Gaza marchers spurn Arafat reform

[oldhat]

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3903755.stm

Thousands of Palestinians have staged marches in the Gaza Strip in protest at a new reform of the security services.
They said the choice of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's nephew Musa as public security chief would do nothing to end corruption or promote change.

Many of the marchers were armed, and included representatives of Mr Arafat's Fatah movement.

The reform reduces the number of security branches from eight to three, as demanded by international mediators.

It comes as an effort to resolve a political crisis within the Palestinian Authority caused by a spate of kidnappings in Gaza on Friday.

[geek tragedy]

1. This would have happened a long time ago if

Sharon and Bush hadn't made a martyr out of the old fiend.

[drdon326]

3. "The old fiend" ??

Some people here would take offense to that.

[geek tragedy]

4. I don't see much pro-Arafat sentiments here.

Pro-Arafat and pro-Palestinian are two VERY distinct positions.

[drdon326]

2. The worlds Oldest Non-Jailed SERIAL Terrorist....

may be losing his death grip on his people ?.....

I think we've heard this before.

[Malikshah]

5. Actually, I just checked.

Ariel Sharon was born in 1928
Arafat was born in 1929.

I know it's nitpicking, but... :)

The info's from www.rulers.org