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Hamas accuses Fatah of revealing Palestinian "military projects" dpa German Press Agency Published: Tuesday January 16, 2007 Gaza- Increasing already-high tensions in the Gaza Strip, the military wing of the governing Hamas movement accused the rival Fatah movement Tuesday of uncovering "the plans of resistance in agreement with the Zionist occupation." In a written statement faxed to reporters, the Izz el-Deen al- Qassam Brigades accused a Fatah spokesman of revealing "military projects" in accordance with serving the Israeli occupation and "achieving ignoble political goals." The charge follows a Fatah accusation of Monday, in which spokesman Abdel Hakim Awad told a news conference that Hamas planned to assassinate senior Fatah leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas, by digging tunnels under a road leading to the border in northern Gaza Strip. The road is often used by senior diplomats, including Abbas, on their way to leave salient toward Israel and West Bank. Hamas spokesman Mushier al-Masri, said Tuesday that the tunnel had not been dug by his organization in order to "to assassinate Fatah leaders." Tensions between Hamas and Fatah - high since the former replaced the latter in power after winning elections one year ago - have exacerbated in the past month after Abbas called for new parliamentary and presidential elections. The president was reportedly frustrated at the failure of his attempts to form a unity Fatah-Hamas cabinet which would win international recognition and ease the crippling boycott western countries instituted against the Palestinian government. It was imposed when Hamas rejected western demands - after it took power - that it renounce violence, honour past Israeli-Palestinian agreements, and change its charter to accept Jewish state's right to exist. The repeated rounds of talks failed in part because Hamas still refused to moderate its harsh anti-Israel stance, and in part because the sides were unable to agree on the distribution of portfolios in the mooted government. Although Abbas called for new elections - a call Hamas termed a "coup" against it - he did not give a date for the poll and said he is prepared to continue negotiating a unity government. However, another round of talks failed to get off the ground Tuesday after factions did not show up for the opening session slated to begin in Gaza City. Kayed al-Ghoul, a member of the higher committee of Islamic and national factions, said the "opening talks have failed," and gave as a reason "the tense atmosphere in the Palestinian Territories." © 2006 - dpa German Press Agency +++ -------------------------- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
