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| Hamas, Fatah control map for West Bank | |
| 2007-06-17 | |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 I notice the map place Betheleham in Fatah control for all the good it does. If the blow up the Church of the Nativity instead of just using it as a crapper this time maybe we'll get authorization from Benedictus to form small groups and..."Safegaurd" some sites. Hell, give the Isrealis permission to set up temporary military outposts to protect the Christian Holy Sites. Bet a few dozen IDF snipers would love that. |
| Posted by: Charles 2007-06-17 08:14 |
| #2 The map is really not an indicator of a footprint of this thug's or that thug's territory. For the most part, this reflects the last elections, but generally, Fatah has far more boots on the ground, especially in cities, and controls practically all "security" outlets, as well as police, in West Bank. According to the map, Ramallah is in Hamas territory, but as you can see from one of the articles, it was a piece of cake for Fatah to discourage Hamas supporting government employees from coming to work. One may say they were given a pink slip. Of course, one should not underestimate Hamas and with some luck, quite a few losers on both sides may be not dependent on oxygen fairly soon. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-17 03:02 |
| #1 Bigger footprint on the west bank, especially, Steve. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-06-17 02:43 |