Posted on 29/09/05
Arrests a blow to Hamas's election hopes
RAMALLAH -- For a central campaign headquarters on the day before a municipal vote, the discreet Ramallah office of the Reform and Change party is eerily quiet.Faxes and letters are left unread in mailboxes. Desks are stacked with untouched papers. Only three staff members and a large poster with an Arabic H as a centrepiece at the doorway are left to show that this is the West Bank campaign headquarters for Hamas, the militant group trying to convert popular support into political muscle.
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