Palestinian Police Out in Force in Nablus

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DEBORAH AMOS
NPR Morning Edition
10-08-2007
Palestinian Police Out in Force in Nablus

Host: DEBORAH AMOS
Time 11:00-12:00 PM

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DEBORAH AMOS, host:

There's a new and welcome feature on the streets of the West Bank town of Nablus - Palestinian policeman. It's all part of a U.S. and European plan to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his more moderate government. That government competes for Palestinian loyalty with the Islamist group Hamas, which took control of the Gaza Strip in June. There are enormous challenges for the police in Nablus; not least are militants and the ...

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