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Palestinian PM office set on fire
(BBC NEWS, 12 June 2006)
Gunmen loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have set fire to the offices of the Hamas prime minister and parliament in Ramallah. . . . Hamas MP Khalil Rabei was briefly kidnapped, but later released. . . . Earlier on Monday at least two people were killed and more than a dozen injured in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, amid escalating tension between the rival political groups. . . . The Ramallah rampage erupted hours after Hamas gunmen attacked a building belonging to the Fatah-dominated Preventive Security agency in Rafah. . . . Correspondents say security forces took to Ramallah's streets with gunmen from the Fatah offshoot the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. . . . Gunmen shot out the windows of the Palestinian parliament and stormed the cabinet offices, smashing furniture and computers. . . . The office was unoccupied as Ismail Haniya is based in the Gaza Strip. . . . It is not clear if there have been any casualties, but the buildings reportedly suffered heavy damage. . . . Militants tried to prevent fire engines from reaching the site to extinguish the flames. . . . "Every time they touch one of ours in Gaza, we will get 10 of theirs in the West Bank," a member of the security service said, quoted by the Associated Press news agency. . . .Tensions have worsened between the two sides since Mr Abbas called a referendum on a statehood plan which would implicitly recognise Israel, whose right to exist Hamas rejects. . . . At least 20 people, mostly militia members, have been killed in clashes between the two factions in the past two months.

posted by LoZo 7:29 PM