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Arafat Sets Up National Security Body in Violation of Road Map


(Ha'aretz) Arnon Regular - With the swearing-in of the new Palestinian cabinet on Wednesday came a presidential order from Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat for the establishment of a national security council to oversee all the PA's security mechanisms, including the counter-security apparatus, the uniformed police, and the civil guard. The establishment of the council and the activities of the General Intelligence and Force 17 security mechanisms - forces that remain under Arafat and need not answer to Dahlan - go against clauses in the U.S. road map that concern a commitment on the part of Abu Mazen's government to unify all the PA security mechanisms into three divisions, all under the interior minister. In practice, the establishment of the council empties the new structure of the Palestinian security services of its content and derogates from the ability of Abu Mazen and Dahlan to implement security reforms.
2003-04-02 00:00:00
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