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PA policemen searching for militants in Nablus last month. (AP) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 16:21 04/12/2007 PA deploys hundreds of security officers in West Bank crackdown By Reuters Tags: Palestinian Authority  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stepped up a Western-backed crackdown on gunmen on Tuesday by deploying hundreds of security officers in the West Bank city of Tul Karm. Tul Karm is the second West Bank city in which the new Palestinian force has been deployed. The security drive, which comes as Palestinians start talks with Israel about statehood, started last month when hundreds of officers were deployed in Nablus. The city's governor said at least 500 security officers were deployed at key intersections of the northern West Bank city, erecting checkpoints and searching for unlicensed guns and stolen vehicles. Advertisement The deployment is designed to help the Palestinian Authority exert control in the West Bank, and to bolster Abbas against Hamas which seized the Gaza Strip and routed Abbas's forces in violent clashes in June. Israel, which is backing the security push, hopes it will help Abbas and his secular Fatah-backed government rein in militants, a step demanded by Israel after the two sides launched formal peace talks in Annapolis last week. Tul Karm governor, Talal Dweikat said all illegal weapons would be confiscated, regardless of who holds them. "We will impose the rule of law everywhere without exception. We will confiscate all the stolen and unlicensed cars. We will confiscate illegal weapons," he said. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's government wants to expand the security drive to more West Bank cities included in the future but Palestinians complain of frequent Israel Defense Forces raids into their cities, which undermine their efforts to end lawlessness. Related articles: Hundreds of PA police arrive in Nablus to impose law and order U.S. official doubts ability of PA to police West Bank Haaretz.com TV: PA police reinforcements making Nablus a safer place Bookmark to del.icio.us Foreign correspondents Police probe 3 Israeli journalists suspected of unauthorized travel to enemy states. Petrol protest Gaza gas station owners refuse to accept reduced fuel supplies from Israel.   1.   ludicrous organised gangs of Fatah! 15:27  |  Nabulsi 04/12/07   2.   How many of these terrorists have Jewish blood on their hands? 16:03  |  Dani 04/12/07   3.   Nabulsi 16:26  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 04/12/07   4.   Secure Tul Karem for the IDF 16:28  |  El-Birawi 04/12/07   5.   El Birawi 17:04  |  Polybios 04/12/07   6.   4# No El-Birawi, this is America 1920 Style. 17:15  |  Akram Zekaria 04/12/07   7.   El-Birawi 18:32  |  Gina 04/12/07   8.   #2 How many israeli soldiers have palestinian blood on theirs? 18:42  |  Ronan Molloy 04/12/07   9.   confiscate cars and gun 21:02  |  vik 04/12/07   10.   El-Birawi ....on thugs 21:18  |  Lynn 04/12/07   11.   # 7 Gina...and give them a chance 21:21  |  Lynn 04/12/07   12.   # 2 Dani...impose the rule of law 21:26  |  Lynn 04/12/07   13.   Lynn 23:37  |  Gina 04/12/07   14.   Guns are everywhere 15:23  |  Janet 05/12/07

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