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Given that the struggle is a fight amidst the ruins and fragments, I
might think 'Chalabi' might be a better analogy than Pinochet. Dahlan
is Zion's repetitive 'switch on a switch' act. They might tactically
or even strategically back Hamas or an element of it to defeat the
PLO, then choose an element of the PLO to run roughshod on Hamas, once
Hamas could do more than just aspire to political leadership or
government beyond a 'state within a state within the rogue state that
occupies Palestine'. The government of Egypt figures in the mix
predicatably enough because of supposed Syrian and especially Iranian
support for Hamas (I think greatly overdone to exaggerate Hamas as a
threat, while serving the second purpose of exaggerating Iran as a
threat). Dahlan's rise and his intimacy with the CIA go back to the
Clinton era.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6275.shtml

excerpt>>Dahlan was a founding member of Shabiba, the youth
association of Fatah. In 1994, Dahlan headed the notorious Preventive
Security Forces in Gaza. He is known to have good connections with the
Egyptian leadership and the US administration, through his connections
with the CIA. Dahlan built up a force of at least 20,000 men and
received help from CIA officials to train them. Jibril Rajoub, another
Fatah strongman, is Dahlan's sworn rival. Dahlan and Rajoub were both
jailed by Israel during the first Intifada. Under Oslo they became
heads of the Preventive Security Services in Gaza and the West Bank
respectively. At that time they were both viewed as pragmatists,
representative of a new generation of Palestinians who could live with
Israel.

Both Dahlan and Rajoub were implicated in financial scandals and human
rights violations. Dahlan worked together with Israeli authorities to
crack down on opposition groups, most notably Hamas, arresting
thousands of members. Dahlan was in command when his Preventive
Security Forces arbitrary arrest hundreds of Palestinians. The first
violent clashes between his forces and demonstrators erupted on
November 18, 1994.The toll of at least fifteen dead and hundreds
wounded raised troubling questions about his troops.

Throughout the years, Dahlan's forces were involved in acts of
violence and intimidation against critics, journalists and members of
opposition groups, primarily from Hamas, imprisoning them without
formal charges for weeks or months at a time. A number of prisoners
died under suspicious circumstances during or after interrogation by
Dahlan's forces.[3]

In 1996, Dahlan's troops were involved in mass arbitrary arrests of
opponents of Fatah. In the aftermath of the February-March suicide
bombings in Israel, an estimated 2,000 people were rounded up, often
arbitrarily. Most of those detained were never charged with a criminal
offense or put on trial. Torture and ill-treatment by his forces
occurred regularly during interrogation and led to a number of deaths.

Dahlan frequently meets high profile members of the Israeli military
establishment, including former Defense Minister and former Chief of
Staff Shaul Mofaz. (AP File photo)
In 2000, Dahlan participated in the Camp David negotiations and
Israeli leaders saw him as someone they could do business with. As
head of one of the main Palestinian security organisations, Mr Dahlan
also negotiated with Israeli officials to try to arrange a ceasefire
several times after the most recent Intifada erupted in September
2000. With the beginning of the second intifada, Dahlan claimed that
he was unable to stop the activities of such militant groups as
Hamas.>>end of excerpt