6 Dead in Fatah Raid Against Hamas

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QALQILYA, West Bank (Reuters) - Six people were killed on Sunday when forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas raided a Hamas hideout, just days after he promised in Washington to fulfill his security commitments.

The violence erupted when police encircled a house in the West Bank town of Qalqilya where a top Hamas field commander, Mohammad Samman, and his deputy Mohammad Yasin had taken refuge, witnesses and security officials said.

Both Hamas men and the homeowner died in the shootout, along with three policemen. Dozens of bullet holes in walls and furniture in the home attested to the ferocity of the fighting.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/05/31/world/international-us-palestinians-violence.html?_r=1&hp

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1. Unless Fatah and Hamas can find unity

there will never, ever be peace.

The rest is just talk, no matter what Obama says.