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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/545699.html
When Will PA Security Forces Stop Terrorists?
(Ha'aretz) Arnon Regular - PA Interior Minister Nasser Yussef Sunday visited Tulkarm, where Friday's suicide bomber lived, to evaluate the operational capabilities of the PA security services there. Yussef, who took up his post Thursday, is responsible for the PA's security forces. Palestinian sources said Palestinian forces in Tulkarm and elsewhere are experiencing serious difficulties. "We do not have the authority to carry weapons, and we cannot promise the police that if they carry arms they will not be harmed by Israel," said a source. "Without guns, we can't take control of any armed group." The sources said it will take several weeks before the security forces function properly. PA security sources said most of their efforts had been to use groups affiliated with Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, which cooperates with the PA, to try to obtain significant intelligence information. However, there were many groups not cooperating with the PA, and conflicts among the groups were preventing organized PA action.