The Palestinian Authority has improved its handling of security, the U.S. State Department said. Spokesman Richard Boucher said P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas had deployed Palestinian security forces effectively and shown a greater willingness to confront terrorists than had his late predecessor, Yasser Arafat. “I think they have shown a level of energy and activism that we certainly didn’t see under Chairman Arafat,” Boucher said Thursday.
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