ABBAS: AS GOOD A GENERAL AS A PRESIDENT. The Australian reports on Abbas' keen analysis of the Palestinian civil war:

Hamas forces in Gaza had last night encircled the few remaining security strongholds of their coalition partners, Fatah, and claimed decisive gains in what Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas described as the opening battles of a civil war.

[Hat tip: Instapundit]

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