PA FORCES LAUNCH MUTINY

GAZA CITY [MENL] -- Palestinian security officers have staged what appearedto be their first mutiny in the Gaza Strip. More than 130 security officers stormed a position of the praetorianguard of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat in Dir Al Balah on May31 in what they termed was a protest against corruption in PAsecurity forces. The officers, members of the National Forces, demanded thatArafat launch reforms in the security forces.