 The Palestinian Authority does not have security forces capable of imposing order in the Gaza Strip, a report said.
| "For that matter, we're not even sure what it is..." |
The Washington-based Strategic Assessments Initiative said PA police and security forces remain in disarray and lack weapons, ammunition and basic equipment.
| I have a hard time with that one. Everybody else seems to have weapons and equipment. Any time somebody gets bumped off, there's always a nice parade with lots of guys waving their manhood around, maybe even hauling a few rockets through the streets while being cheered by adoring crowds. You we're supposed to believe the coppers are unarmed? Or running around with antique blunderbusses? As the emiment Cuban philosopher R. Ricardo once said, "I dun thin' so." |
The independent group, in a report financed by Canada and the Netherlands, said Palestinian insurgency groups have been better armed than PA forces.
| "Their guns are much shinier than ours!" |
"They lacked the capacity and capability to fulfil core functions," the 83-page report, entitled "Palestinian Security Assessment," said.
| I don't think Canada and the Netherlands got their money's worth out of that report... |
The report, conducted in cooperation with U.S. security envoy Gen. William Ward, said the 13 Palestinian security agencies have been riddled by inefficiency and corruption. Despite a steady growth in manpower, police and security forces were also said to have been undermined by rivalry between commanders. In all, PA security forces number 58,000. |