Abbas Lays the Smack Down

Once again, President Mahmoud Abbas of "Palestine" is telling the terrorists to keep the truce, or else he'll smite them.

JERUSALEM — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas threatened to use "an iron fist" against anyone who violates a cease-fire with Israel, his toughest warning against militants since taking office in January.

In a speech to Palestinian police, Abbas also pledged to maintain quiet during the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip planned this summer.

"We have to give them a calm departure," he said, according to a summary of the speech published Thursday by the Palestinian government news agency Wafa.

I still think this guy's the best thing to happen to that particular region of the Middle East in decades, save of course for the death of Yasser Arafat.