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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20061015-112124-3268r.htm
Plan to Boost PA Security Seen as Political Intervention
[Washington Times] Joshua Mitnick - Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton, the Bush administration's security coordinator with the Palestinians, wants to deploy the Palestinian presidential guard of Mahmoud Abbas at critical crossing points with Israel to enable greater movement of Palestinian civilians and commerce in and out of Gaza. The plan will require an enlargement of the force and a reported $26 million in international aid. But some see the plan as a veiled intervention in the power struggle between the rival Palestinian political factions.