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PA troops patrolling Jenin refugee camp on Sunday (AP) Last update - 15:41 06/05/2008 Palestinian forces kill bystander in clash with Jenin gunmen By Reuters Tags: Jenin, Palestinian Authority  A Palestinian civilian was killed on Tuesday when President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces clashed with gunmen for the first time since launching a law-and-order push in the northern West Bank. Hundreds of Abbas's forces deployed to the city of Jenin on Saturday in a U.S.-backed security push Washington hopes will show the Palestinians can rein in militants - Israel's main condition for Palestinian statehood. Residents in the town of Qabatya near Jenin said civilian Ahmed Fawwaz Kmeil, 20, was shot as he tried to escape a standoff between Abbas's forces and local gunmen who were sitting in a cafe. Advertisement Palestinian forces said in a statement the man was killed when an "outlawed group" opened fire on the security men, adding they would investigate the incident and keep up their crime-fighting push. The Jenin deployment by Abbas's forces, some of whom receive U.S.-funded training in Jordan, was the second big Palestinian security campaign in a major West Bank city following a similar mission in Nablus late last year. Jeeps and buses which commanders said carried up to 600 security men arrived in the city on Saturday in coordination with Israel. Another 150 men already in Jenin, long a militant bastion, have joined them. The forces also entered the restive Jenin refugee camp - the first Palestinian security men to do so. They had planned to remain in Qabatya for a few days in a show of force but withdrew to the entrance of the town fearing tension after the killing. Powerful clans including the Kmeils have long ruled Qabatya and the incident could spark tension between the family and the new force. Its commanders said they are determined to impose law and order and confiscate illegal weapons, even by force. The new force plans to enter some 50 villages around Jenin for similar missions. Related articles: 'Marching toward total ruin' Join the PA police, get NIS 1,400 a month PA Police seize 40 bombs in militant stronghold in Nablus Bookmark to del.icio.us   Nakba protest World Likud chief calls for cancellation of Nakba Day procession. Perfect match TA court sentences 'DNA Rapist' to 25 years in prison.   1.   Killing innocent bystanders? Shameful! 14:31  |  Yonatan 06/05/08   2.   Dastardly deeds done dirt cheap 14:48  |  Adrian de Klerk 06/05/08   3.   So, what is the main obstacle for peace? 15:24  |  Sam C 06/05/08   4.   GENOCIDE-COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT-DELIBERATE MURDER 15:30  |  Allon 06/05/08   5.   PA - stop occupying and oppressing Jenin! 15:31  |  Allon 06/05/08   6.   Horrific - An Arab killing another Arab 15:34  |  * BEN JABO 06/05/08   7.   Horrific - An Arab killing another Arab 15:34  |  * BEN JABO 06/05/08   8.   This is worse than every genocide ever committed put together 15:35  |  ISMAEL ONYA FACE 06/05/08   9.   The Gang That Couldn`t Shoot Straight 15:39  |  Avi 06/05/08   10.   Give a fool a gun 16:02  |  Natallie Durson 06/05/08   11.   Where have all the Anti`s gone....Long time passing 16:35  |  Ishimoach 06/05/08   12.   One of the best examples of Haaretz offering a 16:48  |  Haham me Bat Yam 06/05/08   13.   Give The Bitch Internet Connection 17:15  |  Tex 06/05/08   14.   then we won`t give you one natallie Dumson! 17:30  |  Natallie 06/05/08   15.   I will serve as human shield in Jenin against PA! 17:31  |  Natallie Durson 06/05/08   16.   Time for some serious police work, indeed! 17:33  |  Analyst 06/05/08   17.   Outcry: Massacre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 17:33  |  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 06/05/08   18.   #15 NUTallie Durson - I`ve heard that promise before 17:42  |  * BEN JABO 06/05/08   19.   UN , Open an investigation in delibarate 18:01  |  TOMY 06/05/08   20.   Natallie Durson going to Saudi Arabia 18:03  |  Finally 06/05/08   21.   My unique perspective 18:16  |  *BEN JABO 06/05/08   22.   What Animals ! How immoral ! Disproportionate FORCE ??? 18:20  |  Ali 06/05/08   23.   Hire the British & Ottoman Empire as Consultants 18:22  |  david 06/05/08   24.   go already natallie and don`t come back 18:23  |  Natallie 06/05/08   25.   Palestinians ape Israeli 18:52  |  My finger in 06/05/08   26.   no UN or human rights statment of condemnation?? 21:09  |  vik 06/05/08   27.   The death of any "Palestinian" 21:26  |  Past experience 06/05/08   28.   Happiness is in S Arabia 22:07  |  Johnny UK 06/05/08   29.   #21 ANOTHER FORGERY 02:54  |  * BEN JABO 07/05/08   30.   How is that killing classified?? 03:47  |  * BEN JABO 07/05/08   31.   Today Jenin-Tomorrow Gaza! 20:44  |  Murray the Mongoose 07/05/08

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