sunday, one seriously.Posted by: Fred 2005-01-02 |
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