McClatchy Washington Bureau | 12/15/2006 | Clashes between groups of Palestinians raise fears of a civil war

At least its good to know that the unrest in the Mid-East isn't all Arabs agains Israel. Say (Mark), didn't I say something about how many different sects of Islam there are? Last summer in a column. At the time it was about how we shouldn't have gone after Iraq for 9/11 because they had nothing to do with Al Quaeda, who were in Afghanistan. Now of course, Iraq has become a civil war, and Lebenon is on the verge too, now it seems like Palestine is too. Oh, and if you hadn't heard, some Iranians are protesting their psycho president.

Ever feel like you're Yosemetie Sam or Elmer Fudd or Wyle E. Coyote or somebody and you were chasing a rabbit or a road runner into a cave and it got all dark so you light yourself a match so you can see, only to discover that you're in the middle of a store room full of TNT? I wonder if President W and his homies in the NeoCon clan ever feel that way...

Clashes between groups of Palestinians raise fears of a civil war

By Orly Halpern, McClatchy Newspapers

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian police officers allied with the Fatah political party attacked a small group of Hamas supporters in Ramallah on Friday, a rare confrontation in the West Bank that ratcheted up tensions and fears of civil war.

Four civilians were critically injured. Also Friday, masked members of the Islamic militant group Hamas waged a short gun battle with Palestinian police in the middle of Gaza City.

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