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Israel-Palestine
PA LEADERS DECIDES TO AVOID INSURGENCY BATTLE
2004-11-23
The new interim Palestinian leadership has agreed to avoid a crackdown against insurgency groups. Palestinian Authority officials said the leadership that succeeded PA Chairman Yasser Arafat decided that PA security forces would not be employed against insurgency groups that do not threaten the new regime. The officials said the decision was relayed to several Arab allies as well as the United States. "The policy is that there will be dialogue and mutual respect between the PA and armed groups," a PA official said. "In another few months, this policy could be reviewed."
"Assuming any of us are left alive, of course..."
Officials said the policy was instituted in an effort to maintain stability in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the Palestinian elections on Nov. 9. They said that during the campaign the interim PA leadership -- composed of PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas and PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei -- would not force insurgency groups to agree to a ceasefire.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Barring a miraculous change in attitude, I'd say that these Paleo retards are a lost cause. GWB would be better off simply ignoring them and putting his energies into more pressing and more important matters.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-11-23 11:31:48 PM  

#4  Sorry, boys - as long as those "hotheads" are running around loose, shooting people, etc, etc, you have ZERO chance of putting together an actual state (as opposed to a anarchistic thugocracy).
Posted by: mojo   2004-11-23 5:02:31 PM  

#3  Has any leader in Palestine, or the Middle East for that matter, ever taken Human Behavioral Psychology 101? Based on the 1st paragraph, I would bet not.
Posted by: Jules 187   2004-11-23 4:58:03 PM  

#2  Nah. They're good guys. Really. Just a little "hot headed" sometimes... like every five seconds.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-11-23 4:39:17 PM  

#1   was instituted in an effort to maintain stability

Of course! Makes sense! Not much sense, but sense. Like passing out of the single wing.
Posted by: Bill Peterson   2004-11-23 4:36:14 PM  

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