Reply #2: Seems Arafat only agreed to PR amd marching restrictions last night

[papau]

But a spokesperson said there would be "detentions" - not arrests - and last time detentions lasted 30 days - so media is to report that Arafat is into "a campaign that even in the worst nightmares Hamas and Islamic Jihad never imagined" Does not pass the laugh test.

Good Luck Colin - hope you do better than you did finding "coalition troops - 200 from Latin America - but it adds a half dozen country names to our coalition!" - which also does not pass the laugh test.

From the AP:

"In the end, Abbas and Arafat agreed on a joint statement which said the Palestinian Authority would enforce the rule of law, take control of illegal weapons and end "military displays" by the militants, a reference to marches led by gunmen.Islamic Jihad and Hamas officials said they were ordered by Palestinian police not to speak to reporters, and many leaders of the two groups had their phones turned off Thursday.The Palestinian leadership statement did not refer to arrests, which would appear to be a cornerstone of any crackdown, but Palestinian officials said there would be detentions. "It's a campaign that even in the worst nightmares Hamas and Islamic Jihad never imagined," said Elias Zananiri, a spokesman for Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan. "There's a list of people to be arrested."