(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - PA Interior Minister Said Siam announced this week that he had decided to establish a new security force, to consist largely of members of armed groups in the Gaza Strip, that would assist in ending anarchy and lawlessness. Khaled Abu Hilal, the Interior Ministry spokesman, said, "This force is going to include the elite of our sons from the freedom fighters and the holy warriors." Sources said the force would actually consist of Hamas militiamen who would operate parallel to the PA security forces. "We're talking about several thousand Hamas fighters who would become part of a new security force under the command of the Interior Minister," said one source. "We must not forget that the Palestinian security forces consist solely of Fatah members who are refusing to cooperate with the new Hamas administration."
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