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2006-06-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Banks freeze accounts of Hamas MPs (Cos Abbas Sez So)

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Posted by phil_b 2006-06-13 18:25|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I thought this was interesting:

"The prisoners' document talks about the establishment of a national unity government and I think it's a good idea. We need a new government whose head and members are independent."

An optimist might wishfully think they want to pull a Sharon and freeze out the extremists by forming the Palestinian KADIMA party.

Posted by Penguin 2006-06-13 18:52|| 2006-06-13 18:52|| Front Page Top

#2 While the dispute between Abbas and Hamas more than anything resembles an Olympic class p!ssing contest, it is sort of cute to see Abu Mudhen tweak Hamas' beak solely becase he possesses some minor vestiges of elected authority. Sadly, I'm confident that the lesson regarding cooperation and coexistence is entirely lost on Hamas, but it's still great fun to see them get rogered by their own kith and kin.

Posted by Zenster 2006-06-13 21:17|| 2006-06-13 21:17|| Front Page Top

#3 One of the ministers, Abdel Rahman Zeidan, said he discovered earlier this week that he was unable to draw cash from his account at the Cairo-Amman Bank. He added that when he asked the bank manager why, he was told that all the accounts of Hamas ministers and legislators had been frozen because of the debts of the PA government.

heh heh..hard to pay your snuffies if the damn ATM won't give you the cash

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-13 22:23|| 2006-06-13 22:23|| Front Page Top

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