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| Middle East |
| Looks like the purges are under way... |
| 2002-05-14 |
| Five masked men attacked a Palestinian minister near his home tonight in Ramallah, on the West Bank, after he got out of his car. Hanan Asfour, the minister for nongovernmental organizations, was hospitalized with what was reported to be a fractured wrist and leg and a cut to the head. Crow-barred him, did they? And so they begin... Yasser ordered an investigation into the assault, which may be linked to a dispute between West Bank and Gaza factions of the Palestinian Authority. Asfour is associated with the Gaza faction. Musa Abu Hmaid, chief of government hospitals in the West Bank, was quoted by Reuters as saying that Asfour, a former peace negotiator with Israel, was in stable condition. He said Asfour's bodyguard was also injured in the attack. "Peas! I said I hoped we could have peas! I was talking about dinner, honest, guys!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |