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In Era After Arafat, Islamic Militants Are Edging Into Power
New York Times ^ | December 18, 2005 | Steven Erlanger

Posted on 12/17/2005 10:02:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Arafat... kept Hamas... in line and out of power... he rejected proposals that Hamas join the secular Palestine Liberation Organization with up to 40 percent of seats, and he refused to give Hamas a share of power in the Palestinian Authority... specifically excluding Hamas and the other Islamists, like Islamic Jihad. And he cracked down intermittently on them... Abbas... has refused to jettison the old guard or to crack down and provide law and order in the streets. The municipalities battle is only a forerunner to the battle for parliament in an election set for Jan. 25... Abbas believes that the politicization of Hamas is a great accomplishment, the only way to moderate the group, and... the only path to genuine national unity... Fatah itself is splitting... between those who were Arafat cronies and went into exile with him and those in their 40's who grew up at home after the 1967 war, under Israeli occupation, learning Hebrew in Israeli jails and feeling excluded from power. Led by Marwan Barghouti... the younger generation has its own slate in the January elections... On Saturday, negotiations were going on between representatives of Mr. Abbas and Mr. Barghouti about how to rally Fatah around a slate that gives the younger, indigenous generation more power and retires some of the old guard. Shaken by the Hamas surge, Fatah is finally seeing the value of unity. Despite the threat, polls still show Fatah with an edge. So what would define success for Hamas in January? Forty percent of the vote could be seen as a huge accomplishment, even if Palestinian and Israeli analysts are talking excitedly about a possible Hamas majority. In any case, Hamas will have a much broader influence on Palestinian politics.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abbas; hamas; israel
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Arafat and Abbas

1 posted on 12/17/2005 10:02:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: Alouette; JohnHuang2; me_newswire; SJackson; yonif; Berosus; blam; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
Ping!

2 posted on 12/17/2005 10:03:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
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To: SunkenCiv

And this is new???


3 posted on 12/17/2005 10:05:07 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The worse vermin are winning.


4 posted on 12/17/2005 10:05:32 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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Bangladesh MP sacked from party for militancy comment [Anti Islamic Militants]
Reuters | 25 Nov 2005
Posted on 11/24/2005 10:06:44 PM PST by ncountylee
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528219/posts

Arab miniseries takes on militants
statesman | November 28, 2005 | Craig Nelson
Posted on 11/27/2005 8:16:06 PM PST by ncountylee
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529598/posts


5 posted on 12/17/2005 10:05:51 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
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To: clee1

Tagline of the year!


6 posted on 12/17/2005 10:06:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
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To: ncountylee

Thanks for posting those other two I just linked. :')


7 posted on 12/17/2005 10:07:16 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
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To: SunkenCiv
Abbas believes that the politicization of Hamas is a great accomplishment, the only way to moderate the group,

And Condi / U.S. St. Dept. shares that rather naive belief. Unfortunately there's no way to "moderate" Hamas and their terrorist cousins. Killing them is the only solution.

8 posted on 12/17/2005 10:07:48 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: SunkenCiv

:)


9 posted on 12/17/2005 10:09:41 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Because God knows that under the moderating influence of camelface, Islamic militants were kept in their place, right?


10 posted on 12/17/2005 10:17:36 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Warning: Adult language, but great message: http://foamy.libertech.net/noxmas.swf)
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To: SunkenCiv

Arafat was a bloody Terrorist


11 posted on 12/17/2005 10:21:13 PM PST by GeronL (1678 computer infections and still Freeping!!!)
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To: SunkenCiv
Arafat was an Islamic militant.
12 posted on 12/17/2005 10:27:05 PM PST by AZLiberty (PC run amok: "Happy Holidays", "Holiday Tree", next the Baby Jesus turns into "Holiday Baby".)
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To: SunkenCiv

oh yeah, the good ole days of the PLO. these people are insane


13 posted on 12/17/2005 10:27:59 PM PST by wildcatf4f3 (admittedly too unstable for public office)
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To: wildcatf4f3

The Times loves the pedophile murderer Arafat.

Because they are Israel-hating fags.


14 posted on 12/17/2005 10:36:01 PM PST by tomahawk
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To: SunkenCiv
"Arafat... kept Hamas... in line and out of power... he rejected proposals that Hamas join the secular Palestine Liberation Organization with up to 40 percent of seats, and he refused to give Hamas a share of power in the Palestinian Authority..."

It's pretty apparent that muslims need ,(and deserve), a dictator, it's the only thing that seems to control them.

15 posted on 12/17/2005 11:54:22 PM PST by TheCrusader ("The frenzy of the mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" Pope Urban II ~ 1097A.D.)
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To: Mr. Mojo
"And Condi / U.S. St. Dept. shares that rather naive belief. Unfortunately there's no way to "moderate" Hamas and their terrorist cousins."

It is sad that Condi/Bush, are so anxious to give away Israel.

Bush had to take down Saddam, because he was killing Muslims instead of Jews.
16 posted on 12/18/2005 2:21:54 AM PST by liliesgrandpa (The Republican Party simply can't do anything without that critical 100-seat Senate majority.)
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To: SunkenCiv

"Arafat... kept Hamas... in line and out of power... "

Is that why he got a "Peace Prize"? You're as phony as he was!


17 posted on 12/18/2005 5:00:34 AM PST by RoadTest (Religion never saved a soul - that's Jesus' job.)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking the keyword Israel.

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18 posted on 12/18/2005 6:15:06 AM PST by SJackson (There's no such thing as too late, that's why they invented death. Walter Matthau)
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To: RoadTest

I didn't write it -- as noted above, it was an excerpt from the NYT source.

But thanks for the kind remarks.


19 posted on 12/18/2005 7:13:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
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To: SunkenCiv

I apologize. I'm sorry. I should learn to aim before i shoot.


20 posted on 12/18/2005 8:29:12 AM PST by RoadTest (Religion never saved a soul - that's Jesus' job.)
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