Friday 19 June 2009

Abbas's security informed him: they will not release any Hamas detainees


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[ 19/06/2009 - 04:37 PM ]

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Sources close to Abbas's office in Ramallah said on Friday that his security agencies sent Abbas a clear letter informing him that they will not be releasing any Hamas detainees because of any talks with Hamas.

The sources added that the security agencies said in their letter that it was them who paid the full price of Hamas's "coup", and that Fatah had left the security men on their own to face Hamas fighters in the Strip and that was the reason for the dramatic defeat of the security forces. Thus, the letter adds, the security agencies will defend their own security and will prevent a similar "coup" taking place in the West Bank.

The sources confirmed that those security agencies refused to release 20 Hamas detainees as a goodwill gesture from Fatah at the reconciliation talks that took place on Thursday.
Keith Dayton, who, along with other western security advisers, make the decisions without referring to the government's joint security council.
The various Palestinian security agencies come under the command of a joint security council headed by former President of the PA Mahmoud Abbas, but fundamental changes have been made to the structure of those forces under the command of US general

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