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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas, Fatah battle over election results
2006-01-27


GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged fire on Friday in political turmoil as the long-dominant Fatah faction was threatened with a violent backlash from within after its crushing election defeat by the Islamic militant group.

Hamas, whose shock parliamentary election victory changed the face of Palestinian politics and plunged Middle East peacemaking deeper in limbo, said it would hold talks soon with President Mahmoud Abbas on a "political partnership." But Fatah leaders have rejected a coalition with Hamas.

The United States said it will review funding to the aid-dependent Palestinians if Hamas enters government and Israel suggested it could suspend customs revenue transfers, adding economic uncertainty to the political upheaval.
Posted by:Yosemite Sam

#18  Blinking 'fixed'.
Posted by: Pappy   2006-01-27 23:36  

#17  Laurel and Hardy are just standing there like spiffo's. What's the problem?
Posted by: D. Adams   2006-01-27 23:31  

#16  Logan's Run?

Jenny Agutter. I'm wired that way.
Posted by: .com   2006-01-27 23:18  

#15  or I'm blinking at exactly the same rate.. :-)
Posted by: Frank G   2006-01-27 23:08  

#14  Well, it's blinking in the main page, on the stand-alone page, on this here comments page, and in the list of topics on the right. Also, "View Source" shows it with a blink tag. If you don't see it, it's because you have one o' these newfangled browsers that don't support torture blink tags.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2006-01-27 23:00  

#13  It's just fine, if used sparingly. This article deserves it.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2006-01-27 22:09  

#12  The flashing headline is irritating, but Laurel and Hardy gif dancing is great!
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-01-27 22:05  

#11  I deleted the GIF with Adblock, reloaded, and the blinking continued. Fred has more than enough to do. Let's wait until it happens in at least two places.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-01-27 22:01  

#10  Static with IE....report to Bug Bin? Must be the animated GIF
Posted by: Frank G   2006-01-27 21:52  

#9  Headline blinking. Shows with Firefox.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-01-27 21:48  

#8  I don't see it either....IE?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-01-27 21:46  

#7  What "blinking text," spiffo? Where?

Can you be a little more specific?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-01-27 21:33  

#6  off-topic: it's been a couple years since my last comment on Rantburg, and then I didn't comment much. But, this new development violently yanks me from lurkerdom: STOP WITH THE BLINKING TEXT!!!!

Posted by: spiffo   2006-01-27 21:11  

#5  The United States said it will review funding to the aid-dependent Palestinians if Hamas enters government..

Funding might be a problem. Especially with this State Department thingie hanging around.
Posted by: Pappy   2006-01-27 18:45  

#4  love laurel and mr. Hardy, hi civilization.


Hamas and Fatah gunmen, just say no to cancer.
Posted by: RD   2006-01-27 18:38  

#3  Mooowahahahahahahaha!!!!!!
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2006-01-27 18:37  

#2  Could the world get that lucky Sock?
Posted by: RJB in JC MO   2006-01-27 18:14  

#1  Is it going to esclate into a full blow paleo on paleo war? One can hope this is under way.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2006-01-27 17:46  

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