Hamas planning to move militia in bid to undermine Fatah

Hamas planning to move militia in bid to undermine Fatah
By Donald Macintyre in Gaza
Published: 27 May 2006
Hamas is planning to move its 3,000-strong paramilitary force into Gaza police stations in an imminent move which threatens to undermine the rival Fatah faction's control of the main domestic security forces.

Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian Prime Minister, made it clear yesterday he was determined to maintain - and if needed expand - the force deployed last week by his Interior Minister, Said Siyam, despite a clear previous veto by the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas.

The force was temporarily withdrawn from most Gaza streets yesterday after a series of kidnappings, shootings and bombings by rival armed groups which have claimed the lives of 10 Palestinians in all this month.
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