"The day after the Hamas election victory last month, 50 Egyptian military instructors departed the Gaza Strip as a safety precaution and because they judged hopeless any chance of training or setting up any Palestinian unit that they could control."
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=1868 Fatah gunmen abducted the Egyptian naval attaché to put Hamas leaders on the spot and derail their Cairo talks for a new government February 9, 2006, 1:47 PM (GMT+02:00) The kidnapped envoy, Husam al-Musali, is liaison officer between the Egyptian Embassy and armed Palestinian groups. In Cairo, Egyptian intelligence minister Omar Suleiman is conducting intensive negotiations with Hamas leader on an acceptable format for the next Palestinian government. He will no doubt demand Hamas show its authority by obtaining the captured Egyptian officer's release. This Hamas is in no position to do. The Hebrew daily Ma'ariv reported Thursday, Feb. 9, that Cairo had withdrawn the large Egyptian military mission stationed in the Gaza Strip since late last year. This is partly confirmed. The day after the Hamas election victory last month, 50 Egyptian military instructors departed the Gaza Strip as a safety precaution and because they judged hopeless any chance of training or setting up any Palestinian unit that they could control. Left in place were only three Egyptian generals and security guards to protect them and the Egyptian Embassy staff. -------------------------- 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/
