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America Training and Arming PLO Militia.

By IsraelNationalNews.com

The Bush administration has begun arming and training the militia under the control of PLO chairman and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) under the premise that his men will clash with the ruling Hamas terror group.

When

the PLO actually ruled the Palestinian Authority, a similar rationale was given as the PA security militia was armed and trained. PA troops, however, were later involved in terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and confrontations with the IDF; using the very weapons they had been given.

According to security expert Aluf Benn, American security coordinator Gen. Keith Dayton appeared before representatives of the Quartet in London last week, presenting them with a program for training the presidential guard using Egyptian, British and Jordanian instructors. PA sources say the training by Americans already started more than a month ago, at a compound near the InterContinental Hotel in Jericho.

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