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Abbas fires top security chiefs Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-04-02T034557Z_01_CHA213517_RTRUKOC_0_MIDEAST-ABBAS-SECURITY.xml http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-04-02T034557Z_01_CHA213517_RTRUKOC_0_MIDEAST-ABBAS-SECURITY.xml Abbas fires security chiefs Sat Apr 2, 2005 4:46 AM GMT By Mohammed Assadi RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has fired several security chiefs for failing to halt lawlessness in the West Bank and Gaza, two days after gunmen from his Fatah faction fired at his compound. The head of Palestinian national security in the West Bank, Haj Ismail, also quit after the president called for his resignation, a senior Palestinian security official said. Abbas has yet to approve it. "(Abbas) was not happy with the performance of some of the heads of security forces," a Palestinian official said. "He was very upset about what happened in Ramallah and he will take other crucial measures in the near future." Abbas, elected in January after Yasser Arafat's death, is struggling to impose law and order and reform corruption-tainted security forces after securing a truce with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Police deployment in the West Bank town of Ramallah has increased since then. Several al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militants fired at the president's compound in Ramallah on Wednesday and then rampaged through the city after security commanders urged them to put aside their weapons. Abbas, who has secured a pledge from militant groups to cease attacks against Israel temporarily, has been under pressure from Israel and the United States to round up militants to push forward a U.S.-backed peace plan. He has preferred to enter into a dialogue with the groups rather than confront them. Hours after Abbas's announcement, gunmen from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stormed a recreation centre in the West Bank town of Nablus to protest against a recent election of the building's management that the militant Hamas group had won. Hamas has gained more popularity among Palestinians, especially in the Gaza Strip, since a Palestinian uprising began four years ago. Abbas's orders also followed the resignation of the head of Palestinian intelligence, who quit after complaining to the president that too little was being done to halt the chaos.

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