Abbas orders crackdown after attack on his HQ
Reuters, Ramallah
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered a crackdown yesterday on Ramallah militants who defied demands that they lay down their arms under peace moves he had agreed with Israel.Abbas took a tougher line after half a dozen gunmen from his own ruling Fatah faction fired at his Ramallah compound on Wednesday night while he was inside and then went on a rampage in the West Bank city, damaging several restaurants and shops.
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