Sunday January 7, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

Abbas has upped the ante.
The president of the Palestinian Authority President has moved to the next stage in the power struggle between his Fatah movement and the ruling Hamas movement.

Abbas has declared that the Hamas Executive Force is illegal.
The Hamas Executive Force is Hamas' military militia.
It has about 6000 armed members most of whom were in other Hamas terror groups before joining the Executive Force.

Why is Abbas is moving on Hamas? He has 3 reasons.
# 1: in a brutal fire fight on Thursday the Executive Force attacked and killed a Fatah leader in his home, also killed were his seven body guards
# 2: Jordan and Egypt are behind Abbas
# 3: President Bush is asking Congress for $83 million to help Abbas

It will take more than money to defeat Hamas.
Hamas is highly motivated - Fatah is fat and lazy.