From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message news:4440baba{at}w3....

> So all well & good. The West will line up behind their creation & the
> Arabs/Muslims will line up behind their boys. It will be interesting to
> see which way the Turks go.
>
> Adam

So will the Russians offer a pension plan too? I have no sympathy here.
They ( the voters ) knew in advance what the consequences would be.


http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12326881/
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Dozens of Palestinian security men stormed a
government building and blocked roads in the Gaza Strip on Saturday
demanding the Hamas-led administration, hit by a U.S. and European Union
aid cutoff, pay overdue salaries.

Russia promised emergency funds for the cash-strapped Palestinian
Authority, breaking on the issue with the United States and the EU,
Moscow's partners along with the United Nations in the "Quartet"
of Middle East peace mediators.

"Salaries, or go home," the protesters chanted in the central
town of Khan Younis, directing their message at Hamas in the biggest such
demonstration since the Islamic militant group assumed power last month
following its January election victory.

The economy is paralyzed. We can't buy groceries because no one will give
us credit. Taxi drivers, won't give us a ride, because we don't have
money," said Abu Mohammed, a leader of the protesters, most of them
from the rival Fatah movement.

"We warn this is only a first step," he said.

Palestinian Finance Minister Omar Abdel-Razek of Hamas said on al-Jazeera
satellite television that he was "appalled and astonished" by the
Khan Younis protest.

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