Abbas Clears Ex-PA Police Chief

RAMALLAH [MENL] -- Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has cleared
a senior ex-commander of charges of corruption.
Palestinian sources said Abbas has essentially pardoned former Gaza
Strip police chief Brig. Gen. Ghazi Jabali. In 2007, Jabali fled the Hamas
takeover of the Gaza Strip and later resettled in Jordan under suspicion of
stealing millions of dollars from the PA.