Abbas's forces seek to boost their firepower
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JERUSALEM -- Security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are seeking Israeli permission to import anti tank missiles, grenades, and other weapons in their battle against Hamas, Israeli and Palestinian security officials said yesterday.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faces  a crucial test of his new leadership on Tuesday when he visits  Gaza to try to persuade militants defying his calls for calm to  agree to cease attacks on Israel.
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GAZA, JanGAZA, Jan. 26  - Palestinian  security forces began deploying in southern Gaza Wednesday to  halt militant attacks on Israelis under orders from new  moderate President Mahmoud Abbas, witnesses said.
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The Palestinians' likely next President hopes to take on the militants--and Arafat's legacy
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Palestinian security chiefs met Israeli  generals Tuesday to win approval to take over wider areas of  Gaza, solidify a de facto cease-fire and help new President  Mahmoud Abbas launch peace talks with Israel.
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Islamist groups are vying for influence in Gaza in a race to fill the security vacuum created by fighting between Fatah and Hamas.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader campaigning to succeed Yasser Arafat in elections next month, said in an interview Tuesday that the 4-year-old armed
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Washington hoped to neutralize Hamas by strengthening Abbas. But the rout in Gaza has left that strategy in shreds
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The United States will expand assistance to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to include about 8,500 members of his national security forces and possibly 1,000 Fatah fighters based in Jordan, U.S. documents show.
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Palestinian security chiefs hoped to win  an Israeli go-ahead Tuesday to take over wider areas of Gaza to  solidify a de facto cease-fire and help new President Mahmoud  Abbas launch peace talks with Israel.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian presidency, campaigned today in the Jenin refugee camp, where he was lifted onto the shoulders of gunmen and
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A day after firing his top security commanders, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas headed to the Gaza Strip on Friday to demand that militant leaders stop attacking Israelis, a strong sign of his determination to enforce a fragile truce with Israel.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that he wants to shield Palestinian militants from Israel.
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Security forces from the Hamas Islamist movement took up positions in the Gaza Strip on Friday ahead of possible rallies by the rival Fatah faction, in defiance of a ban imposed after clashes in recent weeks.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas must patch up differences in his influential Fatah group if he hopes to check the growing power of Islamic militants opposed
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A gunbattle sparked by militants confronting moderate interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on a visit to Gaza underscores the urgent need for elections to
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President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Israel for permission to bring Palestinian forces based in Jordan to the West Bank to try to shore up his control after Hamas's Gaza takeover, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.