Remember that Fatah, led by Mahmoud Abbas, has been America's great white hope for for over a decade:
Fatah leader and former PA minister Abu Ali Shahin, responding to a statement by al-Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, criticizing Palestinian Fatah leaders for contacts with the U.S., addressed al-Qaeda on PA TV on Jan. 1, saying:
"Do to Bush whatever you want, and we wish you success....We are fighting the Americans and hate the Americans more than you!"