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| Popular Army Rejects Appointment Of Abu Mazen |
| 2003-03-10 |
| Source: Palestine Information Centre The Popular Army Pioneers Movement has rejected attempts to arrange for a ceasefire with the Zionist enemy describing such efforts as deception. The popular army, affiliated with the Fatah Movement, charged the Zionist enemy of hiding behind security meetings and meditators in order to prepare for storming cities and villages. The statement wondered how could anyone demand halting the intifada in the name of higher interests, reforms and rule of the law at the time when Zionist occupation forces were wreaking havoc in various Palestinian areas. The statement described such demands as a kind of surrender just for the sake of securing posts and leaderships. It affirmed insistence on continuation of the intifada, internal reforms, releasing detainees and strengthening national unity in their capacity as topmost priorities. The popular army declared rejection to the appointment of Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) or anyone else as premier to the Palestinian Authority especially those who turn their backs to resistance factions and the intifada. The popular army also said that it rejected all those figures approved by the American and âIsraeliâ administrations. Abu Mazen in press statements recently called for ending militarization of the Palestinian intifada. I've never heard of the Popular Army Pioneers Movement, and neither has Google. Wonder if it was formed specifically to oppose Abbas? Or if it's a minigroup pulled out of the background noise for the same reason? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Sounds like a chance for the hot-heads in Fatah to oppose Abbas (who would be the heir apparent, I guess?) without exposing themselves or joining Hamas or IJ...hell, it could even be a Arafat stunt to keep from giving too much power to Abbas (now that I wrote that, it sounds more Arafat-like...) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-10 21:47:53 |