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Abbas Orders To Integrate Security Services Under 3 Institutions
2005-04-14
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp? field=Enews&id=2461
RAMALLAH, April 14, 2005 (WAFA-PLO news agency)- President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered on Thursday the different security services to come under the authority of three main institutions.
Following several meetings with Premiere Ahmed Qurie, Minister of Interior Nasser Yosef, and a number of security chiefs, Abbas has issued four orders to integrate the Palestinian security services.
The first decision says all Palestinian security services to be placed under the authority of the National Security Forces, the Interior Ministry, and the General Intelligence Service.
Abbas has also, under the second order, demanded all security organizations to provide him with lists of all their members.
Under the third order, Abbas instructed that only the Minister of Interior and chief of National Security Forces is responsible for all contacts between Palestinian security services and foreign bodies.
President Abbas has ordered, in the fourth order, that the President's security forces "17" to remain as they are and carry out the duties assigned to them, except for the units that were attached to the National Security Forces in Gaza.
A.D (18:35 P) (15:35 GMT)
Source: IMRA – Independent Media Review and Analysis
