Jan 28 2006
Ah, the Religion of Peace….
Here’s a surprise. Or not…
Fatah Activists Demand Change in Party
By SARAH EL DEEBRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) Fatah activists marched to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ compound, police briefly stormed the parliament building in Gaza and security forces clashed with Hamas gunmen on Saturday as the long-ruling party lashed out in anger for its devastating election loss.Fears over the future of the security forces under a Hamas-led government added to the chaos.
Most of the 58,000 security officers are allied with Fatah and worry that they will lose their jobs. The Islamic militant group, which won a majority in Wednesday’s parliamentary vote, has its own armed force of about 5,000 gunmen in the Gaza Strip.
‘The security forces will stay. Hamas has no power meddling with the security forces,’ Jibril Rajoub, Abbas’ national security adviser, told the hundreds of Fatah activists at Abbas’ compound.
The group, which included gunmen, marched to the compound in Ramallah and peacefully prayed at Yasser Arafat’s grave. ‘We came to you Abu Amar to forgive us for what happened,’ they chanting, referring to the late Palestinian leader by his nickname.”
Maybe it’s me, but I think maybe these peaceful guys with the shoulder-mounted missiles are praying to the wrong guy. The guy in the bottom picture sure seems happy, though.
January 28th, 2006 at 17:59 pm
“The group, which included gunmen, marched to the compound in Ramallah and peacefully prayed at Yasser Arafat’s grave.”
Sounds like a sane buncha fellas to me.
I know! Let’s give them lots of aid! Throwing money at these poor, destitute souls will help!