Whittier
19-07-2004, 06:15
Civil War has erupted in Palestine today and Whittier is very concerned about the situation on the ground. Based on this report.
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Militants sacked and burned Palestinian government offices Sunday, the latest sign of growing anger over Yasser Arafat’s decision to reach into his old guard and choose a loyalist relative as his new security chief.
The divide between the two sides centered on the appointment of Moussa Arafat, Arafat’s cousin, as the new head of Palestinian security. Many Palestinians rejected him as a symbol of corruption and cronyism, propelling long-held dissatisfaction into the open.
At least 12 Palestinians were wounded in fighting between Palestinian militants and security forces loyal to Moussa Arafat as a gunbattle raged in the southern Gaza Strip. Medics in Rafah said 12 people had been brought to the hospital with wounds from the gunbattle at the town’s military intelligence compound. At least one person was in critical condition, they said.
A reporter for Nationstates Network News was shot dead by the insurgents.
His camera man is being treated for serious injuries at Bethlehem hospital.
Dozens of masked gunmen marched through the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza after sundown Sunday, chanting, “No to Moussa Arafat! Yes to reform!”
The unrest began after Arafat decreed a consolidation of about a dozen disparate security branches into three services — a key element of reform that the United States and Egypt have said would be necessary to revive deadlocked peace efforts.
But the Palestinian leader defied international peacemakers by declining to put the security forces under the control of the Cabinet, and by tapping Moussa Arafat for the top security post.
Protesting the appointment, militants broke into a building of the Palestinian Authority in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis early Sunday and burned two offices. A security guard was wounded in a gunfight.
Hundreds of Palestinians, many of them carrying assault rifles, demonstrated in Gaza’s streets against Moussa Arafat.
The appointment deepened the rift between Arafat’s generation, which led the Palestinian struggle from exile for decades, and young Palestinians who lived under Israeli occupation and now accuse the old guard of corruption and monopolizing power.
There is constant gunfire on the streets of Palestine as rebels seek to overthrow Arafat's corrupt regime.
In response to these developments, Whittier is sending 120,000 troops back to Israel, to enter Palestine and quell the civil war. It is our goal to restore peace and stability to the area.
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Militants sacked and burned Palestinian government offices Sunday, the latest sign of growing anger over Yasser Arafat’s decision to reach into his old guard and choose a loyalist relative as his new security chief.
The divide between the two sides centered on the appointment of Moussa Arafat, Arafat’s cousin, as the new head of Palestinian security. Many Palestinians rejected him as a symbol of corruption and cronyism, propelling long-held dissatisfaction into the open.
At least 12 Palestinians were wounded in fighting between Palestinian militants and security forces loyal to Moussa Arafat as a gunbattle raged in the southern Gaza Strip. Medics in Rafah said 12 people had been brought to the hospital with wounds from the gunbattle at the town’s military intelligence compound. At least one person was in critical condition, they said.
A reporter for Nationstates Network News was shot dead by the insurgents.
His camera man is being treated for serious injuries at Bethlehem hospital.
Dozens of masked gunmen marched through the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza after sundown Sunday, chanting, “No to Moussa Arafat! Yes to reform!”
The unrest began after Arafat decreed a consolidation of about a dozen disparate security branches into three services — a key element of reform that the United States and Egypt have said would be necessary to revive deadlocked peace efforts.
But the Palestinian leader defied international peacemakers by declining to put the security forces under the control of the Cabinet, and by tapping Moussa Arafat for the top security post.
Protesting the appointment, militants broke into a building of the Palestinian Authority in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis early Sunday and burned two offices. A security guard was wounded in a gunfight.
Hundreds of Palestinians, many of them carrying assault rifles, demonstrated in Gaza’s streets against Moussa Arafat.
The appointment deepened the rift between Arafat’s generation, which led the Palestinian struggle from exile for decades, and young Palestinians who lived under Israeli occupation and now accuse the old guard of corruption and monopolizing power.
There is constant gunfire on the streets of Palestine as rebels seek to overthrow Arafat's corrupt regime.
In response to these developments, Whittier is sending 120,000 troops back to Israel, to enter Palestine and quell the civil war. It is our goal to restore peace and stability to the area.