The security men brandished their weapons and ordered the suspicious car to halt, forcing the occupants to get out and put their hands in their air. The suspects were quickly handcuffed, frisked and made to kneel on the ground as the vehicle was swept for explosives.
The crackdown, carried out by elite Palestinian forces at a training base on the outskirts of this dusty West Bank town, was only a simulation for a small group of visitors. But the men carrying out this show of force _ the result of months of U.S.-sponsored training _ are already at the vanguard of Palestinian attempts to lay the groundwork for an independent state.
Maj. Gen. Diab el-Ali, …
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