PALESTINIAN POLITICAL DEBATE

Palestinians Break Up Fatah Party Meeting (Associated Press)
RAMALLAH, West Bank - More than 20 Palestinian gunmen burst into a large gathering of the ruling Fatah party on Thursday, ordering people out of the building and firing shots into the air.

Roughly 1,200 Fatah activists had gathered in a Ramallah hotel to discuss upcoming parliamentary elections when the gunmen burst into the building, said Dimitri Diliani, a party activist from Jerusalem.

The gunmen broke chairs, ordered everyone out of the building and fired shots into the air outside the building, he said. No one was injured, but the meeting did not resume.
The gunmen were part of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent group loosely affiliated with Fatah.

FATAH "ACTIVISTS." THAT'S RICH. HOW ABOUT TERRORISTS? CAN'T A.P. EVEN BRING ITSELF TO CALL THEM "MILITANTS" ANYMORE? BUT IT GETS BETTER. ACCORDING TO A.P. THE AL AQSA MARTYR'S BRIGADES IS A "VIOLENT GROUP LOOSELY AFFILIATED WITH FATAH." JUST A VIOLENT GROUP. NOT A MURDEROUS, TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. AND "LOOSELY AFFILIATED?" MY GOODNESS, THEY'VE ADMITTED THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE THE OFFICIAL ARMED WING OF ARAFAT'S FATAH.