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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 14:10 28/12/2007 Abbas to get armored vehicles but without guns mounted on them By Reuters Tags: Palestinian Authority  Armored vehicles will be delivered to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces within the next month, a Palestinian government minister said on Friday. Israel agreed in November to allow the Palestinians to receive up to 50 lightly armored vehicles but a dispute emerged over a Palestinian demand that they have guns mounted on them. Advertisement Riyad al-Malki, who serves as both foreign and information minister in Abbas' Western-backed government, said the Palestinians dropped the demand for now, clearing the way for delivery of the vehicles without mounted guns. "It won't take longer than a month," Malki said of the first shipment. "We will raise the issue again with the Israeli side in order to have the guns mounted on the armored vehicles." Israel agreed to an initial delivery of 25 armored trucks and said an additional 25 could be authorized if Abbas' forces make progress exerting greater security control in the West Bank. The vehicles had been offered to the Palestinians by Russia several years ago but the transfer was put on hold after Hamas won elections in January 2006. Bookmark to del.icio.us Au revoir Assad Sarkozy says he'll cut ties with Syria over the Lebanon presidential crisis. Women march on Women in Black marks its 20th year, but the occupation continues.   1.   When will we remove this government? 14:05  |  isaac 28/12/07   2.   we demand Abbas do something about Hamas in Gaza!! 15:05  |  Hymie 28/12/07   3.   If the IDF cannot confront Hamas, equip the PA to do so 15:13  |  Natallie Durson 28/12/07   4.   More profits for the armament industry and more killings of 15:26  |  lakshmi 28/12/07   5.   Why not without wheels, too?? 17:05  |  Silvienne 28/12/07   6.   Does Olmert think that everyone else is as stupid as he is? 17:54  |  Genuine Tosefta 28/12/07   7.   What next? 17:56  |  chick 28/12/07   8.   Hehe. We already have our engineers making the guns for these 18:53  |  Shush 28/12/07   9.   # 1 19:24  |  Axel 28/12/07   10.   why??? 20:40  |  Joe 28/12/07   11.   This will aid Fatah members in drive-by shootings of settlers 20:47  |  Jon 28/12/07   12.   NO PROBLEM, they`ll come from Egypt,Syria, Iran, Russia, China, e 20:48  |  dav zee 28/12/07   13.   we demand Abbas do something about Hamas in Gaza!! 21:08  |  Hymie 28/12/07   14.   Dear Haaretz 00:49  |  Joe 29/12/07   15.   Armoured cars 00:56  |  Sabra 29/12/07   16.   #1 Silvienne - Go look in the street 01:56  |  * BEN JABO 29/12/07   17.   #5 Axel 02:01  |  * BEN JABO 29/12/07   18.   #5 Shush - you really should 02:05  |  * BEN JAB 29/12/07   19.   Like telling mike tyson no ear biting 04:31  |  Labhras 29/12/07   20.   Israel is learning, Just don`t trust the mussie pagans. 04:52  |  cristo 29/12/07   21.   Guns on APC 07:28  |  JoJo 29/12/07   22.   #18, Ben Jabo... 01:20  |  Silvienne 30/12/07   23.   #16, Ben Jabo... 01:22  |  Silvienne 30/12/07   24.   #22 Silvienne - I never said Abbas was normal 05:03  |  * BEN JABO 31/12/07   25.   #23 Silvienne U.S. Police do use them 05:08  |  * BEN JABO 31/12/07   26.   #23-2 Silvienne - POLICE amored cards 15:51  |  * BEN JABO 31/12/07

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