It remains to be seen whether Abbas' call for cessation of Pali violence will be listened to by Yasser. Yasser's leadership is hanging on the end of an oily, frayed rope politically. He started terrorist organizations with the express goal of destroying Israel, he encouraged terrorism, and he encourages more and more terrorists to move into the Pali territories (Lebanon is just as bad) but now Yasser's role as leader is dependent on the generosity of his co-terrorists...and the financial generosity of his owner, Saddam.
Yasser may allow Abbas to keep his position, at least until he knows for sure that Saddam's regime is dead and his terror funding has dried up....or he might fire him, continuing the political housecleaning that he started when the calls for his resignation started coming in. IMO, he'll wait a while to see which way the political wind is blowing, and THEN fire Abbas...or Abbas will be assassinated and his death blamed on the IDF.
"Palestinian security forces accused Israeli intelligence agents Saturday, December 7, of trying to set up a mock Al-Qaeda cell in the Gaza Strip following the Jewish state’s accusations Osama bin Laden’s network was active in the fenced-in coastal area."
ROFLOL....D@MN those cowards are really desperate to get back into the role of victim! That story is as funny as the one about how Israel was air dropping poisoned candy on Pali kids, or the one about EEEVEEEL Israeli belt makers putting contact poison on the belts they sell to Pali men....but Pali men continued to buy the "poisoned" belts, because they're much better quality than belts made by Palis.