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Then there is this THANKLESS statement by Abbas.
If this is true it proves Abbas has no control over his people and/or aligns with them in violence. Like, what kind of thing is this to say to a Russian President seeking solutions for peace? Sounds like a threat to me.
Abbas urges Quartet to put pressure on Israel (click link below).
Abbas urges Quartet to put pressure on Israel (click link below).
...Medvedev stops short of saying border of future Palestinian state should be 1967 lines; PA president praises Russians for support of Palestinians.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday urged the Quartet members, who are scheduled to meet in Munich next month, to issue decisions that would oblige Israel to return to the negotiating table with the Palestinians.
Abbas, who was speaking during a joint press conference in Jericho with visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, said there were only two options: Negotiations or violence and terrorism....
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=204226
At least 31 killed and 130 injured in Moscow airport bombing (click here)
January 25, 2011
A SUICIDE bomber has killed at least 31 people and wounded more than 130 others this morning.
"Today at 4:32 pm [local time] an explosion went off in the international arrivals hall of Domodedovo airport," the Russian investigative committee said in a statement.There were scenes of carnage at Domodedovo airport in southern Moscow as corpses were stretchered out of the arrivals area after the blast, the latest deadly attack to hit the capital after the metro bombings in March.
Describing the attack as an act of terror, President Dmitry Medvedev chaired an emergency meeting of transport and security officials and ordered a special security regime across the country's main airports and railway stations.
"Today at 4.32pm an explosion went off in the international arrivals hall of Domodedovo airport," the Russian investigative committee said in a statement....
