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Arafat Trying to Undermine Dahlan's Security Powers
(Ha'aretz) Arnon Regular - Arafat's associates are demanding that various security powers currently held by Security Minister Mohammed Dahlan, Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas's protege, revert to the Palestinian National Security Council, which Arafat established after the Abbas government was formed and currently heads. The Council, which is staffed by security officials aligned with Arafat, was the body that formally gave instructions to the heads of the security forces - and to Dahlan - to prepare for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Bethlehem and to assume security responsibility for those areas.