Word: dahlan
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...also further strained relations within the Fatah movement, which dominates Palestinian politics and has been riven by intifadeh-related infighting. The moderate Abu Mazen is unpopular among Palestinian radicals, and some Fatah leaders have been busy smearing the new PM and his internal-security chief, Mohammed Dahlan, by painting them as stooges of the U.S. and Israel. Arafat, the only Fatah central committee member to vote against Abu Mazen's nomination, will continue to be the most formidable obstacle for the Prime Minister - and for the road map to peace. "The most terrible thing is that Arafat believes deep...
...central dispute concerns Mohammed Dahlan, the longtime Gaza security chief picked by Abu Mazen to be the new interior minister and therefore responsible for security issues. Dahlan has shown himself capable of building a credible security organization outside of Arafat's control, and his independence at the head of a consolidated Palestinian security service - as well as his good standing in Washington - make Dahlan a threatening figure to the PLO chairman. Palestinian reformists and Western backers of the road map want to limit Arafat's personal power and create a more collective leadership among the Palestinians. But Arafat...
...Arafat remains popular among Palestinians. But there are some signs of discontent. Mohammed Dahlan, former head of security in Gaza, has been addressing crowds of as many as 2,000 in recent months. He talks of "mistakes of the intifadeh," according to Israeli intelligence, and is said to have backed a protest by Palestinian workers angry that the recent violence has cost them their jobs...
...Gaza security chief Mohammed Dahlan is reported to have played a major role in negotiating an end to the siege of Yasser Arafat. Now he's calling on his leader to make big changes in the way that the Palestinian Authority does business. And you hardly have to read between the lines to know that one of those changes is to put Dahlan, rather than his West Bank rival Jibril Rajoub, in charge of the Palestinian security forces...
...Arafat's inner circle such as Mahmoud Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Mazen) and Ahmed Qurei (a.k.a. Abu Ala) are aging and in ill health, and their intimate involvement in the failed Oslo process has made them magnets for considerable Palestinian rage. The CIA-vetted security chiefs favored by Washington, Mohammed Dahlan and Jibril Rajoub, are equally tainted by their role as the gendarmes of Arafat's corrupt administration - never mind the political kiss-of-death that comes with implicit U.S. endorsement...