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Fatah Training New Force in Egypt for Renewed Infighting


[Ha'aretz] Avi Issacharoff - Fatah has established a new security apparatus in Gaza and is recruiting militants in preparation for another round of violent clashes with Hamas. So far, the "Special Force" has recruited 1,400 combatants, a thousand of whom have undergone military training. Palestinian sources say some 350 combatants from the Special Force were sent to Egypt at the beginning of March to train under the tutelage of officers from the PA and Egyptian army. They were joined in Egypt by several hundred soldiers of the Presidential Guard.
2007-04-02 01:00:00
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