Al-Aqsa Brigades of Fateh demands Abbas to remove his prime minister Fayyad from his post

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Friday July 06, 2007 22:34 by IMEMC Staff saed at imemc dot org

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, issued a press release of Friday evening rejecting statements of the assigned Palestinian Prime Minister, Salaam Fayyad, and demanded president Mahmoud Abbas to remove him from his post.

Fayyad, who is heading the “Emergency Government” in the West Bank, said that he will not allow the existence of what he described “armed militias” in the Palestinian territories.

The brigades said in its statement that Fayyad is providing Hamas with a free service and giving it an alibi to attack the emergency government and its policies, since such statements indicate that this government is against the resistance.

The brigades also stated that Fayyad said in an interview with the CNN that the resistance brought miseries to the Palestinian people, and added that “now the truth is clear to us, Fayyad is America’s man in Palestine, he is the first Palestinian Prime Minister who carries an American citizenship”.

Moreover, the brigades demanded president Abbas to remove Fayyad from his post and appoint a national figure, and demanded Fayyad to apologize to the Palestinian people, the martyrs, the wounded and the detainees.

The brigades said that it will not stand idle while the Israeli occupation continues its invasions and violations, and called for the unity of all Palestinian factions and armed groups.

Translated & Edited by Saed bannoura - IMEMC

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