[Ha'aretz] Aluf Benn and Avi Issacharoff - The Bush administration has undertaken efforts to arm and train the Presidential Guard of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in order to prepare it for a potential violent confrontation with Hamas forces in Gaza. Palestinian sources say the training of 400 Force 17 troops in a "Special Presidential Guard" started a month ago in Jericho under the guidance of an American military instructor.
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