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Armed men break into, disrupt Fatah meeting
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More than thirty armed men affiliated with the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, military wing of the Fatah Movement, Thursday broke into a meeting in Ramallah for West Bank leaders of Fatah Movement. The armed men fired into the air and threatened to use force to end the meeting, which they said was meant to divide the Fatah Movement.

The armed elements left the hall upon arriaval of large numbers of PA police, special units and preventive security elements. Hussein Al-Sheikh, who was heading the meeting, lashed out at members of the Fatah central committee, accusing them of masterminding such an attack, which he described as "barbaric". Hussein affirmed that the meeting was not meant against anyone or targeted division but pointed out, "We will not allow anyone to silence us".

"We will not remain silent while watching Fatah collapsing before us," he said amidst the applause of 1,000 or so Fatah members attending the meeting. Hussein said that he asked PA chief Mahmoud Abbas to attend the meeting, which he said was an attempt to evaluate the Movement and correct its path especially when the local and legislative elections were approaching.
Posted by: Fred 2005-03-11
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