The Palestinian Authority is rebuilding and reforming its security forces, according to the Palestinian interior minister. Meeting Saturday with CIA Director George Tenet, Abdel Razak Yehiyeh also said the forces were in disarray as a result of Israel’s anti-terror military operations in the West Bank.
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