Hamas Gazumped
James Jones | 17.06.2007 14:29
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James Jones | 17.06.2007 14:29
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Hamas moves against a U.S.backed "coup"
17.06.2007 14:51
Israel to invade Gaza imminently
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/373860.html?c=on#c175900
Also:
After Gaza, some question who was overthrowing whom
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17443574.htm
"The U.S. government began to lay the ground for President Mahmoud Abbas to dismiss the Hamas-led Palestinian government at least a year before the Islamist group's violent takeover of the Gaza Strip last week. Western, Israeli and Palestinian official sources said over the weekend that, far from being an ad hoc response to Hamas's offensive, Abbas's declaration of a state of emergency and his replacement of a Hamas prime minister with Western favourite Salam Fayyad marked the culmination of months of backroom deliberations, planning and U.S. prodding...Many Western officials and analysts see the offensive as a pre-emptive strike by Hamas before Washington could build up Fatah. Hamas says it made its move against a U.S.-backed "coup". "(Hamas leaders) knew what was going on," one senior Western diplomat said. "They knew Abbas was going to try to establish his authority. They read it in the paper like everyone else." Exactly who was overthrowing whom is a fair question, said International Crisis Group analyst Mouin Rabbani... Abbas was told "Hamas is an illegitimate organisation and that they are doing everything they can to force it out of power". Abington recounted a meeting as long ago as July last year at which "(Abbas) said to me that the Americans were urging him to kick out the government, to form an emergency government". "He refused to do it because it would lead to civil war...Western officials said Abbas was able to move swiftly this week to form a new government because much of the advance work had already been done. In one closed-door briefing with U.S. lawmakers earlier this year, a senior U.S. official said Abbas could rule by decree for 6-12 months before elections are held. On Sunday, faced with a constitutional article demanding any new government be approved by parliament, where Hamas has a majority, Abbas simply issued a decree scrapping that provision..."People question 'How can the United States promote democracy in the region and then not support an elected government?'
Danny