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<font size=5><b>PFLP rejects collection of Palestinian militants'
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<font size=3> 2005-04-14 17:32:25<br><br>
GAZA, April 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The Popular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine (PFLP) announced Thursday that it rejects the collection of
the Palestinian militants' arms. <br><br>
PFLP senior leader Jamil al Majdalawi told reporters
that the arms of the Palestinian resistance groups "are the legal
arms and they earn support and protection from the Palestinian
population." <br><br>
He said the PFLP considers the decision of collecting
arms as well as all the deals and understandings reached with Israel
"is a wrong Palestinian policy that gave the enemy what it doesn't
deserve." <br><br>
"It will be a bad mistake if these arms are
collected, because the major issue in the Palestinian life is to continue
with the armed resistance," al Majdalawi warned, adding "the
PFLP refuses any contact with the Palestinian leadership to discuss the
issue of arms collection." <br><br>
A senior Palestinian security official said last
Tuesday that two committees formed by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
were ready to act within the coming two weeks to disarm wanted militants.
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Abbas had issued a presidential decree, demanding the
committees comprising Gaza and the West Bank officials to disarm some 530
militants on Israel's wanted list and recruit them into the military and
civilian apparatuses of the Palestinian National Authority, the official
said. Enditem <br><br>
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