Arafat to Consolidate His Security Forces

[drdon326]

Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia submitted his resignation Saturday to Yasser Arafat, plunging the Palestinian government into crisis, but Arafat rejected it, a top official said.

The resignation came as Qureia and Arafat discussed a shake-up of security forces during a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Gaza Strip. Six people, including the national police chief and four French charity workers, were briefly kidnapped in Gaza a day earlier.

Saeb Erakat, a Palestinian Cabinet minister, said Qureia told members of the legislative council that he submitted his resignation to Arafat, but that the Palestinian leader refused to accept it.

Qureia's resignation followed the announcement that Arafat was replacing his national security chief and his national police chief, in addition to consolidating the Palestinian Authority's disparate security forces into three services -- a key international demand for reform.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html?hp

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yeah...this time he REALLY means it.lol

[Jim Sagle]

1. Just like last time.

[drdon326]

2. And the time before that....

The worlds oldest non-jailed serial terrorist is like
a broken record.

[Larkspur]

3. Sharon is also a serial terrorist and he's not in jail either

And I'm sure many of my Irish ancestors who opposed British rule were also serial terrorists and some may have been hanged while others escaped. I guess it depends upon how one defines "terrorist."