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...briefing last week that he believes the two men want to make this work. Moreover, Abbas, who represents the Fatah faction of the Palestinian movement, and Haniyeh, who represents the radical Hamas party, seem genuine in their desire to stop the violence that has plagued Palestinian streets, particularly in Gaza. But that goal has been complicated by array of opponents who have balked at Hamas's role in all this - including the Israelis, George Bush and (surprise) al-Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri...
...Battalion-the oldest, most decorated and, according to them, the most admired unit in the Indian army. Founded in 1705 by the Mahraja of Patiala, they earned their stripes fighting wherever the British Empire needed them, including the Middle East. During World War I, they fought in Gallipoli, Sinai, Gaza, and Jerusalem, and formed a major part of the British force occupying Iraq during the 1920s. Since India's independence from Britain, they have seen action in their country's grim conflicts with Pakistan. Their last mission was counter-insurgency against Islamic militants in Kashmir...
...peace after 20 years of war between the government and the Lord's Resistance Army is the international community's insistence on trying L.R.A. leader Joseph Kony for war crimes in the Hague - a threat that keeps him and his army holed up in the jungle. Think also of Gaza, or Kashmir or Iraq - all places where demanding retribution for historic injustices is one of the surest signs of fanaticism...
...bulwark against Hamas over the past year. A member of Fatah's own Central Committee, who did not want to be identified, says, "If the government wants to achieve internal security, the first step should be sacking all the heads of the security organizations in the West Bank and Gaza, because those men are responsible for the clashes that have been taking place. But would [Abbas] be ready to change the heads of security? I doubt it, because they are his allies...
...powerful Executive Force and the Izzadine al Qassam Brigades. Then there are other insurgent groups and numerous clans, gangs, and families with their own militias and interests, ranging from offering protection to taking revenge, from committing crimes to firing rockets at Israel. (Much of the recent violence in Gaza was clan-related.) Whatever their motives, says Nicholas Pelham, Senior Middle East Analyst with the International Crisis Group, "there are too many forces that are loyal to a faction or a family and not the Palestinian Authority...