CNN: Thousands take to streets after Hamas victory
Angry Fatah members demand Abbas resign
Friday, January 27, 2006
GAZA CITY (CNN) -- A mob of up to 2,000 furious Fatah supporters took to the streets Friday, burning cars, firing guns and demanding the resignation of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas after the militant group Hamas trounced their party in parliamentary elections.
Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, was in the West Bank, where he called on Hamas to form a new government after its election landslide snatched power this week from Fatah's ruling old guard.
Waving yellow Fatah flags in the flickering light of bonfires, protesters swarmed around Abbas' home in Gaza City, where they shot in the air and accused him of being a "collaborator" with Israel.
"We don't want to join the Hamas government!" demonstrators chanted, according to The Associated Press. "We don't want corrupt leadership! We want reform, and we want to fire all the corrupt!"
The crowd moved to nearby Palestinian legislative buildings, where protesters set a van on fire and scaled walls, trying to force their way into the compound. Demonstrators outnumbered uniformed police on the scene....
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