Hamas, Fatah using TV screens in power struggle over image, credibility

Sunday, August 12, 2007

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- First, Hamas militiamen were filmed beating guests at a bachelor party. Then, the deposed Hamas prime minister claimed Fatah forces had tortured a Hamas activist to death, only to have the prisoner, very much alive, presented in a TV broadcast.

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