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    • Tense siege continues at Lebanon's Nahr al-Bared refugee camp

      Posted by Sandyenglish

      The Lebanese army siege of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp outside of the northern city of Tripoli is now in its tenth day. Thousands of Palestinian refugees have flooded out of the camp after a shaky ceasefire was negotiated last Tuesday between the military and the Al Qaeda-linked Fatah al-Islam fighters entrenched inside the camp. Many residents, however, have refused to leave, despite the danger of a bloody showdown.

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      Fatah threatens to kill Hamas leaders

      Posted by Billbar from Reuters

      Fatah gunmen threatened on Tuesday to kill leaders of the governing Hamas group, escalating a power struggle marked by the worst internal violence in Gaza and the West Bank since the Palestinian Authority was created in 1994. Twelve Palestinians have been killed and more than 100 wounded in two days of clashes in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank between the Fatah faction of President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas.

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      Abbas: Fatah, Hamas agree to form gov't

      Posted by Billbar from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that his moderate Fatah party and the ruling Hamas party have agreed to form a coalition government - a move the Palestinians hope will ease crippling international sanctions. Later, Palestinian TV reported that Abbas would dissolve the Hamas-led Cabinet within 48 hours.

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    Jeff comments on:

    Hamas-Fatah to Implicitly Recognize Israel

    I think Hamas loses its base if it retracts this.

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    1:11 am 6/28/06
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