Palestinian Internal Struggle Brings Gunfire

Well, that didn’t take long.

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gunfire erupted Sunday in the tent set up for mourners of Yasser Arafat (search) just after his successor as PLO leader arrived, and one Palestinian policeman was killed and five other people were wounded, witnesses and hospital officials said. Gunmen fired in the air about five minutes after Mahmoud Abbas (search), Arafat’s longtime deputy chosen over the weekend as his successor, arrived in a motorcade. Abbas’ bodyguards also fired in the air, the witnesses said

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No progress is going to be made for these people until they get leadership in there whose supporters aren’t more interested in killing each other than making a better life for themselves and their families.

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