"Their spokesmen issue reasonable-sounding statements like Mussa Abu Marzuk, who Monday, Feb. 6, promised to honor previously signed agreements, but then reversed himself with a qualifier - "only if they suit our interests."
Marzuk sounds just like CICBush43 signing legislation into law requiring him to do (or not do as with torture) certain things, and right afterward issuing a signing statement saying he would only comply with the law he just signed if it was in his interest to do so. David Bier http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1142 Good Hamas, Bad Hamas DEBKAfile Exclusive Report February 6, 2006, 7:49 PM (GMT+02:00) Hamas leaders are laying down a smoke screen of contradictory statements to lower resistance in the West and Israel to their forthcoming formation of a new Palestinian government. Their spokesmen issue reasonable-sounding statements like Mussa Abu Marzuk, who Monday, Feb. 6, promised to honor previously signed agreements, but then reversed himself with a qualifier - "only if they suit our interests." Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is going along with this tactic. While pretending to lay down conditions for Hamas to lead a government, he is in fact giving way to Hamas demands. The concessions he is in the process of making to the Islamic terrorists contradict his pledges to US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, King Abdullah of Jordan and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak last week to make Hamas recognize Israel and disarm before entrusting the terrorist group with government. Palestinian and intelligence sources have revealed to DEBKAfile the demands Abu Mazen faced when he met Hamas leaders Mahmoud a-Zahar and Ismail Haniya in Gaza Saturday, Feb. 4. They want the civil affairs portfolio held by Mohammad Dahlan because it controls Palestinian exchanges with Israeli officials on a whole gamut of issues from coordination on civic affairs to day-to-day problems. They also want the interior ministry with the Palestinian police and the preventive intelligence services. A-Zahar said Hamas would merge the two ministries. The handover of Dahlan's functions and management of Palestinian relations with Israel would place Jerusalem in the position of willy-nilly dealing with Hamas, laying out funds to meet Palestinian needs and cutting out any other Palestinian contacts. Even Abu Mazen would find himself upstaged. The two amalgamated ministries would be the most powerful body in the Palestinian Authority, which is why Hamas is willing to forego control of all other Palestinian security and intelligence services and leave them to Abu Mazen. Once all the Palestinian police stations and every branch of Preventive Security are in Hamas hands, the Islamic group will attain two objectives: direct control of the Palestinian and the breakup of the power bases supporting the two Fatah strongmen, Dahlan and Jibril Rajoub. The plan is to finish these two long-ruling officials for good. The new rulers will also have the tools for controlling West Bank traffic arteries in the areas under Palestinian rule and the C zones where Israel has the say on security. It will be in Hamas's power to create daily friction with Israel military and police forces on the spot and Israel inhabitants. All three will have no choice but to do business with Hamas in order to make life bearable. The Gaza-based Hamas leaders fly to Cairo to meet their Damascus-based superiors to plot their next steps. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
