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March 14, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30034-2005Mar12.html?sub=AR

Hamas Election Bid Could Undermine Abbas

(AP/Washington Post) Ali Daraghmeh - Hamas, the major force behind a four-year suicide bombing campaign and sworn to the destruction of Israel, decided Saturday to run in the July 17 Palestinian parliamentary election, a move that threatens to undermine Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas, who is under intense Israeli and U.S. pressure to rein in Hamas and other militant groups, is trying to co-opt the groups, fearing a crackdown would lead to internal fighting.

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