U.S. Backing for Fatah Stirs New Conflict

Spokesman Ismayil Radwan said in a public speech that it was Washington’s intention to “fuel a civil war in the Palestinian arena.”

By Jon Elmer and Nora Barrows-Friedman
Inter-Press Service
February 2, 2007

GAZA CITY, Feb 2 (IPS) - Explosions, fierce gunfights and ambulance sirens ripped through the Gaza strip again Thursday, only two days after a ceasefire ended a bloody week of factional fighting that left more than 30 Palestinians dead.

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