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...were prepared to accept. After tension between the two sides erupted in violence earlier this year, Saudi Arabia brokered a power-sharing agreement that created a unity government. But as of last weekend, the unity government appears to be on the verge of collapse amid fierce new fighting between gunmen of the two parties, and Hamas? rocket crews may be trying to restore intra-Palestinian cooperation by provoking the Israelis into launching new military actions in Gaza. That leaves the Israelis facing a dilemma: Small-scale measures won?t do much to stop the rockets, while a larger military response...
Imposing order on the rival gunmen of Hamas and Fatah would have been a tall order for a leader far stronger than Palestinian Interior Minister Hani Kawasmeh. Kawasmeh, a career civil servant rather than a tough-guy commander of either of the two main Palestinian factions, was appointed to the position as a compromise candidate after Hamas and Fatah brokered their unity government in Mecca earlier this year. And it came as no surprise when he announced his resignation on Monday, amid a fierce resurgence of fighting between the two camps that has claimed at least eight lives since Sunday...
...Despite frantic efforts by the leaders of both parties to restore calm, fighting raged on the streets of Gaza on Monday. Masked gunmen have reportedly taken up positions at major buildings and intersections all over Gaza city, and Fatah officials predict the collapse of the government in a matter of days...
...hundreds of opposition supporters defied all warnings and appeared on the streets, dancing and chanting anti-government slogans. As they proceeded towards the airport, they were fired on from bridges and rooftops. Within an hour, Karachi resembled Baghdad, as dozens lay dead and injured on the city's streets, gunmen preventing ambulances from reaching the wounded...
...Sunni insurgents in the south. But the access points were manned by unreliable members of the Shi'ite-dominated Iraqi security forces. They allowed militiamen to pass through, attack Sunnis, and then flee north again. The checkpoints were mostly useful as a way to slow the pursuit of Sunni gunmen and guarantee Shi'ite killers a safe exit. When the Americans pulled Iraqi soldiers off the checkpoints, the attacks actually declined...