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U.S. offers millions to strengthen Abbas's forces By Adam Entous
Tue Mar 27, 10:20 AM ET



JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States plans to provide $59 million to strengthen Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's presidential guard and support his new national security adviser, a long-time foe of Hamas.

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Another $20 million will help fund any future Palestinian elections, infrastructure improvements at the Karni commercial crossing between Gaza and Israel, and other non-security projects, according to U.S. government documents obtained by Reuters on Tuesday.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said the money for Abbas and security adviser Mohammad Dahlan was meant to fuel divisions among Palestinians and undercut the unity government formed by the ruling Hamas Islamists and Abbas's Fatah faction.


[I can appreciate backing secular Abbas, but I think the U.S. and Israel cannot ignore Hamas and a deal, in the end, should win the approval of as many factions as possible, and Hamas said they are open for a deal that involves the June 4, 1967 borders. The U.S. government, in my view, gets higher marks on dealing with the Middle East in the past year than in the beginning except maybe in Iraq]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070327/pl_nm/palestinians_usa_dc

[Octavius Hite]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Smells like...........Afghanistan circa 1970's

[jinju]

[Octavius Hite]

Cause jinju can't take it when someone throws it.

[jinju]

real classy....im reporting it to the mods.