In his meeting today with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas requested a large shipment of weapons from the United States purportedly to arm his group against Hamas following recent intense clashes with the rival group, a senior Palestinian Authority official told WND.Rice apparently told Abbas that the US will consider it. A PA official went so far as to claim that "she said an answer to our requests would likely be affirmative."
Back in May, the US did provide arms to support Abbas against Hamas. Result--
In June, WND broke the story about how assault rifles that were part of a cache of weapons transferred by the U.S. made its way to members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group, some of whom are also officers of Force 17. The weapons may have been used in a string of shootings, including an ambush against a busload of Israeli school girls here, Al Aqsa members told WND.Maybe the US can get Abbas to guarantee that won't happen again...
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