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| Middle East |
| Yasser fires Jibril |
| 2002-07-02 |
| Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Tuesday fired his West Bank security chief and the Gaza police chief in a major step toward reforming his security services. West Bank Preventive Security Chief Jibril Rajoub told The Associated Press that he had been informed of Arafat's decision. However, Gaza police chief Ghazi Jibali insisted the reports were "rumors." If they had booze in the PA territories, Jibril could get by holding up liquor stores. But they don't, so he'll probably starve once he's spent any cash he managed to rake off from clandestine arms purchases. Ghazi will probably just refuse to move out of his office in the hope it'll all blow over. At least Jibril's guys shot it out with the IDF; Ghazi's folded when Sheikh Yassin decided he wanted to come out and play. Rajoub is one of the most powerful figures in the West Bank but has had a falling out with Arafat. During a previous incursion into the West Bank, Israeli forces destroyed Rajoub's headquarters. He ordered the men inside to surrender, forcing them to lose face among many Palestinians. Yasser also pulled a rod on him once. I really liked that... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |