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| Middle East |
| Palestinian groups talk peace |
| 2003-01-26 |
| Palestinian factions including Hamas have begun talks in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on an Egyptian plan to end attacks against Israeli civilians. Khaled Mashaal, the head of Hamas's political bureau, arrived for the meeting on Friday after speculation about who would attend. About 10 groups ranging from Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah movement to Marxist and Islamist groups are now believed to be represented. But Hamas and another militant group, Islamic Jihad, said earlier that they would reject the Egyptian peace plan and were only interested in Palestinian political issues at the talks. Only Fatah has endorsed the truce proposal so far. Pretty clumsy version of "good cop-bad cop". Hamas can always be counted on to call for blood. So all this amounts to is more talk... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |