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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/07/AR2007070701313.html
Fatah Gunmen Assert Authority in West Bank
[Washington Post] Scott Wilson - In West Bank cities, Hamas-affiliated local council members are returning cautiously to city halls, in some cases defying death threats to do so, as initial fears of broad factional violence are fading. After the Hamas takeover in Gaza, Fatah militiamen had asserted themselves in the streets. The emergency government Abbas appointed last month has pledged to disarm all party militias, including the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. There is no sign that is happening.