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The Hindustan Times

CIA working on plan to train Palestinians: US
officials 
Press Trust of India
New York, July 17 
 
CIA is developing a plan to train Palestinians in
controlling violence and security officials from
Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are expected to be
involved at a later stage, officials said.

The aim is to develop a "responsible and 
professional" Palestinian security force, the
officials added.

The plan was outlined by US Secretary of State Colin
Powell at a meeting of the 'quartet' comprising
Russian, European and UN officials on the Middle East
issues on Tuesday.
Officials said the Central Intelligence Agency would
play a central role in training the Palestinians.

Senior European Union diplomat Javier Solana told a
news conference that a US-led team headed by CIA
Director George Tenet would go to the Middle-East
within two weeks to install the new security
mechanism.   
As Washington is working towards sidelining
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Americans would not
directly deal with him. But they have talked with
Palestinian Interior Minister Abdel- Razaq al-Yehiyeh
and plan to do so with chiefs of various Palestinian
security services.

The Palestinians officials Americans are talking with
have been appointed by Arafat and are answerable to
him. But the effort, observers say, appears to be give
more responsibility to Palestinian officials so that
they can act independently.

Asked with whom the United States would deal, Powell 
refused to name anyone. "We are in touch with
Palestinian  leaders and we expected the partner will
be identified by  Tenet can work with," he said.
 


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