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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/680056.html
Hamas Demands Control Over Three PA Security Forces
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Arnon Regular - Hamas sent a demand to chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that he give them control of three of the PA's security force branches: The "regular" police, the counter-intelligence force, and the civil defense. Abbas reportedly denied these demands, which were forwarded to him through Egyptian mediators. The counter-intelligence department is considered the strongest branch in the PA security forces and a bitter rival of Hamas. Hamas' top political leader, Khaled Mashaal, and other officials met in Cairo with the head of the Arab League and top aides of Egyptian President Mubarak in talks on a formula for drawing up a government.