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Monday, September 13, 2010     FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

Hamas crackdown on militias said based on fears of opposition coalition

GAZA CITY — Hamas has been confronting another Palestinian militia in the Gaza Strip.

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Palestinian sources said the Hamas regime has cracked down on the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The sources said Hamas units have attacked and detained PFLP fighters in the central Gaza Strip.

Hamas has been clashing with other Palestinian militias in 2010, Middle East Newsline reported. They included Islamic Jihad and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.


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"Hamas has been very worried that the militias will get together and form an armed opposition," the source said.

"Hamas has apologized, but this has not reduced tension," a source said.

The sources said the Hamas Interior Ministry has sought to quell PLFP protests over the last month. They said the Marxist-oriented PFLP has been conducting sit-ins in protest of the nightly power outages.

During one sit-in, Hamas troops assaulted PFLP operatives and arrested about a dozen of them. The sources said the detainees were severely beaten and warned against continuing their protest campaign.

Days later, under pressure from Hamas headquarters in Syria, the Gaza regime apologized to PFLP. A Hamas delegation acknowledged that troops had assaulted PFLP operatives without justification.

The sources said Hamas has allowed PFLP to operate its militia in the Gaza Strip, including attacks on Israel. They said Hamas and PLFP were regarded as allies, despite their ideologies.

On Sept. 10, PFLP's military wing, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, claimed responsibility for the firing of six rockets into Israel. The rockets were said to have landed south of the Israeli city of Ashkelon, an attack that was not confirmed by Israel.

"The brigades will continue to oppose the Israeli occupation, and will resist to the end to defend our nation," the PFLP militia said.



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