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Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5331569
Palestinian Security Forces on Strike in Gaza
(Reuters and Maariv International) Nidal al-Mughrabi - More than 100 members of the Palestinian security forces have gone on strike in Gaza over what they charged was rampant corruption among senior officers. The protesters took over a position belonging to the elite Force 17 in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday. They said senior officers of the National Security Forces were "pursuing their personal interests at the expense of the homeland" and had turned the security forces into "fiefdoms." The wives and children of some of the officers had been put on the payroll of security agencies. The men claimed that their top commander, General Abdel Razak el Mujeida, is corrupt, and complained that while low-ranking officers and enlisted men are ordered to oppose IDF incursions, the senior command leaves for safe areas, taking their families with them. They also accused the top brass of stealing their salaries and supplies.